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bolanical side, the ' Forest Trees ' by Selby, the debt of gratitude 

 to Van Voorst's memory becomes great indeed. Nor must it 

 be forgotten that be was the publisher of ' The Ibis ' from 

 1865. 



The most active period of his life was passed among men 

 of whom many were profound philosophers and competent artisis, 

 and at a time when biological work was done more leisurely than 

 now. These persons fouud in him a sympathetic friend not 

 above taking a risk in the cause of science, and to his personal 

 interest in scientific occupations there have been due the adequate 

 presentation of not a few Zoologici.il and Botanical works in the 

 English tongue now classical. 



He retired from active business life in 1886, but to the last his 

 interest in the younger generation of naturalists was maintained. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on March 

 15th, 1853. Throughout his long association with it he evinced 

 a genuine interest in its concerns and social life, which endeared 

 him to all its Fellows with whom he came in contact. The 

 cast of a bust of John E.ay and. the medallion of William 

 Tarrell, with which he 40 years ago enriched the Society's 

 Collections, remain as permanent tokens of his goodwill. 



June 1st, 1899. 



Dr. Albeet C. L. G-. Gunthee, F.li.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. Eobert Ashington Bullen, Hugh de Beauvoir de 

 Havilland, Leonard Goodhart Sutton, and Ernest Euthven Sjkes 

 were elected ; and Messrs. Eobert Brooks Popham and George 

 Sharp Saunders were admitted Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.E.S., F.L.S., exhibited a selection of 

 High-level Plants from the collections formerly made by Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, Dr. Thomson, General Sir E, Straehey, and 

 more recently by Capt. Wellby, Mr. and Mrs, Littledale, and 

 Mr. Arnold Pike in iSTorthern India, Tibet, and Mongolia, many 

 of them from altitudes of 18,000 to 19,200 feet. A selection 

 was also shown from the collections made in the Andes by 

 Sir Martin Conway, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Gosse, and Mr. Whymper, 

 at various altitudes up to 18,500 feet. The principal points 

 referred to were the small size of many of the plants, the pro- 

 tective woolly covering of others, and the general preponderance 

 of the natural order Compositai. 



On behalf of Mr. Eupert Vallentin, F.L.S., Mr. J. E. Harting 



exhibited lantern-slides of the so-called " Sea-Elephant " {Macro- 

 rhinus eleplwntinus), prepared from photographs taken in 

 February last by Mr. Vallentin in the Falkland Islands. After 



