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they have been hitherto furnished to the Fellows, and which has obtained 

 general approbation, as is proved by an extensive circulation among the 

 public. 



" 4th, It has been determined to sell by auction such duplicate drawings 

 as it is not thought necessary to retain. 



" 5th, It has also been determined to sell by auction, in the month of 

 July next, certain plants at the garden : a measure which, it is hoped, will 

 relieve in part the charge of labour hitherto incurred, without in any degree 

 diminishing, either with reference to science or general attraction, the col- 

 lection of the more useful and ornamental plants. 



" 6th, The regulations for the admission of visitors to the garden have 

 been altered as announced to the Meeting on the 20th of April ; so that all 

 Fellows, whether subscribers to the garden or not, will in future have the 

 power of issuing written orders of admission. 



" 7th, The house at Turnham Green was evacuated on the 5th of April 

 last ; and although it is still on the hands of the Society, according to the 

 terms of the lease, the Council are making every exertion to dispose of it 

 as soon as a tenant can be found. 



" 8th, Those portions of the garden which are not at present required 

 for the collections of the Society, have been planted with such crops as may 

 be productive of a profitable return during the ensuing autumn; the Coun-. 

 cil having considered that this was the only practicable mode of disposing 

 to advantage of such parts of the ground ; and that, by this measure, com- ■ 

 bined with an alteration in the plan of selling vegetables and fruits, an in- 

 creased income may confidently be anticipated. 



" 9th. Tickets, with the names of the plants, have been directed to be 

 placed in the garden ; and it has become unnecessary for visiters to be 

 accompanied, as heretofore, by the labourers in the different departments. 



" 10th, It has been ordered that the garden be open from nine in the 

 morning till six in the evening in summer, and until sunset during the other 

 months. 



" Under the second head of the proposed alterations the Council have to 

 state, — 



" 1st, That they consider that the most essential is the complete revision 

 of the by-laws. It has already been stated from the chair, at different - 

 Meetings, that this object had been long in contemplation, and that for this 

 reason it had been thought inexpedient to reprint the original by-laws, 

 which, it was admitted, were in many respects inapplicable to the present ; . 

 state of the Society. The Council are aware that the task is attended with 

 difficulty, and that it is necessary to proceed with caution ; but they feel 

 confident that every reasonable indulgence will be afforded them, in point 

 of time, for attaining this desirable object, in order that a complete code 

 may be submitted for the approval of the Fellows. A sub-committee has 

 been appointed for this especial purpose. 



" 2d, It has been resolved to revise the existing rules of distributing 

 plants from the garden, with a view to secure a more general distribution to 

 all the Fellows of the Society, as far as is practicable, without interfering 

 with the regulations respecting plants easily attainable through the hands 

 of nurserymen. 



" 3d, It is proposed to let parts of the house in Regent Street, with the 

 use of the meeting- room, to such societies or corporate bodies as may be 

 willing to treat for the same, without interfering with the accommodations 

 necessary for conducting the business of the Society, and so as to retain the ' 

 library, in its present state, for the use of the Fellows. 



" 4th, It is intended, by a more satisfactory arrangement of the accounts, 

 and by the preparation of a statement made up to the end of each month, '• 

 to show, in a clear and distinct .manner, the. actual state of the affairs of the 

 Society. This arrangement has only been deferred in consequence of the 



