UORTICULTLRAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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Eloge Historique de Py ramus de Candolle par M. Flourens Sec. 

 perpetuel de V Academie Royale des Sciences a Paris, from ihe 

 Academy. 



May 1, 1S43. 

 ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



The following Fellows of the Society, viz. : 



The Earl of Auckland. 

 Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., 

 Robert Hutton, Esq., 



were elected new Members of the Council in the room of 



Sir W. J. Hooker. 

 J. Rogers, Esq., 

 J. R. Gowen. Esq. 



The following Fellows of the Society were re-elected Officers 

 for the ensuing year, viz. 



The Duke of Devonshire, President. 

 Thomas Edgar, Esq., Treasurer, 

 Alexander Henderson, M.D., Secretary 



The Auditors presented the following report : 



We, the Auditors, beg leave to Report to the General Meeting 

 of the Horticultural Society of London, on this the Thirty-fourth 

 Anniversary, that we have examined the Accounts for the past 

 year, and have found the Vouchers correspond with the Books. 



We annex an abstract of Receipts, Disbursements, and Lia- 

 bilities, and are glad to point attention to an increase in the 

 Receipts from the Garden Exhibitions, as compared with the 

 preceding year, nearly equal to the deficiency in receipts from 

 subscriptions : which it is hoped, may, by a system of collection 

 more in compliance with the Bye Laws, be brought up to the 

 former amount, the number of subscribers being on the in- 

 crease. 



The Auditors recommend that such regulations be made as 

 will prevent all Fellows who have not paid their Subscription for 

 the previous year, enjoying any of their privileges till such 

 arrears be paid. They trust that by the adoption of this recom- 

 mendation, the Council will be enabled to diminish the debt, and 



