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ANNALS OF TH& 
Very large specimens of tobacco-leaf grown in Pittsburgh, were exhibited by 
Mr. E. G. Ferguson. 
Large plants, in flower, of E,ichardia ^thiopica and Ricinus communis, were 
placed on the table by Mrs. Lawson and Dr. Fowler. 
A head of Indian corn, infected with smut, was exhibited from the farm of 
Mr. Lucas. 
Specimens of Anacharis Canadensis were exhibited from Judge Logie, Hamilton, 
who stated, in a note accompanying them, that the plant was abundant. 
Professor Lawson, the Secretary, read communications from the following 
botanists, chiefly in reference to donations, the exchange of specimens, &c. ; — Mrs. 
Traill, Lakefield; Dr. Muller, Melbourne; Dr. Auguste Le Jolis, Cherbourg; Mr. 
Rene Lenormand, Vire, (France) ; Prof. Kutzing, Nordhausen ; Prof Tuckerman, 
Amherst ; Prof Asa Gray, Harvard ; Dr. Fitch, Salem ; Prof Thurber, Lansing, 
Michigan ; Asst.-Prof Caruel, Florence ; Mr. Todaro, Director of the Botanic Gar- 
den, Palermo ; Sir Williiim Logan, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada ; 
Principal Dawson, Montreal; Rev. A. F. Kemp, Montreal. 
A letter was read from J. Phayer, Jr., Esq., Secretary of the Montreal Agri- 
cultural and Horticultural Society, stating that the members of that Society were 
desirous of establishing a Botanic Garden in Montreal, and requesting any reports, 
documents and suggestions. The Secretary was authorised to send the "Annals," 
and other publications, to the Montreal Society, as published, and to afford any ad- 
ditional information that might be required. 
The following papers were read ; — 
1. Report on the injurious effects of Insects and parasitic Fungi on the field 
crops in Canada during the past season. By Prof Lawson, with specimens. 
2. Remarks on a species of Acarus infesting the Concord Grape. By Octavius 
Yates, M. D. Specimens were exhibited, and a microscopical drawing of the 
Acarus. 
3. Remarks on the Medicinal Plants of Harrowsmith, &c. By Thomas R. Du- 
puis, M. D., Odessa, with specimens. 
4. On a new culinary vegetable, Chaerophyllum bulbosum. By Mrs. Pro£ 
Weir. 
5. Returns of the periodical phenomena of vegetation during the season 1861. 
By John Macoun, Belleville ; B. Billings, Prescott ; A. T. Drummond, B. A., King- 
ston; T. Dupuis, M. D., Odessa; Judge Logie, and Miss Crooks, Hamilton. 
