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ROYAL SOCIETY. 



JULY, 1866. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesday, the 10th 

 July, T. Giblin, Esq , in the chair. 



"VV. J. B. Jenner, Esq., who had been previously nominated by the 

 Council, was, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected a Eellow of the 

 Society. 



The following returns were laid on the table : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during June 510. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto 796. 



3. Tench supplied ditto 27 



4. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 

 Botanic Gardens. 



5. Plants and seeds sent from Gardens dui-ing June : — 

 a. To Mr. Patterson, Sydney, N.S.W., 25 plants. 



6. To S. Hannaford, Esq., Launceston, 50Q white mulberry plants for 



Public Gardens. 

 C. To Colonel Chesney, for Macquarie-street entrance to Queen's Park, 



63 trees, shi-ubs, &c. 



d. To E. M. Lloyd,Esq.,R. E., 10 oaks for Military Barracks. 



e. To W. R. Falconer, Esq., for decoration of public places in Hobart 



Town and Launceston, 116 plants, and two varieties of bulbs. 

 /. For the grounds of the Queen's Orphan Asylum, 1 19 plants. 

 g. To A. Verscbaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, 3 large tree ferns. 



6. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — 



a. From A. Verscbaffelt, Ghent, 32 plants of which 18 were dead on 



arrival. 

 6. From Dr. Mueller, Melbourne Botanic Gordens, — tree and shrub seeds, 

 164 papers ; Herbaceous and Annual, 675 ditto ; Grass, Wheat, Oats, 

 Maize, Gourds, and Ricinus, 335 ditto ; Palm, 2 ditto. Total varieties 

 of Seeds 1,178, of Plants 185. 



As to this large and valuable presentation from Dr. Mueller, the SECRETARY 

 read the following letter from Archdeacon Davies : — 



"I enclose a list of plants, which have been forwarded by Dr. Mueller, to 

 the Royal Society's Garden^. Another case, if not already received, will 

 arrive by the next Southern Cross. Dr. Mueller has also promised a very 

 large supply of Fir Trees, for the new Cemetery, and he offered me, or through 

 myself, 500 Tea Trees to any person who will take the trouble of preparing a 

 suitable piece of ground to plant them in. Under these circumstances, I 

 think some acknowledgment is due to Dr. Mueller more than the usual receipt 

 for plants received." 



The following memorandum, attached to his usual monthly return by 

 Mr. F. Abbott, Superintendent ot the Gardens, was also read: — "With re- 

 ference to Dr. Mueller's splendid donation, 1 think the thanks of the Society 

 are due to that gentleman for his liberality, not only on the present occasion 

 but on many previous ones. In the present collection, which consists of 185 

 Plants and 1,178 papers of Seeds, although there are some more of botanical in- 

 terest than otherwise, there are many useful and oruaiueutal varieties." 



Mr. M. Allport then moved that a special vote of thanks should be given 

 toDr. MueUer, and he had the greatest pleasure in doing so, not only for 

 the splendid and valuable donation, for which the Societ}' had become in- 

 debted, but for the extreme attention Dr. Mueller had invariably shown when 

 application had been made to him for information on any subject connected 

 with horticulture or botany. On all such occasions we were certain of receiv- 

 ing a most prompt and courteous reply. 



Mr. Johnston seconded. 



