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This Resolution, as declared by the President, was received by all 

 present with acclamation. 



The President then presented Mr. Parsons with the Address and the 

 Cheque in the name of the Society. 



Mr. Parsons, in reply, said it was difficult for him to find words to 

 express his appreciation of the exceedingly kind remarks to which he 

 had just listened. He thanked the President and Council, and the 

 Fellows of the Society, from the bottom of his heart for the Address and 

 Presentation, as well as for the Resolution passed at that evening's 

 Council. He did not feel he deserved such a tribute for services it had 

 been a pleasure to him to render to the Society. He wished to acknow- 

 ledge the kindness and courtesy he had invariably received from the 

 Fellows, and also the kind assistance afforded him by the Honorary 

 Officers under whom it had been his privilege to serve during the past 

 fifteen and a-half years. 



Mr. E. J. Spitta briefly reported upon the objectives made by 

 Jackson Lister which had been recently donated to the Society by the 

 executors of the late Lord Lister. It was also of interest to know that 

 Lister became very intimate with Andrew Ross, whom he started on 

 making original experiments. 



The Secretary read an abstract of a paper by Lord Avebury, entitled 

 " Notes on Pollen." Mr. Shillington Scales said that Lord Avebury had 

 written saying he very much regretted that his health did not permit 

 him to be present to read his paper himself that evening, as he had 

 hoped. 



The best thanks of the Society were returned to Lord Avebury for 

 his interesting paper. 



Dr. J. F. Gaskell then read a paper on " A Method of obtaining 

 Frozen Sections after embedding in Gelatin." In the subsequent dis- 

 cussion the President and Messrs. Spitta, Scales, and Sheppard took part. 



Mr. Earland read a paper (written conjointly with Mr. Heron-Allen) 

 on " Some Xew AstrorhizidiB and their Structure," which he illustrated 

 by sketches on the blackboard. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Dr. Gaskell and to Mr. 

 Heron-Allen and Mr. Earland for their communications. 



The Secretary announced the death, on May 19, 1912, of Mr. 

 Edward Strasburger, Honorary Fellow of the Society since 1879. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Royal Society concerning a 

 memorial to the late Lord Lister. ■ 



