HORTU I LTT KAL SOCIRTT OP LONDOV. 



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July 3, 1S38. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, President, took the chair. 

 The following were elected Fellows of the Society : 



John Frere, E<q., Stamford Brook, Chiswick. 



John HajTue, Esq., Duesbunr near ^^'akefield. 



Georg:e Thomas Maitland Purvis, Esq., Blackbrook Cot- 

 tage, near Fareham. 



Geortre \^'ebster, Esq., I, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 

 and Sudbury Prion.-, Harrow. 



The followins: letter was read from Sir W. E. R. Boughton, 

 Bart., in acknowledgement of the resolution passed at the Special 

 General Meeting" on the 19ih of June. 



Blenheim Hotel, 

 June '26, 1838. 



My dear Sir, 



I have received, forwarded to me in London, the resolutions of 

 a Special Meeting of the Horticultural Society of London, com- 

 municating their great regret at the death of their late President, 

 to his afflicted widow and family. May I beg the favor of you 

 to convev to the Society the sincere thanks of Mrs. Knight, and 

 of every individual of the family, for this very flattering condo- 

 lence, which expresses with so much force and feeling the hi^h 

 sense they entertain of his private worth and public services. Mr. 

 Knight s warm attachment to the welfare of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and to its pursuits, has been fuUy proved by the ardour and 

 constancy, with which he applied his very original mind to the 

 objects of the Societv, as influenced by the investigation of the laws 

 of Nature. From his earliest youth he viewed the prosperity 

 of such an Institution as a subject of much national importance, 

 and he considered, that it would exert an influence, as it has done, 

 to a great extent, in spreading amongst the people a knowledge 

 of the true principles of vegetable physiology.of procuring for them 

 an increased supply of food, and of adding largely to the general 

 comforts and happiness of mankind. These were the objects Mr. 

 Knight kept constantly in view, and which the Horticultural Society 

 have so successfully promoted. With every grateful acknowledg- 

 ment for the honor they have done to his memory, and vsith my 

 best wishes for their continued prosperity, I remain. 

 My dear Sir, 



Very faithfiilly yours, 

 George Bentham, Esq. W. E. Roi->e Boightox. 



&c. 6cc. 6cc. 



