lO PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Prof. Ethelbert Blatter, S. J., Mr. Jal Phirozshah Miillan, M.A., 

 Mr. Cyril West, and Mr. Eobert Whymper, were proposed as 

 Pellows. 



The Eev. Henry Bride Barber, and Mr. Edward Thomas 

 Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), were elected Fellows. 



The President, in accordance with his announcement at the last 

 meeting, read the follo^^^ng statement to be embodied in a circular 

 to the Pellows : — 



The Council of the Liunean Society have had under considera- 

 tion the application of the bequest of .£100 left to the Society by 

 the late Sir Joseph Hooker. They feel that the Pellows of the 

 Society would not desire this legacy to be applied to the ordinary 

 purposes of the Society, but that they would wish it to be used 

 for some memorial of the illustrious donor in connection with the 

 Society. Such a memorial would be peculiarly appropriate, since 

 the late Sir Joseph Hooker was for nearly seventy years one of 

 the strongest supporters of the Society, taking the keenest interest 

 in its work. 



The Council have agreed that the most suitable memorial would 

 be an adequately endowed Sir Joseph Hooker Lecture to be 

 delivered OA'ery second, third, or fourth year, and to be published 

 by the Society. They propose that the Lecture be on some 

 subject especially associated with the name of Sir Joseph Hooker, 

 and that the Lecturer be appointed by the Council, not necessarily 

 from among the Pellows of the Society, They suggest that the 

 generous bequest of =£100 sliould foi-m the nucleus of a Pund to 

 be raised for the purpose of carrying this proposal into effect. 

 The Council are gratified to know that their proposal meets with 

 the warm approval of Lady Hooker. 



The Council consider that a total sum of not less than £600 

 should be obtained, and confidently appeal to the Pellows of the 

 Linnean Society and others to contribute. 



Mr. A. 0. "Walker showed specimens, in flower from his garden, 

 of (1) yellow wallflower, (2) Gheirantlius " Harpur-Crewe," and 

 (3) Erysimum helveticum, DC. ?, pointing out that the respective 

 smell was the only available method of determining the affinity of 

 the second plant, as it was invariably double and never seeded, so 

 that propngation only took place by cuttings. 



Mr. Arthur W. Sutton, P.L.S., read a paper on " "Wild Pea 

 crosses,"' illustrated by a lantern exhibition of Lumiere slides in 

 colour photography showing the results of crosses between a wild 

 pea from Palestine, presumably Piswn liiimih, Boiss. & Noe, with 

 cultivated forms. This was followed by a series of Lumiere 

 lantern- slides of various botanical subjects. 



