CClxiv, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE LINDLEY LIBRARY. 



Trustees. 

 W. Carruthers, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 

 Dr. Robert Hogg, LL.D. 

 Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., &c. 

 Harry J. Veifcch, Esq., F.L.S. 

 Rev. W. Wilks, M.A. (ex-officio). 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S. (ex-officio). 



This magnificent Horticultural Library consists of about 

 3,000 volumes and pamphlets, the latter being very important, 

 and many exceedingly rare, but hitherto no proper catalogue 

 has existed. 



An effort is now being made by the Trustees, in conjunction 

 with the Council of the Society, both to extend the utility and 

 completeness of the Library and also to render its contents 

 more accessible to students. For this purpose funds are urgently 

 required, the means at the disposal of the Trustees being quite 

 inadequate to do more than meet the current expenses in keeping 

 serials, &c, to date. 



The most urgent and pressing necessity for the moment is 

 the preparation and publication of a suitable catalogue. At 

 present the bulk of the Fellows are quite unaware what the 

 Library contains ; and those interested in horticultural literature 

 have but very little, if any, means of knowing what has been 

 published on any given subject. 



A catalogue, such as is contemplated, would thus not only 

 be of service as an index to the contents of the Library, but it 

 would also, to a large extent, serve as a much-needed guide to 

 the literature and bibliography of gardening. 



The nucleus of the Library consists of the rich collection of 

 books and pamphlets belonging to the late Dr. Lindley, so long 

 and honourably associated with the Society. These books were 

 purchased by the Trustees with funds accruing from the Great 

 International Horticultural and Botanical Congress held in 

 Loudon in May 1866. The Library has since been added to by 



