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From J. C. Loudon, Esq., one of tlie Briclc Tallies employed 

 by him in markin^^ the Trees ;ind Shrubs planted under his direc- 

 tions in the Arboretum formed at Derby for Mr. Strutt. In this 

 contrivance the name of the plant, previously printed on paper, 

 is introduced into a recess in the upper sloping end of the brick, 

 and is tlien covered by a plate of glass, the edges of wliich are 

 puttied down, so as to exclude damp. 



From Mrs. Bateman of Litchurch Villa, near Derby, two 

 wreaths of powers, dried without injury to their colours, and dis- 

 posed so as to resemble water colour drawings. 



F>om Mr. George Leslie, Gardener to John Fleming, Esq., 

 M.P., a fine specimen of SLcnorhynchus spcciosus. (Silver Baxk- 

 siAX Medal awarded.) 



From the Society's Garden, a variety of Jlowers, a curious col- 

 lection of Cactaceous plants sent from Mexico by the Society's 

 Collector, Mr Hartweg, and several specimens of Apples. 



The following Presents were announced j 



The Theory of Horticulture, or an attempt to explain the prin- 

 cipal operations of Gardening, on Physiological principles, by John 

 Lindley, Ph.D., from the Author. 



Transactions of the Medico- Botanical Society of London, Part 

 IV., Vol. 1, from the Society. 



The Cotton Trade of India, its Past and Present Condition, by 

 Major-General Briggs, F.R.S., from the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Vol. XX. Part 2, of the AMic Researches, from the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal. 



Flora Batava, No. IIS, from His Majesty the King of Holland. 



The Athencnum for December, from the Editor. 



The Address of the President of the Royal Society, read at the 

 Anniversary Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 30, 18o9, from the 

 Society. 



The Horticultural Cabinet, No. S3, from the Editor. 

 Sy)iopsis Pittosporearum, by Aloysius Putterlick, M.D , from 

 the Author. 



The Ladies' Flower Garden, of Ornamental Annuals, No. 13. from 

 Mrs. Loudon. 



Baxter s British Flowering Plants, No. 90, from the Editor. 



The Botanical Register, for January, from the Publishers. 



Note sur les fruits aromatiques du Leptotes hicoior ; — Observa- 

 tions sur t epaississement de la membrane vtgctale dans plusi'^urs 

 organes de Vappareil pileux ; — Experiences et observations sur la 

 gomme des Cycadtes ; — Notes sur I' excitability et le moucement des 

 feuilles chez les Oxalis, by Cb. Morren, M D.^from the Author. \ 



