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indefinite iiuniber of Fello^>s, the power of naming which was 

 to be in any five of the above-named original members before 

 the first of May 1809, but afterwards to be in the power of 

 any seven or more Fellows. The Society is to have a Council 

 of fifteen Fellows, a Prosidont, Treasurer, and Secretary. The 

 first President to be the Earl of Dartmouth ; Charles Greville, 

 first Treasurer; R. A- Salisbury, first Secretary. New ones 

 to be elected annually. The president is every year to appoint 

 four Vice-Presidents from among the Members ; three of the 

 council to go out annually, and three other Fellows elected to 

 their places. Vacancies in the council, &c. are to be filled up 

 within two monlhs, "When Bye Laws are made or altered, 

 -which must be at a General Meeting, a majority at least of 

 two-thirds of the Fellows present is required, and those present 

 must amount to seveni 



At the first establishment of the Society, and for a few 

 years afterwards the number of its Fellows amounted to not 

 more than three or four hundred; but in 1822 they had 

 increased to 1520, in the two preceding years 660 fellows 

 having been elected. In 1824 the fellows amounted to 2197. 

 In 1826 the number tvas 1984; In 1827, it was 2044. 



In 1821 they founded a garden at Chiswick, covering thirty- 

 three Acres, which they have on a lease renewable for ever, of 

 the Duke of Devonshire. To the formation of this Garden, 

 which is confessedly one of the most extensive in the World, 

 the King, and the greater part of the Fellows, contributed 

 and none but Subscribers participate in its benefits. Some 

 object to subscribe on the plea that the original members ought 

 not to be called upon for fresh subscriptions having originally 

 subscribed with the impression that they should be benefitted 

 by every after proceeding of the Society. That this plea is 

 fallacious is demonstrated by the simple fact that without 

 farther Subscriptions the funds of the Society were not «uffi- 



