12 PKOCEEDINGS Of THE 



Mr. Philip i'urley I'y'^on and Mr. Robert Selby Hole were 

 elected, and Dr. George Herbert Fowler, Mr. William Philip James 

 Le Brocq, and Mr. Charles Edward Pearson were admitted Fellows 

 of the Society. 



The PRESIDENT then read a letter from H.M. Office of Works 

 stating that the Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury had 

 authorised the Board to assign to the Society the rooms shortly 

 to be vacated by the Post Office, on condition that the Society 

 bears the cost of alteration necessary to adapt them to its use. 

 The announcement having been unanimously welcomed, the General 

 Secretary briefly referred to the negotiations during the past four 

 years which had now been crowned with success. 



Auditors for the annual audit of the Treasurer's accounts wei'e 

 nominated, Mr. C. B. Clarke and the Eev. E.. Ashington Bullen 

 on behalf of the Council, and Mr. Herbert Druce and Mr. E, G. 

 Baker on behalf of the Fellows ; by show of hands these were 

 duly elected. 



Mr. Clement Reid exhibited drawings by Mrs. Eeid of Fruits 

 and Seeds of British Preglacial, Interglacial, and Roman Plants : 

 2nd Series — Calyciflorse. 



The most interesting addition to the Interglacial flora is the 

 South-European Cotoneaster Pyracantlia, which occurs abundantly 

 on the Sussex coast in deposits which yield also Acer ononspessu- 

 lanum, Najas minor, and N. graminea. 



The Preglacial Calycihorse include Trapa nutans ; but the rest 

 of the species yet determined are still living in Britain ; many, 

 however, need further examination. 



The plants from Roman Silchester include the vine, bullace, 

 damson, and coriander. 



Mr. R. Morton Mibdleton exhibited a holograph letter from 

 Linnaeus to Haller, dated Upsala, 12th May, 1747, conveying the 

 intelligence of Haller being elected a Foreign Member of the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. The President and the General 

 Secretary contributed some brief remarks. (See p. 41.) 



Dr. O. Staff, on behalf of Mr. W. B. Hemsley, exhibited some 

 specimens of Primula vulgaris, Huds., which displayed the phe- 

 nomenon of phyllody of the calyx in an unusual degree. 



A paper by Mr. James Cash was postponed to a subsequent 

 meetins:. 



