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Mr. C. E. Salmon referred lo Gerard's " Herball,'" of wliic-h 

 certain copies Mere known to be coloured by hand, and it' pro- 

 fessional service was employed, the reply being in the negative. 



Sit' David Pkain instanced the case of Mr. Pantling in pre- 

 paring coloured plates for his " Orchids of Sikkim,'' by training 

 eiglit native boys to colour bis special portion of each plate, the 

 last touches being put in by the last boy, completing the colouring. 



Mr. Baker asked how Curtis's " Tlora Londinensis" was 

 coloured, the answer being it was like the ' Botanical JNfagazine,' 

 done by hand. 



Dr. Eejtdlk inquired whether entire editions, as of "Tragus" 

 (shown), were coloured or only a few copies : the answer was that 

 the larger number of copies known to the lecturer were un- 

 coloured. 



Several questions were put during the discourse b}' Lord Roth- 

 schild, Mr. Lester Garland, and Mr. A. "\V. Sheppard, which were 

 replied to as they arose. 



May 3rd, 1923. 



Dr. A. Smitii Woodward, F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 19th April, 1923, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Miss jNlargery Knight, Miss Joan Beauchamp Procter, F.Z.S., 

 Rev. William Charles Tippett, William Fawcett, B.Sc, Charles 

 Carniichael Arthur JNIonro, and Thomas Francis Egan were pro- 

 posed as Fellows. 



The following were elected by ballot : as Fellows : Francis 

 Miranda, Clarence Tierney, D.Sc, The Rev, Francis Rosslyn 

 Courtenay ]iruce, D.D., Henry Harwood Smith, Robert Barr, 

 F.R.H.S., Henry Charles Abraham, and William Plane Pycraft ; 

 as a Foreign INIember, Dr. John Isaac Briquet; as an Associate, 

 AVilliam Barclay. 



The following were elected by show of hands Auditors for the 

 Society's Accounts for the financial year which ended on April 30 : — 

 For the Council: jNIr. E. T. Browne and Dr. W. T. Caiman ; for 

 the Fellows: INIr. S, Edwards and Mr. L. V. Lester-Garland. 



The President announced that a Ballot would take place on 

 June 21st next. 



Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., Sec. L.S., showed a seedling oak, 

 three years old, with a tap-root over thirty inches in length, which 

 he had dug up from his garden on heavy clay. The unusual 

 length was ascribed to tlie drought of 192L 



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