196 TKANSACTJONS AND I'ltOCKKDINGS OF TIIK [Sess. Lxvi. 



At a meeting of the Committee of Management of the 

 Botanical Society, held at 62 Great King Street, 1st 

 December 1838, at 2 p.m., "The President stated, with 

 reference to the proposed union with the College Herbarium, 

 that he was not aware that any serious obstacle now 

 existed to prerent its being carried into effect, and that, 

 as Convener of the Committee of Senators to which the 

 matter had been remitted, he would call an early meeting 

 to endeavour to get the arrangement carried into effect 

 with as little delay as possible." 



At the ordinary meeting of the Botanical Society, held 

 10th January 1839, it was reported by the Committee 

 that " they had the satisfaction of stating that the arrange- 

 ments, which have for some time been in progress with 

 the Patrons and the Senators of the University, have now 

 been brought to a close, and that both of these bodies 

 have unanimously agreed to the union of the College 

 Herbarium with that belonging to the Botanical Society 

 on the terms proposed. In the course of the following 

 week an Extract will be obtained from the Piecords of 

 the Town Council containing the terms of the arrangement, 

 which will be submitted to the Society at the next ordinary 

 meeting. 



" In the meantime it may be satisfactory to state that 

 the Society will thus obtain the {permanent) use of apart- 

 ments in the University already fitted up for the reception 

 of their Herbarium, and that the collections belonging to 

 the University may now be arranged along with those of 

 the Society." 



At the ordinary meeting of the Society, held 10th 

 January 1839, the Secretary invited the members to assist 

 him with work at the Society's Eooms in the College daily 

 from ten to to four o'clock. 



At the ordinary meeting of the Society, held l-lth 

 March 1839, it was reported that the Committee of 

 Management have to notice with peculiar satisfaction 

 the union which has taken place with the College Herb- 

 arium — the whole of which, along with the use of 

 the apartments and cabinets in which it is contained, 

 has been conveyed over to the Society as the jjerpetual 

 Curators of it, with permission to arrange the specimens 



