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REPOllT OF THE COUNCIL, 



otherwise the Society's tenure of the Garden will cease in Sep- 

 tember, 1881 ; that is to say, about thirty-one years hence. A 

 future Council will have to decide whether it is desirable to pay 

 450/. in order to secure the Society against this remote con- 

 tingency. The subject is only introduced into the present Report 

 for the purpose of pointing out to the Fellows in what position 

 they stand with respect to their tenure. 



No collector having been in the employment of the Society 

 since the last anniversary, the new plants that have been acquired 

 by the Garden, or to which attention has to be particularly 

 directed, have been derived from the liberality of correspondents. 



Among these, the Council would more particularly express 

 their obligations to Dr. Hooker and Mr. H. H. Calvert. To the 

 former gentleman they are indebted for seeds of fifteen kinds of 

 Himalayan Rhododendrons, collected by him shortly before his 

 detention by the Rajah of Sikhim — a present of great value to the 

 Fellows of the Society. To Mr. Calvert, residing at Erzeroum, 

 and now a Foreign Corresponding Member of the Society, they 

 are indebted for various interesting seeds and roots from the 

 districts adjoining that remote station. 



They have also to acknowledge various contributions from 

 Fellows of the Society, and others, of which the following are the 

 most important : — 



From Capt. Moody, Seeds from the Falkland Isles. 

 From G. U. Skinner, Esq., various Orchids from Central America. 

 From the Botanic Garden, Sydney, a case of New Holland Orchids, 

 and other plants. 



From M. Vilmorin, of Paris, Gesnera edulis, and various curious 

 Seeds. 



From the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, a collection of Indi- 

 genous Seeds. 



From the Administration of the Garden of Plants at Paris, Angrsecum 

 virens. 



From the Rev. J. Branshy, a collection of Seeds from the Havannah 



and Islands in the Pacific. 

 From Mons. L. Bouton, 7 kinds of Mauritius Seeds. 

 From the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company, 



various Seeds and Orchids ; received by the overland mail. 

 From Mr. Johnstone, Royal Gardens, Hampton Court, plants of the 



Yellow Cabul Grape, and the Black Monukka Grape. 

 From J. B. Pentland, Esq., Seeds of the Calisaya plant. 



The Society is also indebted for much assistance to various 

 nurserymen, especially to — 



Messrs. Standish and Noble, of Bagshot. 



Mr. Glendinning, of Turnham Green. 



Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. 



Mr. E. G. Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place. 



Mr. J. A. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery ; and 



Mr. Rinz, of Frankfort. 



