HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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Extraits des Annales, 8^c Stance 'publique et Fxposition dc fleurs 

 el aittres produits de V Horticulture, 8^c. April, 1838. 



De V llijhridite dam les Plnnteset les Animaux, parN. C Seringe. 



Notice surla Culture des Oseraies dans le departement de FAisne, 

 Par M. C. Millet-d'Aubenton, 8vo. Lyon, 1837- 



Notice sur VOxalide de Deppe, par J. L. Henon, 8vo. Lijon, 

 1838. 



Liste des exemplaires dess(^ch('S de la revision inedite du Genre 

 Salix, parN. C. iSeringe, (Geneva, 1834.) 



Essai de Forniules Botaniques reprcsentant les caracteres des 

 plantes par des signes analytiques qui remplacent les phrases descrip- 

 tives, par Messrs. Seringe et Guillard, 4to. Paris, 1830; the 

 seven last works from M. Seringe. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 9, Proceedings of the 

 Committee of Agriculture and Commerce, held May 24, 1838, and 

 a Catalogue of the Chinese Library of the Society, by the Rev. S. 

 Kidd 3 from the Society. 



Sept. 18,*1838. 



ORDINARY MEETING."^ 



Extracts were read from a letter, addressed to the Vice-Secre- 

 tary, by Dr. Hugh Falconer, Superintendent of the Botanical 

 Garden of Saharunpur, and dated Cashmeer, January '24, 1838. 



" I have been gratified to find that the Himalayan seeds, sent 

 by me, succeeded so well with the Horticultural Society." 



" As the result seems to have interested you, I may mention 

 the mode in which the collection and package were managed. 

 The seeds are collected generally on a march along an extensive 

 tract of country ; as a general rule, the pericarps are not de- 

 tached, but the fruit and seed immediately packed up in paper j 

 the closed paper packets, especially tliose containing baccate, or 

 juicy fruits, are daily exposed freely to the sun ; and, to increase 

 the heating effect of the solar rays, the packets are spread out on 

 a black blanket, and kept so till the paper of the packets feels 

 dry : a man being employed in turning them occasionally ; the 

 paper imbibes moisture during the night, and the process is 

 repeated till all moisture is thoroughly dissipated. In the rains, 

 which embrace about half the seed season in the Himalayas, 

 the sun is not available, and the packets are daily dried before a 

 gentle fire, till the same effect is produced ; but the result is 

 much more uncertain as regards subsequent germination. In 

 packing up the packages for transmission to Europe, the little 



