APPENDIX. 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Founded 1836. 



I.— GEXEEAL VIEWS AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The attention of the Society is turned to the whole range of 

 •Botanical Science, together with such parts of other branches 

 of Natural History as are more immediately connected with it. 

 These objects are cultivated : — 



1. By holding Meetings for the interchange of botanical 

 information,— for the reading of original papers or translations, 

 abstracts or reviews of botanical works, regarding any branch 

 of botanical knowledge, practical, physiological, geographical, 

 and pala?ontological, — and the application of such knowledge 

 to Agriculture and the Arts. 



2. By publishing annually Proceedings and Transactions, 

 including a List of Members and Donations. 



3. By the formation in Edinburgh of an Herbarium of 

 Foreign and British Plants, and of a Library and Museum for 

 general consultation and reference. 



4. By printing from time to time Catalogues of Plants, with 

 the view of facilitating the study of their geographical distribu- 

 tion, and furthering the principle of exchange. 



5. By making Botanical Excursions both in the neighbour- 

 hood of Edinburgh and to distant parts of Britain. 



6. By appointing Local Secretaries, from amongst the 

 Members of the Society, from whom, in their resi^ective 

 districts, all information regarding the Society's objects and 

 l^roceedings may be obtained. 



II. — LAAYS OF THE SOCIETY. 

 Chapter I. — Fundamental Laws. 



L The Society shall be denominated "The Botanical 

 Society of Edinburgh." 



2. The object of the Society shall be the advancement of 

 Botanical Science, by means of periodical meetings, publications, 

 correspondence, and interchange of specimens amongst its 

 Members. 



