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To Mr. Wm. Bull, London, case containing ferns. 
To Dr. R. Schomburgh, Adelaide, sphagnum moss. 
From Messrs. A. Van Geert, Belgium, five bags abico seeds. 
From Mr. Wm. Bull, London, 32 packets seeds and bulbs. 
From Miss Woodin, 25 packets seeds from Japan, principally choice 
Coniferes. 
Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 
the Royal Society’s gardens during March 1885 :— 
8th. Seckle pear commencing to ripen. 
10th. Tips of hornbeam commencing to turn brown. 
12th. Coe’s golden drop plum ripe. 
14th. Tips of elm turning yellow. 
17th. Horse chestnut leaves turning brown. 
18th. Ash leaves commencing to fall. 
25th. Oak leaves commencing to fall. Acorns ripe. 
10th. Veronica augustifolia in flower. 
14th. Royal apricot commence to ripen. 
16th. Grevillea robusta in full flower. 
19th. Jargonelle pear ripe. 
24th. Black mulberries commence ripen. 
1st. Windsor pear commence to ripen. 
3rd. Bon chretien commence to ripen. 
14th. Blackberries commence to ripen. 
25th. Ash commencing to shed seed. 
28th. Sycamore commencing to shed seed. 
METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS. 
From the Government observer, Capt. Shortt, R.N., table of obser- 
vations for January, February, and March. From Mr. F. Abbott, 
superintendent of the Royal Society’s Gardens, register of rainfall for 
January, February, and March. 
Additions to the Library during the months January, February, 
March :— 
Acta Horti Petropolitani Tomus VIII., IX, Fasciculus I.-II., from 
the society. 
Administration’s report of the Meteorological Reporter to the 
Government of Madras for the years 1883-1854, from the Meteorological 
Department, India. 
Agricultural Gazette, December, 1884 ; January, February, 1885. 
American Agriculturist. 
Annals dela Societe, Malacologique de Belgique, Tome XIV., XV., 
XVI., from the society. 
Annals and Magazines of Natural History, January and February, 
1885. 
Annual Report of the Surgeon-General U.S. Army, 1884. 
Annual Keport of the Curator of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology at Harvard College, 1883-4, from L. Agassiz. 
Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer to the Secretary of War. 
Part 1 and 2. Washington, from the War department. 
Archives du Musee Teyler, serie II., Troisiéme partie, Deuxieme par- 
tie, from the society. 
Astronomical and meteorological observations, year 1878-79, Wash- 
ington, from the U.S. Naval Observatory. 
Atheneum, The, December, 1884. 
Bericht des Verines fiir Naturkunde, XXIX., XXX., from the so- 
ciety. 
Boletin de la Academie National, Tome VI., from the society. 
Bulletin of International Meteorology, January to August, 1883, 
Washington, from the War department, 
