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of 29-th July relative to the resolution of the Imperial Society 

 of Naturalists of Moscow, with the authorisation of His Ma- 

 jesty the Emperor of all the Russias, to celebrate in October 

 1875 the 50-th anniversary of the Doctorate of their Presi- 

 dent, Privy Counciller and Chevalier Alexandre Fischer de 

 Waldheim. 



The Royal Society of Edinburgh desire to thank you for 

 this communication, and to join with you in expressing their 

 warmest congratulations to your distinguished President on 

 this occasion, and to express a hope that he may long be 

 spared to continue his scientific labours, and to add to the 

 reputation of your celebrated Society. Be good enough to 

 convey the warm congratulations of the Royal Society of 

 Edinburgh to the Chevalier Alexandre de Waldheim. 

 I have the honour te be, Sir, 

 To Dr. Renard etc. 



Your obedient servant 

 I. H. Balfour RD. FRS. 

 Secretary of the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh and Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Edinburgh. 



62) De la „American Philosophical Society" à Phila- 

 delphie en Amérique. 



Resolution of the Board of Officers and Members in Coun- 

 cil of the American Philosophical Society, at their Meeting 

 September 10-th 1875. 



Be it Resolved: — that the heartfelt felicitations and con- 

 gratulations of the American Philosophical Society be ten- 

 dered to the Imperial Society of Naturalists at Moscow and 

 to its venerable and distinguished President, Alexander 

 Fischer von Waldheim, on the approaching semicentennial 

 anniversary of his Doctorate. By order of the Board. 



F. P. Lesley, Secret. 



