council rou 1840. 
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the worthy author in whose diligence, accuracy, and fidelity, 
all who know him will confide. It has been very favourably 
received by the Botanical World, and the Society may be 
expected to take much interest in this successful effort of 
their Officer, since a large part of the accurate information 
which it contains, regarding the localities of plants, has 
been derived from the rich Herbarium belonging to the So¬ 
ciety, and both the late Curator of Botany and other mem¬ 
bers of the Society have taken the liveliest interest in con¬ 
tributing to its completeness. Mr. Baines has also been 
fortunate in obtaining the co-operation of many skilful Bo¬ 
tanists, resident in Yorkshire, and the result is a faithful 
Catalogue of Yorkshire Plants to the number of 1002, be¬ 
sides ferns and mosses. 
Among the donations to the Library, the Greenwich Ob¬ 
servations for 1835-8, and the Edinburgh Observations Vols. 
I. and II., presented by the Boyal Astronomical Society, 
should be specially mentioned as an encouragement to a re¬ 
gular and systematic use of the Observatory. 
Thus by the continued favour of the public all our prin¬ 
cipal collections have been increased, and in some departments 
these augmentations have now become so great as to render 
a new disposition of the specimens and the addition of some 
cases desirable. It has been found possible, without any 
special provision of new cases, to place in security a great 
part of these various contributions ; but the library shelves 
are full; the time is come for a new disposition of the col¬ 
lections in Zoology and Antiquities; and for the geological 
museum additional space of drawers and cases is greatly 
needed, to allow of some further classifications, and the ex¬ 
hibition of many specimens which would be found of great 
interest could they be rendered accessible. The estimated 
cost of new cases and a complete set of drawers for the 
