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BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



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SESSION LI. j^TAN»CAl, 



The President opened the Fifty-first Session of the 

 Society on 11th November 1886. He returned thanks to 

 the Fellows for again electing him to the important office, 

 and expressed the hope that the ensuing Session would be a 

 very prosperous one. 



Eeviewing the Session, it may be said that the Society has 

 maintained its position as regards membership, and valuable 

 contributions have been made. 



There are at present 138 Eesident and 312 Non-Eesident 

 Fellows, besides Foreign and Corresponding Members and 

 Associates. 



Two ladies have, under the new Eule for admitting Lady 

 Associates, commended themselves to the Council, and these 

 were unanimously approved by the Society. 



In view of the jubilee of Queen Victoria, the Honorary 

 Patron of our Society, the Fellows resolved to present a con- 

 gratulatory address, as emphasizing at once their loyalty and 

 appreciation of the immense advances made in all branches 

 of science during her auspicious reign. A gracious reply 

 has been received from Her Majesty's Home Secretary. 



We have to record with regret the loss by death of the 

 following Fellows, who took a more or less prominent part 

 «>• in furthering the aims of the Society : — Sir Walter Elliot of 

 5^ Wolfelee, Professor Morren, Liege, Eev. W. W. Newbould, 

 M.A., Dr Traill of Woodwick, Dr A. H. Balfour, Mr Eobert 

 Gray, Mr Thomas Moore, Mr Peterswald Pattison, and 

 Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee, long an Associate of the 

 Society. 



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