Xvni rROCEEDINGS. 



The Chairman (J. J. Blandy, Esq.) drew attention to 

 the great loss wliich the Society had sustained by the death 

 of the Earl of Auckland, who had for many years been a 

 most active member of the Council, and he announced that 

 tiie next meeting would be made special for the purpose of 

 electing a successor to his Lordship. Mr. Hutton, on the 

 part of the Council, expressed their deep sense of the valu- 

 able services which had been rendered to the Society by the 

 deceased nobleman, who might be truly described as one of 

 the most able, useful, and sincere friends which Horti- 

 culture had ever possessed. 



Books Presented. 



The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Vol. IX., Part 2. From 

 the Society. 



The Athena>um for December. From the Editor. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XVIII., Part 2. From the 

 Society. 



Le Bon Jardinier, Almanach pour 1849. From JI Vilmorin. 

 ♦ Pliilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London : for the year 1846, Parts 



2, 3, and 4; for the vear 1847, Parts 1 and 2; for tlie year 1848, Part 1. Pro- 

 ceedings of the Roval Society, Nos. 02 to TO inclusive. Address of the President 

 read on the 9th of June, 1848, and a List of the Fellows. From the Royal 

 Society. 



The By-laws passed on (his occasion are printed in the fol- 

 loiviiig pages. 



