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The following were elected to be of the Council for the en- 

 suing year:— Edward Barnard, Esq.; H.T. Colebrooke, Esq.; 

 Major-General T. Hardwicke ; Daniel Moore, Esq. ; and 

 Philip B. Webb, Esq. 



An extensive and interesting series of the various species 

 of Rhubarb from Chelsea Garden was exhibited by Mr. An- 

 derson. 



The Anniversary dinner of the Society took place at Free- 

 masons' Tavern, and a considerable number of the Fellows, 

 including many from distant parts of the kingdom, partici- 

 pated in the pleasure of this meeting, which was alloyed only 

 by the absence, owing to indisposition, of their highly esteemed 

 President, whose excellent qualities, great attainments, and 

 invaluable labours for the promotion of science, have long 

 endeared him to those who know him, and especially to the 

 lovers of Natural History. The chair was filled on this 

 occasion by the venerable Prelate, who from the first foun- 

 dation of the Society has been one of its most zealous sup- 

 porters. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



May I. — At the Anniversary Meeting for the election of 

 the Council and Officers for the ensuing year, the following 

 Gentlemen were chosen : — Council : Thomas Andrew Knight, 

 Esq. ; the Earl of Aberdeen ; Edward Barnard, Esq. ; Mr. 

 Samuel Brookes ; Henry Moreton Dyer, Esq. ; John Elliot, 

 Esq. ; Alexander Henderson, M.D. ; Charles Holford, Esq. ; 

 Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq.; Mr. Joseph Kirke; Mr. 

 George Loddiges; Alexander MacLeay, Esq.; Joseph Sa- 

 bine, Esq. ; Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. ; John Wal- 

 ker, Esq.— Officers: Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. President; 

 John Elliot, Esq. Treasurer; Joseph Sabine, Esq. Secretary; 

 Mr. John Turner, Assistant Secretary. 



The President appointed the following Members of the 

 Council Vice Preside?its for the ensuing year :— the Earl of 

 Aberdeen; John Elliot, Esq.; Robert Henry Jenkinson, 

 Esq. ; John Walker, Esq. 



May 4. — The following communications were read : 



Note on the Culture of the Canna indica. By Dr. Van 

 Mons, a Foreign Member of the Society. 



Note on Grafting the Rose. By the same. 



On the best Mode of packing Grafts fpr Carriage. By the 



On the Cultivation of Asparagus. By Mr. Peter Linde- 

 gaar, a Corresponding Member of the Society, Gardener to 

 the King of Denmark. 



Several new plants in flower, raised in the Society's Garden 

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