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and difficult, upon which its broad generalizations are founded. Mr, 
Berkeley’s merits are not confined to description or classification; there 
are facts of the highest significance which he has been the first to indi- 
eate, and which in many cases he has also proved by observation and by 
experiments. We refer to his observations on the development of the 
tions, and sometimes of the absolute specific identity of various forms of : 
fungi previously referred to different tribes; and to the recognition, 1 
many so-called epiphytal and parasitic fungi are nothing but morbid con- 
ditions of the tissues of the plant; on the other hand, that microscopié 
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high opinion which the botanical members of the Council of the Royal 
Society entertain of your researches in cryptogamic botany, especially my- 
e Council has awarded a royal medal to John Peter Gassiot, Esq ; 
for his researches on the Voltaic Battery and Current, and on the Diss 
charge of Electricity throug : 
most of which are recorded j 
