xiv Proceedings. [ February yth, i8gg. 



Specimens of about sixty varieties of /. Aquifolium L. and 

 many other subtemperate and tropical species of the genus, were 

 also exhibited, as well as specimens of the two other genera, 

 Byronia and Nemopanthes. 



General Meeting, February 7th, 1899. 

 James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair 



Mr. D. L. Chapman, B.A., Demonstrator in Chemistry, 

 Owens College; Mr. W. T. Lawrence, B.A., Ph.D., Demonstrator 

 in Chemistry, Owens College ; and Professor A. S. Wilkins, 

 M.A., LL.D., Professor of Latin, Owens College, were elected 

 ordinary members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 7th, 1899. 

 James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



The President appointed Mr. Thomas Thorp and Mr. H. VV, 

 Freston to be auditors of the Society's accounts for the session 

 1898-9. 



Professor Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S., read a paper, entitled 

 " Notes on the Slipperiness of Ice." 



This paper will be printed in full in the Memoirs. 



Mr. C. L. Barnes read a paper, entitled " Science in the 

 Historical EngHsh Dictionary." 



The first subject to engage our attention is Astrology, 

 about which it is curious to notice that this word and 

 ' Astronomy ' have exchanged meanings since they were first 



