xciv PEOCEEDDsGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTUE.IL SOCIETY. 
The President explained (1) the reason for seeking a new Charter, 
namely, to remove all possible doubt as to the legality of the method of 
the election of Council ; and (2) the object the Coimcil had had in view in 
framing it, namely, to make it as short and simple as possible and leaving 
oil details to be dealt with in Bye-laws. 
The Society's lawyer then read the proposed petition to be presented 
to Her Majesty, and the proposed supplemental Charter. 
Miss Lonsdale suggested that if the strict legality of the method of 
electing the Council under the present Charter had been questioned, it 
would be better to hold two Annual Meetings at the Temple Gardens 
instead of one. 
Dr. Masters asked if the present Bye-laws would have to be altered if 
the meeting adopted the proposed petition and Charter. 
The Society's lawyer said they would have to be recast. 
Mr. Gordon said that he would prefer that retiring members of the 
Council should never be re-eligible for election, but added that he did 
not feel sufficiently strongly on the point to take a division. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence assured Mr. Gordon that the point had been 
most carefully considered, and that provision could be made in the Bye- 
laws for the exclusion of unsatisfactory members of Council from re- 
election. He then moved the following resolution : — 
"That the draft petition for a supplemental Charter and the draft of 
the proposed Charter, as submitted and read to the meeting, be approved, 
and that the petition be sealed by the Society and presented to Her 
Majesty the Queen." 
This was seconded by Sir John T. D. Llewelyn. Bart., and, having 
been supported by Dr. Masters, F.R.S., and put to the meeting, was 
declared by the President to be carried unanimously. 
A vote of thanks to the President brought the meeting to a con- 
clusion. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
July 25, 1899. 
Rev. Prof. Geo. Hexslow, M.A., Y.M.H.. in the Chair. 
Fellows elected (Ui.— Benj. Burchell, S. Cutler, A. Deane, A. A. 
Fabius, A. G. Gardner, Mrs. Goddard, Yiscountess Halifax, F. Hovenden^ 
F.Z.S., Major Mihie-Redhead, Mrs. Newton, Lady Pearce, W. H. Staff, 
Harry WilUams, J. R. Yorke. 
A lecture on "Seed Dispersal"' was given by Prof. G. S. Boulger. 
(See p. 106.j • 
GENERAL MEETING. 
August 15, 1899. 
Mr. William Marshall in the Chair. 
Fellows elected (10).— Clement B. Broad, Mrs. Bulmer. Countess- 
Amelie de Bylandt. Cyril S. Carey, Countess Cowper. George Geen,. 
Charles Lawrence, AVilliam G. Lobjoit. \Y. G. ^lartin, ^YaIter S. 
