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the Council have been desirous to preserve their connection with 

 Mr. Solly, and have therefore appointed him Honorary Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry to the Society. 



Among the means which the Council have deemed it expe- 

 dient to take in order to increase the efficiency of the Society, 

 has been the substitution of a Quarterly Journal, in an octavo 

 size, for the costly quarto Transactions. The latter have always 

 been published at uncertain intervals — and, of late years, in 

 consequence of their expense, the period that has elapsed be- 

 tween one Part and another has been more than ever consi- 

 derable : to remedy this, it has been decided that the Trans- 

 actions shall be discontinued as soon as a complete Index of their 

 voluminous contents shall have been prepared. That, in the 

 meanwhile, and in future, there shall appear quarterly, on the 

 1st of January, April, July, and October, an octavo Journal, 

 which shall contain papers on horticultural subjects, both theo- 

 retical and practical — an account of the proceedings of the So- 

 ciety — the result of experiments carried on in the Garden — a 

 description of new plants introduced by the Society — the corre- 

 spondence of collectors — and such other details as may appear 

 likely to interest the public. Of this Journal two Parts have 

 already appeared, and the Council trust that the measures which 

 they have taken to ensure its utility and punctual appearance 

 will prove effectual. It is not expected that the cost of this 

 work will be smaller than that of the quarto Transactions if they 

 had appeared annually, but the form and mode of publication of 

 the Journal are believed to be better suited to the purposes to 

 the Society and the wishes of the Fellows. 



With a view to secure efficient co-operation in this work, the 

 Council have recently recommended a considerable addition to 

 the Corresponding Members of the Society, which recommenda- 

 tion was adopted at the meeting on February 17, 1846, when 

 the following elections took place : — 



Mr. W. P. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., F.H.S. 



Mr. J. Barnes, gardener to The Lady Kolle, F.H.S. 



Mr. W. B. Booth, gardener to Sir C. Lemon, Bart., F.H.S. 



Mr. J. Brown, gardener to the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. 



Mr. David Cameron, at the Botanic Garden, Birmingham. 



Mr. A. Campbell, at the Botanic Garden, Manchester. 



Mr. Thomas Corbett, gardener to Sir William Molesworth, Bart., 



M.P., F.H.S. 

 Mr. James Duncan, gardener to Jos. Martineau, Esq., F.H.S. 

 Mr. James Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq. 

 Mr. R. Fish, gardener to Colonel Sowerby, F.H.S. 

 Mr. D. Fergiison, at the Botanic Garden, Belfast. 

 Mr. G. Fleming, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S. 

 Mr. A. Forsyth, gardener to the Earl of Shrewsbury, F.H.S. 



