Ivi PROCEEDINGS. 



May 1, 1849. (Regent Street — Anniversary.) 

 The following Fellows of the Society, viz. : — 



The Bishop of Winchester, 

 Col. Challoner, 

 Dr. Jackson, 



were elected new Members of the Council, in the room of 



Sir George Staunton, Bart., 

 J. H. Schroder, Esq., 

 C. B. Warner, Esq. 



The following Fellows of the Society were elected officers for 

 the ensuing year, viz. : — 



Tiie Duke of Devonsliire, President ; 

 Robert Hutton, Esq., Treasurer; 

 J. R. Go wen, Esq., Secretary. 



The Annual Report from tlie Council and Auditors \vas read 

 (see the body of tliis volume). 



It was moved by Mr. Jolm Glenny, seconded by Peter Pole, 

 Esq., and carried unanimously, that the Report now read be 

 adopted. 



The following notice was suspended in the meeting-room : — 



" Lectures on Horticulture, 1849. — Dr. Lindley having con- 

 sented to deliver Six Lectures on Horticulture to the Fellows of 

 the Society during the months of May, June, and July, the 

 Council have appointed the following Tuesdays for this purpose, 

 at three o'clock, p.m., viz. : — 



May— 15th and 22nd ; 

 June— 12th and 2Gth; 

 July— 3rd and 17th; 



and in order to facilitate the dispatch of other business, these 

 lectures have been also appointed Ordinary General Meetings, 

 at which Fellows of the Society may be elected, and objects of 

 exhibition received. 



" The subjects of the lectures will be : — 



May 15th. — The materials from which plants derive their FOOD. 

 „ 22nd. — The ROOT, its means of obtaining food, and its other 

 properties. 

 June 12th. — The LEAVES and their importance in the general 

 economy of the plant. 

 „ 26th. — The STEM, whether regarded as timber or as a means 

 of propagation : together with the circumstances 

 which hasten or defer its destruction by decay. 

 July 3rd.— The FLOWER and FRUIT of plants, the circum- 



