ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



s President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary Council and 

 ted in manner here- officers con- 

 bhe said Articles of '*'''''''• 

 Agreement?, dated the 94th day of July, I860, between the said 

 Commissioners and "the said Society," and so long as "the 

 Society" shall hold and use or enjoy as aforesaid the said land 

 mentioned in the same Articles of Agreement of the Commis- 

 sioners at Kensington Gore in pursuance of the said arrange- 

 ment, there shall be a Committee for regulating the amount to The Ex- 

 be retained by " the Society" in each year from the " Receipts ^^^^j^^^^ 

 from the Gardens " for expenses. The said Council shall consist un^er the 

 of fifteen members appointed and to be elected as hereinafter arrange- 

 mentioned, whereof any five shall be a quorum. The said ™®'^* ^' 

 Committee shall be appointed as hereinafter mentioned. And Commis- 

 We do hereby nominate and appoint or confirm Our well-beloved sioners and 

 Consort His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., the said Earl the Society. 

 Ducie, the said Bishop of Winchester, the said John Jackson The Coun- 

 Blandy, the said John Glutton, the said Charles Wentworth cil. 

 Dilke the younger, the said Charles Edmonds, the said Septi- 

 mus Holmes Godson, the said Henry Thomas Hope, the said Nomination 

 John Lee, John Lindley, F.R.S., the said Henry Pownall, of first 

 William Wilson Saunders, F.R.S., the said James Veitch the ^°''°'''- 

 younger, and the said Robert Wrench (who constitute the present 

 Council of " the Society,") the Council. And We do hereby 

 further nominate and appoint or confirm His Royal Highness President. 

 the Prince Consort (now being President) the President, the 

 said William Wilson Saunders (now being the Treasurer) the Treasurer. 

 Treasurer, and the said John Lindley (now being the Secretary) Secretary. 

 the Secretary, of " the Society," (all and each of the aforesaid 

 Councillors and Officers to continue in such their respective 

 offices until the second Tuesday in the month of February, 

 1862 ; and as regards such of the said Councillors as shall not 

 be ballotted out from time to time as hereinafter mentioned, 

 they shall continue in office until so ballotted out). And We 

 do also hereby nominate and appoint and confirm the said J^^^^^^' 

 Earl Ducie, Bishop of Winchester, John Jackson Blandy, and 

 Charles Wentworth Dilke (being the present four Vice-Presi- 

 dents) to be the Vice-Presidents of " the Society," until some 

 other persons shall be chosen in their respective rooms in the 



