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having subscribed considerable sums of money for that pur- 

 pose, have humbly besought Us to grant unto them and such 

 other persons as shall be approved and elected as herein 

 after is mentioned, Our Royal Charter of Incorporation for 

 the purposes aforesaid. 



Know Ye, that We, being desirous to promote such Im- 

 provement, have, of Our especial Grace, certain knowledge, 

 and mere motion, Given and Granted : And We do hereby 

 give and grant, that Our Right Trusty and well beloved 

 Cousin and Counsellor George, Earl of Dartmouth, Knight 

 of the most Noble Order of the Garter; Our Right Trusty and 

 well beloved Cousin and Counsellor Edward, Earl Powis; Our 

 Right Reverend and well beloved Father in God Brownlow, 

 Lord Bishop of Winchester ; Our Right Trusty and well be- 

 loved John, Lord Selsey ; Our Right Trusty and well beloved 

 Counsellor Charles Greville ; Our Right Trusty and well be- 

 loved Counsellor Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, and Knight of 

 the most Honourable Order of the Bath; Our Trusty and 

 well beloved, William Townsend Aiton, John Elliot, Thomas 

 Andrew Knight, Charles Miller, Richard Anthony Salisbury, 

 and John Trevelyan, Esquires ; and James Dickson, Thomas 

 Hoy and William Smith, Gardeners ; and such others as shall 

 from time to time be appointed and elected in the manner 

 herein after directed, and their Successors, be, and shall for 

 ever hereafter continue and be, by virtue of these Presents, 

 one Body Politic and Corporate, by the name of "The 

 " Horticultural Society of London ;" and them and 

 their Successors, for the purposes aforesaid, We do heieby 

 constitute and declare to be one Body Politic and Corporate, 

 and by the same name to have perpetual Succession, and for 

 ever hereafter to be persons able and capable in the Law 



