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of Mr. Allingham, a printer and stationer, with whom he remained 

 for sixteen years, acquiring not only a knowledge of the printing 

 business, but also an acquaintance with the Greek, Latin and French 

 languages, and much general and scientific information. Botany 

 was his favourite study, and the picturesque neighbourhood in which 

 he resided supplied him with the means of improving his knowledge 

 of our native plants. In 1S34 he removed to Birmingham, but 

 returned to Reigate in 1S37, and in the same year commenced 

 business as a printer, in London. In the course of that and 

 the following year he wrote and printed ' A Flora of the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Reigate,' in a small 12mo volume, consisting chiefly of 

 an enumeration of the species, but containing also new localities 

 for some of the rarer among them, and occasional observations on 

 their distinguishing characters. In 1S41 he undertook to edit for 

 Mr. Xewman a botanical periodical, which, under the title of 

 the ' Phytologist,' was continued monthly, for some years under 

 his sole editorship, but always more or less under his super- 

 intendence, until the month of June last year. He was also at one 

 time connected with the ' Globe ' newspaper, and for some years 

 sub- editor of the ' Westminster Review.' In 1S46 he was appointed 

 Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital; but in 1S51 he 

 relinquished this and his other engagements, and became compositor 

 and reader in Mr. Newman's printing establishment, in which he 

 continued up to the time of his death, which took place at his 

 residence in HQl Street, Walworth, on the li2th of June 1S54, in 

 the 4Sth year of his age. He was elected an Associate of the 

 Linnean Society in 1S36. 



The Secretary also announced that nine Fellows and three 

 Foreign Members had been elected since the last Anniversary. 



At the Election which subsequently took place, Thomas Bell, 

 Esq., was re-elected President ; William Yarrell, Esq., Treasurer ; 

 John Joseph Bennett, Esq., Secretary ; and Richard Taylor, Esq., 

 Under-Secretary. The following five Fellows were elected into the 

 Council in the room of others going out : — George Bentham, Esq. ; 

 George Busk, Esq. ; Arthur Henfrey, Esq. ; William Wilson Saun- 

 ders, Esq. ; and Berthold Seemann, Esq., Ph.D. 



The President nominated Francis Boott, Esq., M.D. ; Robert 

 Brown, Esq. ; William Spence, Esq., and WilHam Yarrell, Esq., 

 ^'ice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



