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The Foreign Herbarium consists of upwards of ten thousand 
specimens, but, as we must be all aware who know the nu- 
merous occupations of our Curator, that he has not as yet, 
from the want of time, been able to arrange and distribute 
them into their genera and families : indeed, when we con- 
sider that the Curator only holds an honorary office, and is 
engaged in his medical avocations, &c., and the time and 
great labour required to arrange and distribute the British 
plants alone, we can only thank him for his industry, and 
wait until he has more leisure to attack the Foreign Herba- 
rium, which, though not at present arranged, is rapidly in- 
creasing in extent, and will, no doubt, be eventually a very 
large and useful collection. To facilitate the arrangement of 
the British species, the Council deputed Mr. D. Cooper to 
print a list of the Natural and Linnaean Orders,* for label- 
ing collections ; and for the purpose of giving the same as- 
sistance to the members, they have caused to be printed 
several copies which may be procured at a reasonable price. 
It is with great pleasure 1 refer to the kind manner in 
which the Botanical Society of Edinburgh has responded to 
our invitation to open a correspondence between the two So- 
cieties, and more especially to the result of that correspond- 
ence which has been the reception of a large parcel of Bri- 
tish and Foreign plants from their stores. I hope this will 
be the commencement of a long and beneficial intercourse, 
which cannot but be mutually advantageous to the two So- 
cieties. 
While speaking of the great additions to the Herbarium, 
I cannot avoid alluding to the continued exertions made by 
our Local Secretaries resident in different parts of Britain, 
&c., and who being for the most part the best practical Bo- 
tanists in the different counties in which they reside, are ex- 
erting their endeavours to forward our views. 
Indeed, in taking a review of the proceedings of the past 
year, the pleasant and friendly meetings we have had in this 
room, the interesting papers which have been read, the dis- 
cussions which have ensued, the instructive lectures which 
were given to the members by our excellent and industrious 
Curator, and the pleasant Botanical excursions which have 
been taken by the various members of the Society, in com- 
* List of Decandolle’s Natural Orders and Genera, together with the whole of 
the Linneean Classes and Orders for labeling British Collections. Double demy 
sheet. Longman and Co. ; Machlachlan and Co. Price One Shilling. 
