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its firm basis, their splendid results being known in every part of the 

 world where science is cultivated. 



" Among the losses we have sustained of ordinary members during 

 the past year, one was by death ; we have much to lament that of the 

 Eight Hon. John Wynne, of Hazlewood, Sligo. He was for many 

 years a zealous member of this Society, and was distinguished by the 

 ardour with which he was interested in all botanical pursuits, espe- 

 cially when directed to practical utility in the improvement of the coun- 

 try. The beautiful grounds around Hazlewood are instances of his taste 

 and judgment; and by the reclamation of swampy and unproductive 

 peaty wilds, they now exhibit belts of fine pines, and beautiful vistas, 

 where rhododendrons, azaleas, mahonias, kalmias, and the beautiful va- 

 rieties of brier extensively flourish. The woods around Lough Gill ex- 

 emplify his taste ; while the once barren wilds of Glen Car have been 

 converted into fine plantations, showing the fine growth of the black 

 Austrian pine, the larch, Scotch fir, and elms and oaks, exposed to the 

 full force of the north-west gales. Those who have been at Hazlewood 

 must have admired the lofty and stately growth of the magnificent 

 silver firs in the demesne. The rockery at Hazlewood proves the mild 

 atmosphere of the west coast, where the West Indian Pteris longifolia, 

 as well as Tricomanes radicans, Adiantum capillus- Veneris, and Wood- 

 wardia radicans, unprotected, grow luxuriantly throughout the year. 

 Mr. "Wynne was a Privy Councillor, Ireland, and was Under-Secretary 

 during the Viceroyalty of the Earl of Eglinton, in ] 852. He was many 

 years Member for Sligo ; and was associated with the Earl of Devon and 

 George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., on the Commission of Inquiry into 

 the Law and Practice of the Occupation of Land in Ireland. His death 

 was unexpectedly sudden, at the palace of the Bishop of Tuam, in the 

 month of July last, when on his route to enjoy the happiness of his fa- 

 vourite pursuits ; and where, in the exploration of the Dingle peninsula, 

 and the unfrequented mountain and lake districts of Kerry, he was to 

 have been joined by his friend, Mr. Andrews. Thus has passed away to 

 eternal happiness a truly good man. 



" The papers read during the preceding Session have been sixteen in 

 number — ten zoological, and six botanical. 



" The zoological papers were : — 'On some Entozoa from some Ani- 

 mals in the Zoological Gardens,' by Arthur Wynne Foot., M.B. ; 'On 

 a Mode of Eissiparous Reproduction observed in Anthea cereus,' by 

 Edward H. Bennett, M. D. ; ' Eurther Observations on Entozoa from 

 the Zoological Gardens,' by A. W. Eoot, M. B. ; ' On the Structure of 

 the Eye of the Seal,' by Henry B. Wilson, E. R. C. S. ; < Notes on Coitus 

 Grcenlandicus? by W. Andrews, V. P., M. R. I. A. ; ' Notes on some of 

 the Birds inhabiting the Southern Ocean,' by Captain E. W. Hutton, 

 E. G. S. ; ' On the Morbus pediculosus,' by A. W. Eoot, M. B. ; ' Notes 

 on Invertebrate Animals, collected at Malahide, county of Dublin,' by 

 W. H. Baily, E. L. S., E.G. S. ; ' On EcMnorhynchus porrigens, from the 

 Intestines of a Whale, Balcenoptera rostrataj by John Barker, M. D., 

 E. R. C. S. I., M. R. I. A., E. R. G. S. I. ; l On the Anatomy of Ascaris 

 (Atractis) dactyluris' (Rud.), by Alexander Macalister, L. K. Q. P. I. 



