GENERAL MEETINGS. 
XV 
for acquiring the said site, and for developing new gardens 
thereon. 
(b) That this meeting authorises the Council to enter into 
negotiations with, and to obtain the co-operation of, the 
Board of Agriculture and Horticulture, the Universities of 
London, and the County Councils, with a view to the esta- 
• blishment in connection with or in affiliation to the Society 
of a representative School of Practical and Scientific Horti- 
culture ; the scheme to be duly submitted to the Fellows for 
approval. 
Sir W. Thiselton Dyer proposed, and Dr. Maxwell T. Masters 
seconded, that the consideration of the Bye-laws be deferred. 
This was carried nemine contradicente. 
The President proposed, and Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., M.P., 
seconded, that this meeting confirms the recommendation of the Council 
made to and adopted unanimously by the Annual General Meeting, viz. 
that the Centenary of the Society be celebrated by removing the Gardens 
from Chiswick, subject to the Council being able to find a new site which 
recommends itself to the majority of the Fellows. 
Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., proposed, and Mr. J. Weathers seconded, 
that the question of the proposed site of the new Gardens be considered 
in conjunction with the removal from Chiswick. 
Mr. Henry Pearson suggested the addition of the last clause of the 
President's proposal (after the word " Chiswick "), which, having been 
accepted by the President and Sir John Llewelyn, was added to their 
proposal. This was then put to the vote and carried by a large 
majority. 
Surgeon-Major Ince proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which 
was carried unanimously. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
May 8, 1900. 
Mr. Chas. E. Shea in the Chair. 
Fellows elected (44). — G. Bradford Adams, H. Bacon, A. Black, Mrs. 
Seymour P. Bouverie, Miss Ellen Briant, Walter T. Cramptpn, Miss 
Crane, Miss S. Crane, Herbert 0. Crowther, T. R. Cuckney, Mrs. Horace 
B. Debenham, Thomas G. Dobbs, Frank Dodd, Miss R. E. Dugdale, 
A. B. Ebbs, Samuel T. Gaved, Mrs. Glazebrook, Mrs. F. Gleadow, 
Ernest John Harmer, William Hayward, George C. A. Jonson, John H. 
Kitchen, Mrs. H. N. Lubbock, William Markham, J. M. Mason, Cyril 
Merrick, Robert M. Miller, J.P., A. J. Munyard, Mrs. A. Munt, A. 
McDowell Nathan, William Neave, Mrs. R. Y. Phillips, Thomas Rigg, 
Miss F. D. Sanford, Louis Schiller, W. A. Sherwood, John Smith, 
William F. E. S. Stephens, Captain A. Vickerman, Mrs. A. W. Ward, 
Miss Francis A. Welb.y, Alfred Wilson, Mrs. Winkworth, H. A. Young. 
A lecture on "Problems in Heredity" was given by Mr. W. 
Bateson, M.A., F.R.S. (See page 54.) 
