20G TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF TIJE [Sess. Lxvi. 



at once to address a strong memorial to the Commissioners 



for Woods and Forests, urging the importance of adding 



more accommodation to the present Museum in the 



Botanic Garden, and thus enabling us to have the whole 



of our valuable collection in one place. 



Have the goodness to lay this before the Society this 



evening. — And believe me to be yours truly, 



-r , „ „ „ Douglas Maclagan. 



Jokn badlcr, h^q^. 



The meeting appointed Professors Maclagan, Archer, and 

 Balfour a Committee to draw up a Memorial to the Com- 

 missioners of H.M, Works, urging upon their Lordships the 

 necessity of providing more accommodation at the Eoyal 

 Botanic Garden for the Herbarium and Library. 



At the meeting of the Society held on 9th April 1863, 

 the Minutes of the meeting of 12th March 1863 were read 

 and approved. 



The following Memorial to the First Commissioner of 

 H.M. Office of Works asking for more accommodation at 

 the Botanic Garden for the University Herbarium was also 

 adopted at the meeting of 9th April 1863 : — 



To the Honourable the First Commissioner of Works, 



The Memorial of the President and Fellows of the 

 Botanical Society of Edinburgh, humbly showeth — 



That the President and Fellows of the Botanical Society 

 were appointed by the Patrons of the University in 1839^ 

 Joint-Curators of the University Herbarium, along with the 

 Professor of Botany. 



That in 1851^ an arrangement was made with the 

 Office of Works, by which it was agreed that accommoda- 

 tion should be granted for the Herbarium in rooms at the 

 Royal Botanic Garden. 



That the collection was thereafter transferred to the 

 Garden, and that it has been ever since accessible to every 

 one who wishes to consult it. 



That the accommodation is now totally inadequate for 

 the purpose, and that thus the collection of plants has 



1 Should be 9th January 1839. 



^ No note in Minutes of any such arrangement in 1851 or about 

 that year. 



