10 J REPORT OF THE 



The value of such collections of the early monuments of 

 art has been demonstrated in a most interesting manner by 

 the use made of them in the instructive series of discourses 

 which, according to the intimation in the last Report, has 

 been delivered in the Theatre of the Museum by the Curator 

 of Antiquities, the Rev. Charles Wellbeloved. The Society is 

 indebted to the generosity of Mr. Wellbeloved for the donation 

 of the whole proceeds arising from these able and delightful 

 lectures, which have brought before our eyes a vivid picture 

 of ' ancient York"" in its relation to the arts and arms of Rome, 

 and which will be followed, we hope, by a similar effort to 

 elucidate the history of the Abbey of St. Mary, and the other 

 noble monastic edifices which still remain to add a peculiar 

 charm to some of the fairest scenes in Yorkshire. 



The labours of one valued friend long and earnestly de- 

 voted to English antiquities are ended ; we have lost from 

 our ranks one of our earliest and most esteemed associates : 

 yet, mindful to the last of those studies which he cherished, 

 and that Institution which he so zealously supported, Mr. 

 Strickland has bequeathed to us the records which he had 

 collected for the history of St. Mary's Abbey ; and in addition 

 to this literary treasure the sum of dfi'lOO, which the Society 

 will doubtless devote to some object which would have been 

 approved by the donor, and which may long preserve the 

 memory of his taste and generosity. 



Some donations have been received for the garden, but the 

 principal advantage to Botanical Science which is to be men- 

 tioned on this occasion, is the completion of the volume in 

 which their intelligent Sub-curator, Mr. Baines, has been so 

 long engaged. 



The Flora of Yorkshire is now published, and has been 

 pronounced by a competent judge to be a successful and 

 pleasing addition to the Botanical Library, and creditable to 



