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and Zoophyta, augmented by this new supply, will require 
new cases. 
The arrangement of the British Herbaria, begun in so 
excellent a manner by Mr. Hiiicks, has been extended, and 
the Curator reports, in addition to this satisfactory progress, 
in matters so essential to the credit of the Institution, that 
much activity prevails in the cultivation of British Botany in 
Yorkshire, and that several new localities of rare plants, im¬ 
portant in reasoning on their geographical distribution, have 
been detected near York. Among these the Iceland Moss, 
(Cetraria islandica) believed to be new to England, was ex¬ 
hibited at one of the monthly meetings with the so called 
Reindeer Moss (Gladonia rangiferina), Dicranum bryoides, 
and a species of Leskea * new to Britain. 
The Garden has been provided with a considerable number 
of rare plants; and the new fountain, presented by Mr. 
Walker, has been erected in an appropriate situation; but 
the completion of the grounds near the Hospitium, and the 
making of a drain there, have been postponed until further 
steps can be taken for the reparation of that building. During 
the past year, as on a former occasion, the Hospitium has 
been found of great service in giving full effect to the elegant 
exhibitions of fruits and flowers, which may now be viewed 
as an established part of the annual gratifications provided 
by the Society for the public. 
It is recommended by the Committee which undertook the 
laborious direction of these beautiful exhibitions in the past 
year, that the time to be selected for the Horticultural Fete 
in 1842 be fixed with reference to the meeting of the Agri¬ 
cultural Association in August. 
* Discovered by Mr. Spruce of the York Collegiate School. 
