52 PEOCEEDIIirOS OF THE 



lioBEBT "Wabneb died at his residence, Widford Lodge, Chelms- 

 ford, on 17th Dec, 1896, aged 81 ; he was therefore born about 

 1815. He was a zealous cultivator of Orchids, and his chief 

 productions, ' Select Orchideous Plants,' 1862-91, three series, 

 fol., and the * Orchid Album,' 1882-97, eleven vols., 4to, testify 

 to his enthusiasm for that order of plants. In gardening circles 

 he is well remembered for having taken fifty large specimens to a 

 horticultural exhibition at St. Petersburg in 1869 ; the journey 

 thither lasted twenty days, but the plants arrived uninjured. 

 Cattleya Mossiw is stated to have been his favourite flower, and 

 he possessed a large number of the species and varieties. It is 

 therefore appropriate that another member of the genus should 

 bear his name, Cattleya Warneri, T. Moore ; although botanically 

 now merged in C. lahiata, gardeners are very prone to retain old 

 names in use. 



Mr. Warner was elected Eellow on 19th February, 1894. 



June 2nd, 1898. 



Mr. Albeet D. Michael, F.Z.S., P.R.M.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. Ernest Charles Horrell and Greorge Nicholson were 

 admitted, and Mr. Eugene Frederick Augustus Obach was elected 

 a Fellow of the Society. 



The Chairman announced that the President had appointed 

 Mr. William Carruthers, Mr. Frank Crisp, Mr. Albert D. 

 Michael, and Dr. Dukinfield fl. Scott to be Vice-Presidents for 

 the ensuing year. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on Lories." By Dr. St. George J. Mivart, F.E.S., 

 F.L.S. 



2. " A Eevision of the Genus SymblepJiarisy By E. S. Salmon. 

 (Communicated by E. M. Holmes, F.L.S.) 



3. " On the Food of the IJropoda." By Surg.-Capt. H. 

 Cummins, F.L.S. 



4. " Observations on the Subdivision of Biologic Areas in 

 India/' By Charles Baron Clarke, F.L.S. 



