RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



tni . ( , .hould be sold for building purposes; but the proposal was 



abandoned. In l^.'S. however, the Society of Apothecaries became desirous 



relieved of the burden of maintaining the Garden, and applied to 



( hai-itv Commissioners to formulate a scheme for its administration. 



M accordingly drawn up by the Charity Commissioners and 



submitted to the Council of the Royal Society. A Committee appointed by 



ouiu-il carefully considered the scheme and suggested several modifica- 



. which were approved, and the scheme as finally amended was sealed by 



the Charity Commissioners on February 21, 1899. 



Cnder this scheme the Garden is to be administered exclusively for the 



promotion of the study of Botany with special reference to the requirements 



neral education, scientific instruction and research in Botany (including 



I able Physiology), and instruction in Technical Pharmacology, as far as 



t he culture- of medicinal plants is concerned. The Garden is now administered 



h v a hod v of Trustees and by a Committee of Management. The Trustees are 



the Trustees of the London Parochial Charities, and the Committee of 



Management consists of 'seventeen competent persons 1 , sixteen being 



Representative Members, and one being an ex-qfficio or Nominated 'Member. 



The Representative Members are appointed as follows: 



Nine by the above-mentioned Trustees, for a term of four years. 



( )ne by the Treasury, for a term of five years. 



( )ne bv the Lord President of the Council, for a term of five years. 



( )ne by the Technical Education Board of the London County Council, for 



rm of three years. 



One by the Royal Society, for a term of four years. 

 One by the Society of Apothecaries and the Royal College of Physicians, in 



turn, for a term of four years. 

 One bv the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, for a term of four 



ITS, and 



One b\ the Senate of the University of London for a term of four years. 

 The c.r-oflirin Member is ' the person for the time being entitled to the said 

 .I of XT) " under Sir Hans Sloane's Deed of Gift. Under this scheme 

 the Committee is to provide for the maintenance of botanical collections of 

 living plants lor teaching purposes, and, so far as practicable, for the supply 

 of botanical specimens for the purpose of external instruction. The Com- 

 mittee may also provide instruction, by means of lectures or otherwise, in 

 Holnny, with special reference to the requirements of Elementary Education. 



IX. Tni; LAWKS AGRICULTURAL TRUST. 



Mi r< Is Sir) John Bennet Lawes, soon after entering into possession 



of his hereditary property at Rothamsted 1 in 1834, began to make experi- 



i is in HfMtfonMiirr. twenty-five miles from London, near Harpenden, on 

 :h- Midland H;ii! 



