TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION LXXIII. 
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, NOVEMBER 1908. 
By the kindness of the Assistant Secretary, Mr Jeftrey, 
I am able to submit the following state of the Roll of 
the Society :— 
Honorary Fellows: British 6, Foreign 25. Ordinary 
Fellows: Resident 106, Non-Resident, 45. Corresponding 
Members 60; Associates 9; Lady Members 6. Total, 257. 
During the past year the membership of the Society 
has been strengthened by the addition of :—Honorary 
British Fellow 1. Ordinary Fellows: Resident 7, Non- 
Resident 3; Lady Member 1. Total 12. 
During the same period 5 Ordinary Fellows have 
resigned, and we have lost by death:—1 Royal Fellow 
(Osear II., King of Sweden). Ordinary Fellows: Resident 
5, Non-Resident 1, Corresponding Member 1. Total 8. 
OscaR Il., Ktnc oF SwEDEN.—The death on Sunday, 
8th December 1907, at the Royal Palace at Stockholm, of 
Oscar I., King of Sweden, removed the only foreign royal 
name from their list of Fellows. The late king ascended 
the throne on 18th September 1872, and during his whole 
reign the feud between Sweden and Norway was acute, and 
ultimately resulted in the declaration of Norwegian inde- 
pendence. In 1899 he abdicated in favour of his son 
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