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Sir James Murray iuforms me that no importance can l)e 

 attached to " clewless " (p. 5) of which the first quotation (in the 

 form of " cleuless ") is dated 1862 in the Oxford Dictionary. 



At this point I must leave the problem, hoping to be able to 

 add in an appendix or in an early coirnnunication to the Society 

 the evidence which will enable us to reach a decisive conclusion, 



[Since the delivery of the above address I have been in con- 

 tinual communication with Mr. John P. Sleeper, who has kindly 

 permitted me to see much interesting manuscript with a direct 

 bearing on the authenticity of the pamphlet. The new facts 

 suggest further enquiries which are being undertaken but cannot 

 be hurried. I therefore leave the address as it was delivered, save 

 for a few necessary corrections and occasional notes, the latter 

 with the date Aug. 12, 1913. The results will be communicated 

 to the Society at the earliest possible date. 



E. B. PouLTON, Aug. 13, 1913.] 



Upon the conclusion of the Presidential Address the Eev. T. E. 

 E. Stebbing moved the following Eesolution : — 



" That the President be thanked for his excellent Address and 

 that he be requested to allow it to be printed and circulated 

 amongst the Pellows " which, having been seconded by Mr. H. E. 

 Knipe, was carried by acclamation. 



The President, then addressing Lieut. Count Wilhelm von 

 Be>'tinck-l'nd -Waldeck - LiMPUKG, who attended from the 

 Oerman Embassy, related the reasons which guided the Council 

 in awarding the Linnean Gold Medal to Professor Adolf Engler, 

 and handed the Medal to him for transmission to the recipient. 



The President said : — 



I ask you, Sir, to receive the Linnean Medal on behalf of 

 Dr. Adolph Engler and to transmit it to him. I am indeed sorry 

 not to see him here to-day so that I might express personally our 

 appreciation of those great and long continued labours in the 

 field of botany which have induced the Council of the Linnean 

 Society to award to him the highest distinction it can bestow. 

 At the same time we are all glad to know that the African journey 

 which accounts for his absence is proof of his unimpaired vigour 

 and unceasing energy. 



It is now forty-seven years since Dr. Engler published his 

 dissertation ' De Genex-e Saxifraga" and " Beitriige zur Natur- 

 geschichte und Verbreitung des Genus Saxifraga" to be followed, 

 six years later, by an admirable monograph on the same genus. 



