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affixed to each plant, it is to be hoped that many outside the 
Society made use of the garden for the purpose for which it 
was established. For the stocking of the garden we were greatly 
indebted to Mr. A. O. WALKER, and many members of our 
Botanical Section. 
With this Report will be printed a new Catalogue of 
the Books of the Society. The number of books has been 
considerably augmented, and it has been the object of your 
Committee to select Works of Reference on each of the subjects 
treated of by the various Sections. The books are in good 
order, for which we have to thank our Hon. LiprarIAN; and 
we are also much indebted to Mr. J. W. P. Epwarps for his 
kindness and care in arranging the new Catalogue. 
In connection with the Society rewards are offered suited 
alike to the youngest student and the most advanced, and the 
best return that can be made to those who so kindly offer the 
prizes, is that we should evince some zeal as competitors. Last 
year there were no competitors for the Kingsley Memorial Prize ; 
this we can only trust may not happen again. Members are 
particularly requested to examine the list of Prizes offered, for 
even if they do not intend competing, they may know some 
friend who holds back simply from a feeling of diffidence, 
requiring only a little gentle stimulus to enter the lists. 
The Museum is in good order, and many additional cases 
have been added, and much good work has been done in the 
arrangement of local fossils. A special gift was left by the late 
Mr. J. B. SHONE, of fossil plants from the carboniferous lime- 
stone near Prestatyn ; these are particularly valuable as occurring 
in our own district, and being rare in other parts of England. 
The Microscopical Cabinet now contains 250 slides, and 
your Committee wish them to be freely used by the Members. 
Slides can be taken out and examined at home, and the Curator 
of the Cabinet, Mr. Srppatt, will at any time furnish informa- 
tion as to the rules under which this can be done, 
