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We are enabled to announce with great pleasure the prospective 

 appearance of this work, which is intended to illustrate something 

 in the style of Humbold's "Aspects of nature," the physiognomic 

 effect of certain species, and families of plants in representing the 

 scenery of different parts of the Globe. The descriptions will be 

 accompanied with Chromo-lithographs of great artistic merit. 



Any persons possessing drawings or photographs of interesting 

 plants, such as would be easily recognized in a picture, will confer 

 a benefit upon the authors by permitting them to be copied. The 

 Editors of this Journal will be happy to receive, and forward any 

 such contributions. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society and 

 Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Thursday evening, Novem- 

 ber 12th, 1857. 



After the usual accounts exhibiting the state of the Society's 

 Funds, the Secretary read a letter from Lieut. H. P. Hawkes, 

 drawing the attention of the Society to the facility afforded by the 

 electrotype process for obtaining perfect fac-similes of Coins } Seal 

 rings, Cameos, &c. The three specimens forwarded, one from a 

 Gutta Percha Medal, one from a Cameo, and the third from a Cliche 

 Medal were laid upon the Table and attracted much notice. The 

 impression from the Medal especially was found to be very sharp, 

 and the manipulation of all appeared very creditable. 



Mr. Hawkes having understood that the Society had under con- 

 sideration the advisability of purchasing the Stacey Collection of 

 Coins, kindly proposed, should any coins be found wanting to com- 

 plete a series, to make electrotype impressions of such of the miss- 

 ing coins as might be found in private Cabinets, and to complete 

 the Society's collection. 



Resolved to inform Mr. Hawkes that it was the Asiatic Society 

 of Calcutta that had in contemplation the purchase of the Stacey 



