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April 30, 1903. 



Sir WILLIAM HUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M., President, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



The Croonian Lecture : " The Cosmical Function of the Green 

 Plant," was delivered by Professor Timiriazeff, of the University of 

 Moscow. 



The following paper was read : — 



" Preliminary Note on the Use of Chloroform in the Preparation of 



Vaccine." By Alan B. Green, M.A., M.D. Communicated by 

 W. H. Power, C.B., F.R.S. 



Sir WILLIAM HUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M., President, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, the names of the Candidates recom- 

 mended for election into the Society were read, as follows : — 



May 7, 1903. 



Bayliss, William Madclock. 

 Bridge, Thomas William. 

 Copeman, Sydney Monckton. 

 Darwin, Horace. 

 Hiern, William Philip. 

 Mallock, Henry Reginald Arnulph. 

 Masson, David Or me. 

 Per kin, Arthur George. 



Rutherford, Ernest. 

 Sampson, Ralph Allen. 

 Stead, John Edward. 

 Strahan, Aubry. 

 Symington, Johnson. 

 Townsend, John S. 

 Whitehead, Alfred North. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. "On Lagenostoma Lomacd, the Seed of Lyginodendron" 

 F. W. Oliver, F.L.S., and Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S. 



By Dr. 



