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ANNALS OF THE 
Moore, F. L. S., Cor. M. B. S. Ca. ; The Linenan Artificial System of Botany, Illus- 
trated and Explained, by Dr. Thomas Castle, F. L. S. From P. B. Mead, Cor. 
M. B. S. Ca., Editor of the New York Horticulturist : January Number of the Hor- 
ticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Taste. From Dr. Fowler, Professor of Ma- 
teria Medica, Queen's College, V. P. Bot. Soc. Ca. : Don's Botanical Dictionary, 4 
vols, 4to. 
The following donations of Seeds were announced for distribution to Members : 
From Messrs. Vilmorin, Audricux & Co., Paris, Seeds of the new upright Tomato, 
and of the new Double Zinnias. From Thomas Briggs, Jr., Esq., Seeds of the Hub- 
bard Squash, the Mammoth Squash, and of improved China Asters. From Pro- 
fessor Lawson, Seeds of Dianthus Heddewigii, Linum grandiflorum rubrum. Canna- 
bis gigantea, Hort., Lilium giganteum, and various other vegetable and flower seeds. 
The Treasurer stated that John Carruthers, Esq., had presented to the Society 
a donation of twenty -five dollars. 
Prof Horatio Yates, M. D., presented the Report of the Committee appointed 
to draw up Rules for the distribution of Seeds, &c., in accordance with which the 
following Rules were adopted, viz : 
Rules foe the Distribution of Seeds. 
1. The annual distribution of seeds shall commence on the first day of March, 
in each year, before which time Members are requested to send in their donations 
of seeds, and lists of such cuttings and grafts as they can supply. 
2. A List of the Seeds to be distributed shall be prepared and printed, and cir- 
culated to Members with the March billet, so that each Member may mark off those 
he desires, and return the marked list to the Secretary. 
3. Members who have sent in contributions of Seeds, or who have undertaken 
to furnish cuttings or grafts at the proper season, shall be first supplied, preference 
being given to those who desire the fewest kinds. 
4. Those Members who have not contributed to the general stock, shall then 
be supplied, beginning in the same way with those lists that contain the fewest 
marks. 
5. Where there are more demands for a kind than can be supplied, the prefer- 
ence shall be determined by ballot. 
6. The object of the Society in distributing seeds and plants is not to supply 
individual wants, but to acquire knowledge respecting the adaptability of plants to 
our climate, and the value of novelties in an economic point of view. It is expect- 
ed, therefore, that Members, as well as the officers of Horticultural Societies, who 
may be furnished with seeds, will report to the Society the results of their cultiva- 
tion, whether the same be successful or otherwise. 
The following papers were read: 
