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Orchidaceous jilant, and Andromeda tetragona, a rare and beautiful 

 Hardy Evergreen shrub from North America. 



The following Presents were announced j 



Labiatarum Genera et Species, by George Bentham, Esq., from 

 the Author. 



Kew and its Gardens, by Frederick Scheer, Esq., from tlie 

 Author. 



The Journal of the English ^■Agricultural Society/, Parts 2, and 

 3, Vol. I., from the Society. 



The Athenauni for March, from the Editor. 



The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants, from 

 Mrs. Loudon. 



Comptes Rendus, l>so. 12, from the Academy of Sciences. 



A Treatise on the Natural and Chemical Properties of M'ater, 

 and on various British Mineral Waters, by Abraham Booth, from 

 the Author. 



May 1, 1840. 



ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



Upon this occasion the Office bearers of the Society were re- 

 elected, viz : 



His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, President. 

 Thomas Edgar, Esq., Treasurer. 

 George Bentham, Esq., Secretary. 



The following Fellows of the Society were also elected into 

 the Council for the ensuing year, viz : 



Edward Forster, Esq. 

 John Rogers, Esq., Jun. 

 William Henry Fox Talbot, Esq. 



in the room of 



Edward Barnard, Esq. 



Henry Bevan, Esq. 



Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. 



who went out by rotation. 



The Report upon the state of the Society's accounts for the 

 year ending 31 March, 1840, was then read by Wm. Hasledine 

 Pepys, Esq., one of the Auditors : 



Rkport of tiik Auditors. 

 The Auditors, in presenting the thirty-first Report to the 

 Annual General Meeting of The Horticultural Society of 

 London, are able to announce a satisfactory result of their in-> 

 vestigation, both as to the state of the Society's finances, and the 



