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The following plants, of which there was a sufficient number 

 to supply all the Fellows who applied for them, were distributed 

 as follows : — 



Applicants. Applicants 



Pinus Don Pedri .... 



VI.— SPECIAL GENEEAL MEETING, JULY 7. 



[Kensington Gore.] 



A Special General Meeting of the Society was held in the 

 rooms of the Society of Arts on Thursday, July 7, at 11 a.m., 

 to consider an arrangement with her Majesty's Commissioners of 

 the Exhibition of 1851, for Leasing to the Horticultural Society 

 twenty acres* of ground at Kensington Gore, for the purpose of 

 constructing a magnificent Horticultural Garden upon the spot. 

 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, V.P., occupied the chair. 



The following document was circulated among the Fellows of 

 the Society in explanation of the matter in reference to which 

 they had been specially assembled :— 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED NEW GARDEN AT 

 KENSINGTON GORE, JULY 7, 1859. 



The Council of the Horticultural Society have thought it 

 desirable to call the present Special Meeting of its Members, in 

 order to explain the steps taken by them with a view to obtaining 

 a locality in the immediate neighbourhood of the metropolis, 

 where some of the objects of the Society might be pursued on a 

 large scale with great advantage. They now proceed to state their 

 views for the future, in the confident hope that the course which 

 they think it their duty to recommend for the future adoption of 

 the Society, will meet with its hearty approval and concurrence. 



It is scarcely necessary to recur to the reasons which led the 

 Council to the conclusion that it was inexpedient to continue the 

 annual exhibitions at Chiswick. Successful and attractive as tliose 



