. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
_ “Dr. Graham has been elected Presi- 
dent, and Drs. Greville and Balfour Vice- 
Presidents of the Society for the present 
ear. 
“ The advancement of Botanical Science 
is the object of this Society. Its opera- 
tions will, for some time, be confined prin- 
cipally to the holding of periodical meet- 
ings, to correspondence, to the formation 
of an Herbarium, and the interchange of 
specimens. The last is a new feature in 
the constitution of such a Society, an 
will be conducted by a Committee, in ac- 
cordance with certain rules, embodied in 
the laws. The desiderata of Botanists, all 
- Over the kingdom, will be supplied as far 
as possible, from the Society's duplicates, 
and individuals will thus secure the impor- 
tant advantages of exchanging the vegetable 
productions of their respective districts, for 
those of others, more remotely situated, 
he benefits resulting to Science, as well 
as individuals, by this arrangement, will, 
it is hoped, be considerable; especially in 
regard to the geographical distribution of 
plants in the British Islands, and in the 
formation of local Floras. The Society, 
_ besides, contemplates an extension of this 
lan, by promoting an exchange of speci- 
mens with Botanists in other parts of the 
world 
“ The Members will be divided into the 
following Classes :— Resident, Non-resi- 
dent, Foreign, and Associate. Any person 
desiring to become a non-resident member, 
must be recommended by two individuals, 
belonging to some Scientific or Literary 
Society, and pay a contribution of two 
guineas, which, without any additional ex- 
Pense, will entitle him, so long as he con- 
tinues annually to send specimens to the 
Society, to a participation in its duplicates. 
... To become a foreign member, it is neces- 
. Sary to transmit five hundred specimens, 
: including, at least, one hundred species, 
°F a botanical work, of which the candi- 
2 date is himself the author; the former al- 
de tive only entitling him to a share in 
 Society's duplicates. To continue to 
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participate in these duplicates, he must 
afterwards contribute, annually, three hun- 
dred specimens, containing at least fifty 
ecies. 
* The Flora of Edinburgh, which is par- 
o 
"a 
_ ticularly rich, will afford a constant supply 
of valuable duplicates, and others will be re- 
gularly obtained from other parts of Scot- 
land, especially the rarer alpine species. — 
“ Local Secretaries will be appointed in 
different parts of the king In the 
mean time, communications are to be ad- 
dressed (postage paid) to the Secretary, 
W. H. Campbell, Esq., 21, Society, Brown 
Square, Edinburgh." 
Intelligence has been lately received 
from Mr. Mathews, who was in Chaca- 
poyas, at the date of his last letter, which 
was addressed to John Mac Lean, Esq., of 
Lima, 27th September, 1835. He de- 
Scribes himself as having made very con- 
siderable collections of Birds and Plants, 
and as having prepared many drawings; 
all which were ready to be sent to this 
country: but the state of affairs in the 
districts between Lima and Chacapoyas 
was such, that he had not ventured to dis- 
patch them to the coast. It will be seen 
from our notice respecting Mr. Mathews, 
at page 19 of this volume, that this inde- 
fatigable collector has thus followed up the 
intentions there expressed of returning to 
Chacapoyas, where a previous visit of two 
months served to assure him that a great 
deal more was to be done in the way of 
Botany than could possibly be accomplish- 
ed in that space of time. 
e are indebted to a friend, who has 
lately visited Paris, for some interesting 
particulars respecting the progress of Bo- 
tany in France. The greatest change ob- 
servable since this gentleman's last visit 
to Paris, about three or four years ago, is 
in the activity of the present administra- 
tion of the Museum of the Jardin du 
oi. M. Adrian de Jussieu, M. Adolphe 
Browgniart, and their coadjutors, M. Guil- 
lemin and M. Decaisne, are all young and 
zealous as well as excellent Botanists, and 
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