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To the Botanic Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa—Collection seeds. 
oa the Chamber Agriculture, Washington, United States—Collection 
seeds. 
To Messrs. Smith and Adamson, Melbourne—Seeds, 
To Mr. L. Bachmer, Yokohama, Japan—Seeds. 
To Miss Owen, Ireland—Collection seeds. 
To the Conservator Forests, Punjaub, India—Collection seeds. 
To Mrs. Oliver, New Plymouth, New Zealand—Seeds. 
To C. Moore, Esq., Botanic Gardens, Sydney—Sphagnum. 
To Messrs. Shepherd Co., Sydney—Case plants. 
To B. F. Wellington Co., San Francisco—Seeds, 
From Mr. J. Latham, Hobart—24 plants. 
From Mr. 8. Purchase, Parramatta, N.S.W.—Small case plants. 
From Messrs. Shepherd Co., Sydney-—Small case plants. 
From Mrs. Archer, Hobart—Seeds. 
From C. Sprent, Esq., Hobart—Seeds. 
Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 
the Royal Society’s Gardens during September, 1885 :— 
6th. Acacia pycnantha commencing to flower. 
15th. Moutan peeony commencing to flower. 
15th. Horse-chestnuts commencing to flower. 
27th. Sycamore commencing to break leaf. 
28th. Grape vines commencing to break leaf. 
30th. Common ash commencing to break into flower. 
30th. Common plane commencing to break into leaf. 
METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS. 
From the Government Observer, Captain Shortt, R.N.—Table of 
observations for September. 
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 
Agricultural Gazette, August 3, 10, 17, 24. 
Annals and magazine of Natural History, August. 
Atheneum, The July. 
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 
vol. XI., No. 11; Studies from the Newport Marine Laboratory, 
communicated by Alexander Agassiz, XV.; on the development of 
Agalma, by J. Walter Fewkes, vol. XII., No. 1; Chlamydoselachus 
anguineus, Garm., a living species of Cladodont shark.—By L. Garmon. 
—From Alexander Agassiz, 
Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique, June, 1862, 
1885.—From the Society. * 
Catalogue of the Echinodermata in the Australian Museum, part 
1, “Echini;” Desmosticha and Petalostichaa—By E. P. Ramsay, 
#.R.S.E.—From the author. 
Catalogue des Livres de Fonds et en Nombre, Histoire, Archeologie, 
Ethnographie, et Lingiustique De L’Eurgpe, De L’Asie, De L’Afrique, 
De L’Amerique et de L’Oceanie.—From the Society. 
China and the Roman Orient, researches into their ancient and 
medizyval relations as represented in old Chinese records.—By F.. Hirth, 
Ph. D.—From the author. 
Chart of Java, by S. H. Lerne. From Mr. J. Wemyss Syme. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, Aug. 1, 8. 
Geological Magazine, Aug. 
Indian Meteorological Memoirs, being occasional discussions and 
compilations of meteorological data, relating to India and the neighbour- 
ing countries under the direction of H. Blandford, F.R.S., vol. IV., 
Part 4--6. Account of the S.W. Monsoon Storms generated in the Bay 
a rae during the years 1877 to 1881.—From the Meteor, Office, 
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