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pean nations, to collect rare plants, both in 

 a living and dried state, and seeds. Two or 

 more collectors will be employed annually, 

 but their number must be regulated by the 

 means of the establishment. The members 

 of the society will constitute two classes : 

 1. Honorary members; that is, such as give 

 it their support by voluntary contributions, 

 arising from a desire of promoting its views. 

 To these will be granted the privilege of 

 selecting from the annual collections (of 

 which a public account will always be 

 given), rare seeds, or living plants, for their 

 gardens, or splendid specimens for their her- 

 baria; and they will be allowed to give di- 

 rections in regard to other objects of natural 

 history which they may desire, but they will 

 not share in the regular annual distributions. 

 tt. There will be ordinary members, who 

 will divide among themselves, according to 

 the amount of their subscriptions, the col- 

 lections, after the honorary members have 

 received their portions; and the subscribers 

 are particularly requested to specify whether 

 they prefer dried plants, living plants, or 

 seeds. The annual contribution is fifteen 

 florins, Rhenish (the louis d'or being reck- 

 oned as eleven florins), something short of 

 thirty shillings English, and the sum must 



be forwarded at the beginning of each year. 

 Persons subscribing to twice or thrice that 

 amount, will receive plants in proportion, 

 and will have more of the rarest kinds, of 

 which only a few may have been gathered. 

 The directors bind themselves to the con- 

 tinuance of the establishment for five yearg. 

 to come. For the accommodation of Eng- 

 lish botanists, communications may be ad- 

 dressed to a gentleman well known to every 

 naturalist, " John Hunnemann, Esc[, No. 9, 

 Queen-street, Soho ;'' and through the same 

 channel, the annual returns can lie received. 

 It is to be hoped that this appeal to the 

 friends of Botanical Science in this country 

 will not be neglected ; and for their encou- 

 ragement we may add, that Doctor Hooker, 

 of Edinburgh, a subscriber to the institution, 

 being entitled to two shares in the produce 

 of the first excursion, is in possession of a 

 collection, which, for the number, variety, 

 and beauty of the specimens, has much ex- 

 ceeded his most sanguine expectations ; being 

 such as, but for this valuable institution, no 

 money could have purchased : all are cor- 

 rectly named, with printed labels. To judge 

 from the first 'collection, each member will 

 receive about 200 species for a single annual 

 subscription. 



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