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Society's Garden will be appropriated to this kind of cultivation ; 

 and the co-operation of the friends of horticulture in all parts of 

 the world is solicited, so that Fellows of the Society, disposed 

 to make tropical fruits the .object of their care, may have the 

 best opportunity of doing so. 



In the year 1841 a few scientific Members of the Society 

 agreed to subscribe various sums annually, for three or four years, 

 for the purpose of forming a fund, out of which might be defrayed 

 the expenses of conducting some inquiries into the chemistry of 

 horticulture. His Grace the President most liberally contri- 

 buted 50/. annually towards this charge, and the remainder of 

 the sum required was made up by the following Fellows, in thc^, 

 proportions affixed to their names : — 



The Council agreed to defray the charges of re-agents and 

 travelling expenses to the extent of 201. a year, and Mr. Edward 

 Solly was intrusted with the investigations. Some very elabo- 

 rate papers, issuing from this inquiry, have already been printed 

 in the Transactions, others have appeared in the Journal, and 

 more are still in course of preparation. The period, however, 

 for which the Committee was organised having been already ex- 

 ceeded, it will be discontinued at Midsummer next, after having 

 lasted for five years ; during which time Mr. Solly has on seve- 

 ral occasions, in addition to his other duties, delivered lectures 

 on horticultural chemistry in the meeting-room. But although 

 the Chemical Committee will be dissolved at Midsummer next, 



