32 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr. William Fawcett moved : — " 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 

 was seconded by Mr. G. S. Saundees, and carried unanimously. 



The ballots for Council and Officers having been respectively closed 

 at the times required by the Bye-Laws, the President appointed 

 Mr. J. F. Duthie, the Kev. T. E. ii. Stebbing and Mr. F. N. Williams, 

 Scrutineers. The votes having been cast up by them were reported 

 to the President, who declared the result as follows : — 



For the Council : — E. A. Newell Arbee, M.A. ; Leonard A. 

 Boodle, Esq. ; Henry Bury, M.A. ; Sir Frank Crisp ; Prof. 

 Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S. ; Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.ll.S. ; Dr. 

 Gr. Herbert Fowler ; J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S. ; Prof. J. P. 

 Hill, M.A. , D.Sc; John Hopkinson, F.G.S. ; Dr. B. Daydon 

 Jackson ; Horace W. Monckton, F.G.S. ; 11. Innes Pocock, 

 F.Z.S. ; Prof. E. B. PouLTON, F.B.S. ; Lt.-Col. D. Prain, F.E.S. ; 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.E.S. ; Miss Ethel Sargant ; Dr. Dukinfield 

 H. Scott, F.E.S. ; Prof. A. C. Seavard, F.E.S. ; and Dr. Otto 

 Stapf, F.E.S. ; the five retiring Councillors being : Prof. G. C. 

 Bourne, D.Sc, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.E.S., Prof. F.W. Oliver, 

 F.E.S,, Prof. F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, and Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 

 LL.D., F.E.S. 



The President then appointed the same Scrutineers to examine 

 the ballot for the Officers, and the votes having been cast up were 

 reported to the President, who declared the result as follows : — 

 President : Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Treasurer : Horace W. Monckton, F.G.S. 

 Secretaries: Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, 

 Prof. A. Dendy, F.E.S., 

 Dr. O. Stapf, F.E.S. 



The President then addressed Prof. F. O. Bower, F.E.S. : 



Professor Bower, — It is one of the pleasantest incidents of my 

 life that I should be called on at this meeting, the first anniversary 

 at which I have presided, to present to you the Linneau Medal, 

 the greatest distinction which the Society has to bestow, and 

 one associated already with many great names, from that of Sir 

 Joseph Hooker to those of Strasburger and Treub, the last 

 botanical recipients. 



Tou and 1 have known each other so well and so long that it 

 would be difficult for both of us if I tried to deliver a formal 

 eulogium in your presence. It may be most in accordance with 

 your wishes if I say on this occasion less than I think. 



We first met in the early days of your work on WelwitscJiia 

 and Gnetum about 1880-1882. Everyone remembers the discovery 

 you made of the true nature of the two persistent leaves in 

 WelwiiscJiia, formerly supposed to be the cotyledons. Those 



