﻿ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  — 
  BARLOW- 
  J 
  A1IESON 
  FUND. 
  . 
  45 
  

  

  been 
  conferred 
  upon 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  this 
  Society. 
  The 
  sense 
  

   of 
  this 
  honour 
  has 
  been 
  increased 
  by 
  my 
  being 
  associated 
  with 
  those 
  

   gentlemen 
  whose 
  services 
  to 
  science 
  you 
  have 
  just 
  recognized 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  

   am 
  more 
  especially 
  gratified 
  in 
  receiving 
  this 
  honour, 
  Sir, 
  from 
  your 
  

   hands, 
  remembering 
  the 
  kindness 
  and 
  encouragement 
  which 
  I 
  received 
  

   from 
  yourself 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  P. 
  Woodward 
  more 
  than 
  

   twenty 
  years 
  ago, 
  when 
  I 
  first 
  began 
  to 
  take 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  palaeon- 
  

   tology. 
  Of 
  course 
  my 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  subsidiary 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  my 
  

   honoured 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Davidson, 
  whose 
  scientific 
  attainments 
  and 
  

   achievements 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  and 
  esteemed 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  

   in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  geology. 
  I 
  have 
  often, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  during 
  the 
  three 
  

   or 
  four 
  years 
  of 
  my 
  labours 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  tried 
  his 
  patience 
  ; 
  

   but 
  then 
  he 
  has 
  also 
  sometimes 
  severely 
  tried 
  mine 
  : 
  for 
  he 
  has 
  per- 
  

   sistently 
  demanded 
  proof, 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  proof, 
  long 
  after 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   convinced 
  myself 
  of 
  certain 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  structure. 
  Very 
  natu- 
  

   rally, 
  whi]st 
  manipulating 
  a 
  specimen, 
  I 
  often 
  arrived 
  at 
  assurance 
  

   myself 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  make 
  such 
  preparations 
  as 
  would 
  convince 
  an 
  

   observer 
  who 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  using 
  my 
  process 
  for 
  himself. 
  However, 
  

   Mr. 
  Davidson's 
  persistent 
  demands 
  for 
  proof 
  have 
  only 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   assured 
  correctness 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  obtained. 
  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  I 
  have 
  

   found 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  an 
  admirable 
  correspondent. 
  Some 
  of 
  my 
  

   friends 
  seem 
  to 
  cherish 
  the 
  preposterous 
  idea, 
  that 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  only 
  

   allow 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  remain 
  quiet 
  long 
  enough 
  it 
  will 
  answer 
  itself. 
  

   This, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  principle 
  by 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  acts 
  in 
  

   his 
  correspondence 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  hundreds 
  of 
  communications 
  I 
  have 
  

   sent 
  to 
  him 
  I 
  have 
  hardly 
  ever 
  'failed 
  to 
  receive 
  an 
  answer 
  by 
  return 
  

   of 
  post. 
  In 
  concluding 
  my 
  remarks 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  express 
  again 
  

   the 
  esteem 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  regard 
  the 
  honour 
  which 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society 
  has 
  been 
  pleased 
  to 
  confer 
  upon 
  me, 
  and 
  the 
  hope 
  I 
  have 
  

   that, 
  inspired 
  by 
  their 
  kindly 
  recognition, 
  I 
  may 
  do 
  some 
  further 
  

   service 
  to 
  the 
  science 
  which 
  I 
  love 
  so 
  well. 
  

  

  Award 
  or 
  the 
  Barlow- 
  Jameson 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  next 
  presented 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Barlow-Jameson 
  Fund 
  to 
  Baron 
  Constantin 
  von 
  Ettingshausen, 
  

   Professor 
  of 
  Botany 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Graz, 
  Austria, 
  and 
  addressed 
  

   him 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Professor 
  von 
  Ettingshatjsen, 
  — 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  much 
  pleasure 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  

   award 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Barlow-Jameson 
  Fund, 
  in 
  recognition 
  

   of 
  their 
  high 
  appreciation 
  of 
  your 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  to 
  Fossil 
  

   Botany. 
  Your 
  services 
  to 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  science 
  consist 
  in 
  tho 
  

   application 
  of 
  your 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Recent 
  Botany 
  to 
  the 
  investi- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  Fossil 
  Plants, 
  your 
  extensive 
  researches 
  into 
  the 
  forms 
  

   and 
  venation 
  of 
  recent 
  leaves, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  discovering 
  cha- 
  

   racters 
  which 
  would 
  assist 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  affinities 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  