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report are by tliis time in the press, and Pellows may reasonably 

 expect to receive a first instalment of this special publication in 

 our series of ' Transactions ' before very long. 



This is a notable Session, and to-day is a notable date in the 

 annals of our own and all similar Societies. At this meeting we 

 celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of our eponymous 

 hero, the illustrious Swedish Naturalist Carl von Linne ; and at 

 this time the eyes of Linneans all the world over will naturally 

 turn to Upsala, where the ancient University celebrates, yesterday 

 and to-day, with fitting pomp and circumstance, an occasion with 

 ■\^hich we desire to express our most cordial sympathy and con- 

 gratulations. This Society was officially invited to appoint a 

 delegate to take part in the proceedings as a guest of the 

 University, and our Council expressed the wish that if the President 

 of the Society was unable to go to Sweden himself at this time, 

 he should name a representative to take his place. Our present 

 Anniversary Meeting and other duties in England prevented me 

 from having the honour of representing the Society, and I had 

 great pleasure in proposing to the Council the nomination of our 

 Past-President, Mr. William Carruthers, P.R.S., whose well-known 

 and long-continued studies on the history, work, and personal 

 relics of Linnaeus rendered him a most suitable representative on 

 the occasion. 



Mr. Carruthers, accompanied by our General Secretary, is 

 now in Sweden, conveying both to Upsala and to Stockholm 

 our messages of goodwill and congratulation ; and bearing for 

 presentation to the University of Linnseus a special copy of our 

 Linnean Medal. We shall hope to hear from our representative, 

 at a future meeting, some account of the proceedings at this 

 historic gathering in Sweden ; and 1 would now propose to you 

 that, if you are agreeable, we should participate so far as we 

 can in those proceedings by sending, at the conclusion of this 

 meeting, to the Rector of the University of Upsala, a telegram of 

 congratulation in the following terms : — 



Linnean Societi/ of London assembled at Anniversary 

 Meeting congratulates University of Upsala on historic 

 Linnean Celebration. 



Our Council has decided that, in addition to the recognition of 

 the occasion at the present meeting, our own rejoicing on this 

 200th Anniversary should take the form of a Conversazione, in 

 these rooms, which we hope the Fellows and their friends and a 

 few other representative men of Science will be pleased to attend. 

 The date fixed is June 7th ; the invitations, as you are aware, have 

 been issued, and we only regret that limitations of space prevent 

 us from receiving a wider circle of scientific friends in this house. 

 We expect on the occasion to have displayed in the Library and 

 Council-room upstairs some exhibits of scientific interest and 



