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of the Society, and found that it exhibited beautiful cells, with sto- 

 mata. It was therefore the cuticle of a plant; and from the quadran- 

 gular stomata he was disposed to think that it was allied to Agave. 



Office-bearers were elected as follows for the ensuing year : — Pre- 

 sident : Dr. Seller. Vice-Presidents : Professor Fleming, Dr. Parnell, 

 Professor Balfour, and Professor Christison. Councillors : Professor 

 Goodsir, Mr. James Cunningham, Mr. William L. Lindsay, Mr. James 

 M'Nab, Mr. K. M. Stark, Dr. Lowe, Dr. Dobie, Mr. Charles Lawson, 

 jun., Mr. Henry Paul, and Mr. W. O. Priestley. Honorary Secretary : 

 Dr. Greville. Foreign Secretary : Dr. Douglas Maclagan. Auditor : 

 Mr. Brand. Treasurer : Mr. Evans. Curator of the Museum : Mr. 

 Thomas Anderson. Assistant Secretary and Curator : Mr. G. Lawson. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows : — The Rev. George 

 M'Farline, Elizafield ; Charles Jenner, Esq., Holland Lodge ; Wil- 

 liam Somerville Millar, Esq. ; James Shorrock, Esq. ; Charles Dy- 

 cer, Esq. ; and John Matthews, Esq. Mr. James B. Davies was 

 elected an Associate. 



Several candidates were proposed for election at next meeting. 



Botanical Society of London. 



Saturday, Novemher 29, 1851 {Jifteenth Anniversary Meeting). — 

 Thomas Moore, Esq., F.L.S., in the chair. 



Donations of British plants were announced from Mr. Hewett C. 

 Watson, Mr. H. O. Stephens, the Rev. W. W. Hind, Mr. J. D. Sal- 

 mon, Mr. T. Dutton, the Rev. A. Bloxam, the Rev. H. P. Marsham, 

 and Mr. G. E. Dennes. 



The Secretary read the annual Report of the Council, from which 

 it appeared that 17 new members had been elected since the last 

 Anniversary Meeting, and that the Society consisted of 267 members. 

 Great exertions had been made by the Herbarium Committee to ob- 

 tain the rarer and more interesting plants ; and many valuable speci- 

 mens had been received for distribution to the members. Great 

 progress had been made by Mr. Syme, the Curator, in arranging the 

 Society's collections. The Report was unanimously adopted, after 

 which a ballot took place for the Council for 1852, when J. E. Gray, 

 Esq., F.R.S., was re-elected President ; Mr. J. Reynolds, Treasurer ; 

 Mr. T. Moore, Librarian ; and Mr. G. E. Dennes, Secretary. 



