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At a meeting of the Committee of Management of the 

 Society, held on 14th May 1840, a letter from the Private 

 Secretary of H.E.H. Prince Albert was read, stating that 

 the Prince would have much pleasure in seeing his name 

 enrolled amongst the Honorary Members of the Botanical 

 Society. The Prince was duly elected by acclamation. 



Letters of congratulation was sent by the Botanical 



Society to Her Majesty on the birth of the Princess Eoyal, 



afterwards Dowager Empress of Germany : and again on 



•the birth of the Prince of Wales, now His Majesty King 



Edward vii. 



At a meeting of the Society, held at 6 York Place, on 

 9th January 1862, a letter of condolence to Her Majesty 

 Queen Victoria on the death of H.E.H. Prince Albert, the 

 Prince Consort. 



Sir George Grey acknowledged receipt of this letter 

 through his Secretary, on 14th January 1862. 



Prince of Wales. 



At a meeting held on 12th March 1863, Professors 

 Maclagan, Archer, and Balfour were appointed a Committee 

 to prepare and transmit a congratulatory address to H.E.H. 

 the Prince of Wales. 



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

 on the motion of the President (Professor Douglas Maclagan), 

 and carried by acclamation, H.E.H. the Prince of Wales 

 was elected an Honorary British Eellow of the Society. 



A congratulatory address upon the occasion of his 

 marriage with Princess Alexandra of Denmark was ordered 

 to be transmitted to His Eoyal Highness through the proper 

 quarter. 



At a meeting of the Botanical Society, held at the 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden on 14th May 1863, a copy of the 

 Society's Diploma, coloured by Dr. Greville, with leather 

 case mounted with silver, for presentation to H.E.H the 

 Prince of Wales, were subjected to the meeting. 



On the 11th June 1863, a letter was submitted to the 

 meeting at the Eoyal Botanic Garden from Lieut.-General 

 Knollys, conveying the thanks of H.E.H. the Prince of 

 Wales for his election as a member of the Society, and also 

 for the Diploma sent him. 



