Flora of Delaware and the Eastern Shore 



the home of Dr. Henry Gibbons; adjourned to meet 5th-day, the 

 12th, at Delaware Academy of Natural Sciences." The minutes 

 were signed by 



Dr. William Gibbons Samuel Hilles 



Eli Hilles William Hogarth 



Abraham Alderdice Norris Palmer 



Ziba Ferris Edward Tatnall, Jr. 



Edward Tatnall Albert W. Smith 



Dr. Henry Gibbons. 



Originally, the admission fee was 50 cents; the monthly dues, 

 123^ cents. Dr. William Darlington was elected an honorary 

 member. 



The Society issued a 



CATALOGUE 



of the 



PHAENOGAMOUS AND FILICOID PLANTS 



of 

 NEW CASTLE COUNTY 



Arranged according to the Natural System 

 with the Synonyms of Modern Authors 



Published by 

 The Botanical Society of Wilmington, Del. 



1844 



This work was 12 pages long, with three columns to a page, and 

 listed 739 species and 20 varieties. "Addenda" to the Catalogue, 

 consisting of a single sheet, or two pages, was published in 1846, 

 and contained the names of 129 species and 7 varieties. A copy of 

 the Catalogue, and one of the Addenda, are preserved in the archives 

 of the Society of Natural History of Delaware, deposited in the 

 Institute Free Library. They are bare lists of names, without 

 annotations. 



The last meeting of the Botanical Society of Wilmington was 

 held October 1, 1859, when it merged with the Wilmington Insti- 

 tute, turning over its assets to the Institute. Its herbarium was 

 presented to Edward Tatnall and Dubre Knight. The Society's 

 books are now in the custody of Wilmington Institute Free Library. 



At first, women were not admitted to membership in the Botan- 

 ical Society of Wilmington. As a result of this somewhat ungallant 



xvi 



