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printed. The reading of several papers was delayed till next 

 meeting, to be held on the evening of Friday, 13th of February. 



The second meeting of the third session, was held on Friday 

 evening, 13th Feby., the Very Rev. Principal Leitch, D.D., Pres- 

 ident, in the chair. There was a full attendance of members. 



Professor Lawson, the secretary, called attention to the propo- 

 sal of the Home Government, to publish under the direction of 

 Sir William Hooker, the Queen's Botanist, Floras of the colonies 

 of the British Empire, and a communication was read from Judge 

 Logie of Hamilton, on the subject. Application having been 

 made by the Colonial Secretary for the approval and concurrence 

 of the Canadian Government, with a view to the early publication 

 of the Canadian Flora, several of the members expressed strongly 

 their opinion of the importance of the scheme, both in a scientific 

 and commercial point of view, and as affording a most effectual 

 means of making known to Canadians, as well as to the inhab- 

 itants of European countries, the nature of the products of our 

 rich Canadian forests, which would stimulate to new branches of 

 industry, and to the development of commercial enterprise. 



Dr. Dickson, V. P., moved the appointment of a committee to 

 bring before the Legislature, by petition and otherwise, the impor- 

 tance of Sir William Hooker's proposed publication, and expressed 

 a belief that, if the Government declined to grant the small sum 

 required, persons would be found in Canada ready to raise the 

 amount, in a very short time, by private subscription. Committee : 

 Principal Leitch, Prof. Dickson, Rev. Mr. Mulkins, A. Drum- 

 mond, Esq., Judge Logie, and Professor Lawson. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On the Selandria udEthiops and its destructive effects on 

 Pear Trees. By the Very Rev. Principal Leitch, D.D., President. 



2. Additional remarks on Dr. Patterson's paper on Ailanthine, 

 by the Very Rev. Principal Leitch, who gave a very interesting 

 detail of the rearing of the Ailanthine Silk Worm in Dr. Pater- 

 son's garden at Leith. . 



3. Poem. — The Pines. By Charles Mair, Lanark, C. W. Read 

 by Joshua Fraser, B. A. 



4. A chapter on Fungi. By James Hubbert, Knox's College,, 

 Toronto. 



The Society then adjourned until Friday, March 13. 



