REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1894-95. ixL 
Orchid, and the Narcissus Committees, for the kind and patient 
attention which they have severally given to their departments. 
The Council are of opinion that the special work for which 
the Narcissus Committee was originally appointed has, thanks 
to their labours, been so far accomplished that it will not be 
necessary to call together a separate Committee this year, but 
that this work may now be carried on by the Floral Committee, 
to which one or two Narcissus experts have been added. 
The best thanks of the Society are due to all those who, 
either at home or abroad, have so kindly and liberally presented 
books to the Library or plants or seeds to the Gardens. A list 
of the donors has been prepared, and will be found in the 
Society's Journal, Vol. XVII., Parts 3 and 4, 1895. The Council 
also wish to express, in their own name and in that of all Fellow 
of the Society, their great indebtedness to all who have so kindly 
contributed, either by the exhibition of plants, fruits, flowers, or 
vegetables, or by the reading of papers, to the success of the 
fortnightly meetings in the Drill Hall. 
The papers read at these meetings, which have been or will 
shortly be published in the Journal,^ are as follows : — 
Mar. 13. The Deciduous Trees and Shrubs of Japan," Mr. 
James H. Veitch. 
27. "Rare Trees and Shrubs in the Arnold Arboretum^ 
U.S.A.," Mons. Maurice de Vilmorin. 
April 10. " Hybrid Narcissi," the Rev. G. H. Engleheart, M.A. 
„ 24. "Botanical Exploration in Borneo," Mr. F. W. 
Burbidge, M.A. 
June 12. " Flowering Trees and Shrubs," Mr. George Nicholson, 
A.L.S. 
July 10. " Cactace^e," Mr. John W. Singei'. 
„ 24. " Filmy Ferns," Mr. J. Backhouse. 
Aug. 14. "Fruit Culture in France," Mons. Chas. Baltet. 
„ 28. " Gardeners and their Employers," Mr. Malcolm 
Dunn. 
Sept. 11. "Lord Bute's Vineyards," Mr. A. Pettigrew. 
„ 25. " The Larch Canker," Mr. J. B. Carruthers, F.L.S. 
„ 25. " The Utilisation of Land unsuitable for Agriculture 
by planting with Forest Trees," Mr. J. Simpson. 
* Several back numbers of the Journal can still be purchased at reduced 
prices. For list see "Arrangements, 1895," p. 15. 
