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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 
Vol. XVII. Part II. 8vo. — From the Society. 
Canadian Journal. March, 1860. 8vo. — From the Canadian 
Institute. 
Quarterly Journal of Chemical Society. No. 48. — From the Society . 
Appendix to Messrs Stevenson’s Answer to Sir David Brewster’s 
Reply regarding Dioptric Lights. By D. and T. Stevenson. 
— From the Authors. 
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l’Academie des 
Sciences. Nos. 14 and 15. — From the Academy. 
Von der Bedeutung der Sanskritstudien fiir die griechische Phi- 
lologie. Von Dr W. Christ. 4to. — From the Royal Bava- 
rian Academy. 
Rede in der offentlichen Sitzung der k. Akademie der Wissen- 
schaften. Am 28. Marz 1860. Gehalten Von Justus 
F. Von Liebig. 4to. — From the same. 
Proceedings of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of Lon- 
don. Vol. III. No. 3. 1860. 8vo. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 3. 1859. 
8vo. — From the Society. 
Monthly Return of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. March, 1860, 
— From the Registrar-General. 
Monday , 30 tli April 1860. 
Professor CHRISTISON, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Commnnications were read : — 
1. Account of the Asafoetida Plants ( Narthex Asafoetida 
(Falconer), which have recently flowered and fruited in 
the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. By Professor Balfour. 
The author gave an account of the cultivation of plants of Asa- 
foetida in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden since the year 1842, and 
of the flowering and fruiting of specimens in 1858 and 1859. He 
then described the characters of the plant ( Narthex Asafoetida of 
