KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOE THE YEAR 1900. 



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The President moved the adoption of the Report, which wiU be found 

 below. This was seconded by Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., and carried 

 unanimously. 



The President read the names of the proposed new Members of 

 Council, Vice-Presidents and Officers, and declared the same duly elected, 

 viz. : — 



As neiv Members of Council : — Captain G. L. Holford, CLE., Rev. 

 Hugh A. Berners, M.A., H. B. May, Esq. 



.4s Vice-Presidents : — The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Baron 

 Sir Henry Schroder, Bart., V.M.H., Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. 



As Officers : — Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., V.M.H., President ; 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Treasurer ; Rev. W. AVilks, M.A., Secretary ; 

 Alfred C. Harper, Esq., Auditor. 



Mr. James Wigan asked if anything could be done to make the 

 audience attending the Fortnightly Lectures more comfortable. 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman was mo^ed by Mr. Geo. Gordon, 

 V.M.H., and seconded by the Rev. Professor Henslow, V.M.H., and carried 

 unanimously. 



REPORT OP THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1900. 



1. The past year marks an era in the history of the Society. The 

 New Charter, the third granted since the foundation of the Society, 

 having received the assent of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, 

 came into force at the commencement of the year, and the first business 

 which engaged the attention of the Council was the formulation of new 

 Bye-laws suitable to the same. The work was necessarily a long one ; 

 but at a General Meeting of the Society held on July 3 the Bye-laws as 

 printed on pages 423 to 436 of Volume xxiii. of the Society's Journal 

 were formally adopted. 



2. A corrected list of the awards made by the Society to plants, 

 flowers, fruits, and vegetables to the end of 1899 has been issued during 

 the past year. It has involved a great deal of labour and research, and 

 the thanks of the Society are due to those gentlemen who assisted in the 

 work, especially to those who prepared the section which deals with 

 Orchids. The price of the entire volume has been fixed at ^s. (or the 

 Orchid section can be obtained interleaved at 5s.), and the Council hope 

 that many Fellows will take advantage of the information it contains 

 in order to meet the unavoidably heavy expense incurred in its 

 publication. 



3. Under the head of ordinary expenditure at Chiswick, £1,817 has 

 been spent on the general work and maintenance of the Gardens. The 

 receipts by sale of surplus produce amount to £337, making the net 

 ordinary cost of the Gardens £1,480. 



4. The Council wish to call attention again to the good work done at 

 Chiswick under Mr. Wright's superintendence, not only in the Garden but 

 among the students. During the last three years, for example — of our 



