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not contain more than 2 per cent, of ripe seeds. Another 
member, some six weeks subsequently, sent grasses which, on 
examination, I reported on in almost similar terms. I subse- 
quently learned that the member who first consulted me had 
communicated the result of the first examination to the trades- 
man with the view of preventing the further distribution of 
such worthless or rather injurious seeds, and that the second 
set of samples had been obtained for the purpose of seeing 
whether the tradesman continued to send out knowingly such 
worthless seeds. 
At the request of the Council I have completed the examina- 
tion of a large series of diseased plants from India, forwarded 
through the India Office. A further series reached me on the 
eve of my departure for America, which still require to be 
investigated, and the results of the examination of the whole 
will, I hope, find a place in the next number of the ' Journal,' 
accompanied with illustrations of the parasitic fungi which 
have caused the serious injury to the cereal crops of India. 
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1884. 
I.— PERIODICALS PEESENTED TO THE SOCIETY'S 
LIBRARY. 
Presented iy the respective Societies and Editors. 
A. — English, American, and Colonial Periodicals. 
Agricultural Department, Annual Eeport for 1883, with Appendix. 1884. 
Agricultural Departments of Foreign Countries, Eeports of. 1884. 
Agi-icultural Economist. Vol. XVI. 1884. 
Gazette. 1884. 
■ ■ Almanack. 1885. 
Agricultural Keturns of Great Britain. 1884. 
— — Statistics, Ireland. 1884. 
Agricultural Students' Gazette. 1884. 
Arboricultural Society, Transactions of the English. Vol. I. Part I. 1884. 
Athenaeum. 1884. 
Bath and West of England Society, Journal of the. 1883-4. 
Bell's Weekly Messenger. 1884. 
Bristol Mercury. 1884. 
Bussey Institution, Bulletin of the. Vol. II. Part IV. 1884. 
