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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



Chairman. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 



Vice-Chairmen. 



Warren De La Rue, F.R.S. 

 W. Wilson Saunders, F.R.S. 

 Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S. 



Secretary. 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley, F.L.S. 



Members. 



Abel, Frederick Augustus, F.R.S. 

 Baker, J. G. 



Bastian, H. Charlton, M.D. 

 Bateman, James, F.R.S. 

 Bentham, George, F.R.S. 

 Bentley, Professor Robert, F.L.S. 

 Blenkins, Geo. E. 

 Clarke, Major Trevor. 

 Darwin, Charles, M.A., F.R.S. 

 Dix, Rev. Joshua. 

 Fortune, Robert. 

 Frankland, Prof. Edward, F.R.S. 

 Gibbs, B. T. Brandreth. 

 Gilbert, Dr. J. H., F.R.S. 

 Glaisher, James, F.R.S. 

 Henry, J. Anderson. 

 Hogg, Robert, LL.D., F.L.S. 

 Hooker, Dr. Joseph, F.R.S. 



Howard, J. E., F.L.S. 



Johnson, Geo. William. 



Kingsley, Rev. William. 



Marshall, William. 



Masters, Maxwell T., M.D., F.L.S. 



Miers, John, F.R.S. ' 



Moore, Thomas, F.L.S. 



Munby, Giles. 



Murray, Andrew, F.L.S. 



Reeves, J. Russell, F.R.S. 



Rucker, Sigismund, F.L.S. 



Scott, Lieut.-Col., R.E., F.L.S. 



Spencer, Herbert. 



Stainton, H. T. 



Voelcker, Dr. 



Welwitsch, Fredk., M.D., F.L.S. 

 W T estwood, Professor, F.L.S. 

 Wilson, Geo. F., F.R.S. 



Address by tlie Secretary, 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley, April 20th, 1868. 



As this is the first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 

 Horticultural Society, it seems advisable that the Secretary 

 should offer some observations on its objects, and the best means 

 of carrying them out effectually. It is above all things necessary 

 that we should perfectly understand the position in which we are 

 placed as a Committee, and the more especially as its Members 

 are not necessarily Fellows of the Society. 



The Society, it must be remembered, is not exactly in the same 

 position as most other learned Societies, with the exception 

 perhaps of the Zoological Society. Though the income is large, 

 it is not simply available, as in other scientific bodies, for purely 

 scientific objects. The funds applicable to publication are neces- 

 sarily limited, and it is to this cause especially that the discon- 

 tinuance of the first series of the Journal, and the occasional ap- 



