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209.) This proves that the plant was at that period thoroughly 
established in the district.—R. R. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
Anniversary Meeting, May 24, 1853.—Robert Brown, Esq., Presi- 
dent, in the chair. 
This day, the Anniversary of the birth of Linneus, and that 
appointed by the Charter for the Election of Council and Officers, the 
President opened the business of the Meeting, and the Secretary 
read notices of the following Members who had died since the last 
Anniversary. 
John Marten Cripps, Esq., F.S.A.; Philip Derbishire, M.D.; the 
Rev. Edward Duke, M.A., F.S.A.; the Rev. Henry Hasted, M.A. ; 
Charles Morgan Lemann, M.D.; Gideon Algernon Mantell, LL.D., 
F.R:S., ‘F.G.S., F.S.A. &c.; Mr. Donald Munro; Jonathan Pereira, 
M.D., F.R.S.; James Francis Stephens, Esq.; Thomas Thomson, 
M.D., F.R.S. Lond. and Edinb.; Frederick Thomas Wintle, M.D.; 
the Baron Leopold von Buch; Achille Richard; Mr. William 
Gardiner. 
The Secretary also announced that fifteen Fellows and two Foreign 
Members had been elected since the last Anniversary. 
Election of Officers. 
At the election which subsequently took place, Thomas Bell, Esq., 
was elected President; William Yarrell, Esq., was re-elected ‘Trea- 
surer; John Joseph Bennett, Esq., Secretary; and Richard Taylor, 
Esq., Under-Secretary. The following five Fellows were elected into 
the Council in the room of others going out: Francis Boott, M.D.; 
William John Burchell, D.C.L.; William Spence, Esq.; Francis 
Walker, Esq., and Robert Wight, M.D. 
Portrait of Linneus. 
Among the presents announced was a portrait of Linneus, copied 
by Prof. Pasch from the original by Roslin, in the possession of the 
Royal Acadamy of Sciences at Stockholm, for Archbishop Troil, by 
him presented to Sir Joseph Banks, and now presented to the Society 
by Robert Brown, Esq., President; for which the special thanks of 
the Society were directed to be given. 
