PREFACE 



TO THE THIRD EDITION 



OF THE 



FIRST VOLUME. 



The Prefaces to the Second and Third Volumes of the 

 Transactions- of the Horticultural Society, have briefly noticed 

 the progress of the Society from the periods at which they 

 respectively appeared. The demand for a new edition of the 

 First Volume, now affords an opportunity of laying before 

 the Public a short account of the Institution of the Society, 

 and its advances, to the year 1818, the time when the Preface 

 to the Second Volume was written. 



The idea of establishing a Society for the improvement of 

 Horticulture, originated with John Wedgwood, Esq. of 

 Betley, in Staffordshire ; and, at his instance, a Meeting was 

 held at the house of Mr. Hatch a rd, the Bookseller in Pic- 

 cadilly, on the seventh of March, 1804, to take into con- 

 sideration the most effectual means of accomplishing the 

 object desired. At this Meeting, which was attended by the 

 Right Hon. Charles Greville, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Bart., Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq., 



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