534, 



APPENDIX. 



Sea ; Mr 

 Swainson on 

 a New Spe- 

 cies of Picusj 

 and Mr 

 Stewart on 

 the Germi- 

 nation of 

 Ferns. 



April 8. 

 Conclusion 

 of Mr Ste- 

 venson on 

 the Bottom 

 of the Ger- 

 man Ocean ; 

 and Mr Da- 

 vid Don on 

 New Scotch 

 Plants. 



August 3. 

 Mr Sivright 

 on Silica in 

 Teak -wood ; 

 and Mr Gre- 

 ville on rare 

 Devonshire 

 Fuci. 



tions. Likewise a communication from Mr Swain- 

 son of Liverpool, describing Two New Species of 

 Picus. Mr Stewart then read a paper on the Ger- 

 mination of some of the Fern tribe. 



The Secretary read the remainder of Mr Steven- 

 son's paper on the Bed of the German Ocean, or 

 North Sea. He then read a communication from 

 Mr David Don, London, describing several rare 

 Plants found in Scotland, and which are new to the 

 Scottish Flora. 



Professor Jameson communicated to the Society, 

 a notice by Mr Sivright, regarding the existence of 

 a very considerable quantity of Pure Silica in the 

 Teak-wood of the East Indies. And the Secretary 

 read a communication from Mr Greville on some 

 rare Fuci found on the shores of Devonshire. 



Nov. IS. 

 Dr Same's 

 Biography of 

 an Old Gen- 

 tleman who 

 has comple- 

 ted his 115 

 year ; Pro- 

 fessor Jame- 

 son on the 

 Arctic Expe- 

 dition ; Mr 

 Greville on 

 the Aretic 

 Flora ; and 

 Mr Don on 

 the Plants of 

 Kepaul. 



The Reverend Mr Russel read a communication 

 from Dr Barnes, to Professor Jameson, giving an 

 account of an old gentleman, now alive, who had 

 completed his 115th year. The Professor then gave 

 a general account of the progress of the Discovery 

 Ships through Barrow's Straits ; their wintering in 

 a bay in Melville Island; the animals met with, 

 &c. derived from conversations with the Officers 

 of the Hecla, lately in Leith Roads. He. likewise 

 read extracts from two botanical communica- 

 tions ; one by Mr Greville, on the Plants of the 



