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Mr. E. G. Baker, F.L.>S., showed drawings b}'- Miss Beatrice 

 O. CoRFE of British plants, nainel}^ Sui/iitarla, Ruscus, Carlina. 

 Fraxinus, and Jiidorjius, part of a series now being prepared for 

 the Department of Botany, British Museum. 



Dr. A. B. Keiidle, F.R.S., Sec.L.S., remarked that Miss Corfe 

 had shown a special faculty for taking advantage of liints, and had 

 acquired a facility in analysing the flowers, which resulted not 

 only in admirably artistic productions but in very satisfactory 

 botanic illustrations. 



The General Secretary reminded the Fellows that Miss Corfe 

 had exhibited a series of lier beautiful and accurate drawings on 

 the loth December, 1910 (Proc. 1910-11, p. 4). 



March 6th, 1919. 



Sir David Prain, C.M.G., CLE., F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 20th February, 

 1919, were read and confirmed. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting 

 was laid before the Fellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors were ordered. 



Mr. Wellington Ernest Groves and Mr. William Bernard Crow 

 were admitted Fellows. 



Mr. William Charles Barton, B.A.(Oxon.), and Mr. Wilfrid 

 E-ushton, A.R.C.S., D.I.C., were proposed as Fellows. 



Dr. Johan Nordal Fischer A¥ille, Professor of Botany in 

 Christiania University, was proi)osed as a Foreign Member. 



The following were balloted for and elected Fellows: — 

 Mr. Herbert Henry Corbeft, Mr. Frank Cornish, Mr. Charles 

 Ethelbert Foweraker, M.A., Mr. Haslehurst Greaves, Mr. Paul 

 Kestner, Mr. John McLuckie, M.A., B.Sc. (Ghisg.), Mr. William 

 Edward jVicholson, Mr. Pheroshaw Jamsetjee Panday, B.A. 

 (Oxon.), and the Rev. William Walter Watts. Mr. William 

 Hobert Sherrin was elected an Associate. 



The President then read the proposed alterations in the Bye- 

 Laws for the third time, and again explained the reasons which 

 induced the Council to prepare these proposals. He was followed 

 by the Treasurer, who sliowed that the adoption of these proposals 

 would be advantageous from the Unaucial point of view ; and 

 further stated that the number of Fellows was at that moment 

 702. 



Two ballot-boxes were used, and the proposed alterations were 

 separately voted for by chapters, and adopted (see p. 7). 



