OKIGIXAL CHARTER OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 40B 
Mortmain, or any of them : and by the name aforesaid to sue and be 
sued, plea and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and 
be defended in all Courts and places whatsoever, of Us, our Heirs, and 
Successors, in all Actions, Suits, Causes, and Things whatsoever ; and to 
act and do in all Things relating to the said Corporation in as ample 
manner and form as any other Liege Subjects, being Persons able and 
capable in the Law, or any other Body Politic or Corporate, in our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, may or can act or do : 
and also to have and to use a Common Seal, and the same to change and 
alter from time to time as they shall think fit. 
And We do hereby declare and grant that there shall be an indefinite 
number of Fellows of the said Society, and that they the said George 
Earl of Dartmouth, Edward Earl Powis, Brownlow Lord Bishop of 
Winchester, John Lord Selsey, Charles Greville, Sir Joseph Banks,- 
William Townsend Aiton, John Eliot, Thomas Andrew Knight, Charles 
Miller, Richard Anthony Salisbury, John Trevelyan, James Dickson, 
Thomas Hoy, and William Smith, shall be the first Fellows of the said 
Society, and that any five or more of them, all having been first duly 
summoned to attend the Meetings of the said Fellows, shall and may, on 
or before the First day of May next ensuing the date of these Presents, 
under their respective hands, in writing, appoint such other persons to be 
Fellows, Honorary Members, and Foreign Members of the said Society, as 
they may respectively think fit. 
And We do further declare and grant, that, for the better Rule and 
Government of the said Society, and for the better direction, management, 
and execution of the Business and Concerns thereof, there shall be 
thenceforth for ever a Council, President, Treasurer, and Secretary of 
the said Society, to be elected in manner hereinafter mentioned ; and 
that such Council shall consist of fifteen Members to be elected from 
among the Fellows as hereinafter directed, whereof any five shall be a 
quorum ; and We do hereby nominate and appoint the said George 
Earl of Dartmouth, Edward Earl Powis, Brownlow Lord Bishop of Win- 
chester, John Lord Selsey, Charles Greville, Sir Joseph Banks, William 
Townsend Aiton, John Eliot, Thomas Andrew Knight, Charles Miller, 
Richard Anthony Salisbury, John Trevelyan, James Dickson, Thomas 
Hoy, and Wilham Smith, to be the first Council ; the said George Earl 
of Dartmouth to be the first President ; the said Charles Greville to be 
the first Treasurer ; and the said Richard Anthony Salisbury to be the 
first Secretary to the said Society ; all and each of the aforesaid Officers 
and Counsellors to continue in such their respective Offices until the First 
day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten : and that the said 
George Earl of Dartmouth shall have power to appoint such four 
Persons from and amongst the Members of the said Council, to be Vice- 
Presidents of the said Society, as he shall think fit, until some other 
Persons shall be chosen in their respective rooms, in the manner herein- 
after mentioned. 
And it is Our further Will and Pleasure that the Fellows of the said 
Society, or any eleven or more of them, shall and may, on the First day 
