GENERAL MEETINGS. 



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invited to do so) sent a deputation of the Council to the more important 

 of them to award medals. The E.H.S. had, however, had a most 

 unhappy experience in the promotion of country shows, as, between 

 1867 and 1873, seven shows were held at the most important towns in 

 the kingdom and were attended with heavy and serious loss, the last 

 one at Liverpool showing a deficit of about £1,500, so that their 

 organization had had to be abandoned. 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings. 



GENEEAL MEETING. 



OCTOBEE 24, 1911. 



Dr. A. B. Eendle, F.E.S., F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (37).— Mrs. J. E. Bates, W. E. Boucher, W. W. 

 Caney, C. G. H. Coombs, S. E. Cope, J. E. Cort, Mrs. E. Stafford 

 Cripps, Mrs. J. L. Cross, Mrs. Mordaunt Edwards, Hon. Mrs. Herbert 

 Foster, Mrs. Ernest Greg, W. Haddow, H. Halton, J. H. A. Hart, 

 SM.A., W. H. Hawthorn, E. Hicks, W. Kirk, Mrs. T. M. Kitchin, 

 Mrs. A. E. Madge, Mrs. O. Magniac, Mrs. H. S. Mortimer, F. 

 'Mouncy, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. J. Perry, A. C. Pilkington, Mrs. E. 

 Price, L. A. Selby-Bigge, Miss K. M. Sharpe, Frederic Smith, Mrs. 

 W. Howard Stables, Miss Sugden, Miss H. M. Tweedie, Mrs. A. 

 Walker, Maurice L. Webb, B.A., J. Beaver White, Laurence G. 

 Williamson, Mrs. Frank Wynne. 



Fellows resident, abroad (2). — H. 0. Bower (Melbourne, Australia), 

 General Sir Archibald Hunter (Gibraltar). 



Society' affiliated (1). — Willesden and District Horticultural Society. 



A lecture on ' ' The Origin and Structure of Flowering Plants in Dry 

 Situations " was given by the Eev. Professor G. Henslow, M.A., 

 'F.L.S., V.M.H. (see p. 505). 



GENEEAL MEETING. 

 November 7, 1911. 

 Sir Albert Kaye Eollit, D.C.L., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (47). — Colonel Hon. E. Baring, H. E. Beale, W. 

 ,Bonsall, Miss E. F. Bosley, E. T. Bridge, Miss L. Callender, J. A. 

 Oampbell, J. Carr, J.P., Miss H. Clerk, F. E. Cripps, E. H. L. 

 Davidson, H. M. Elford, G. M. Errington, Mrs. W. J. Evans, W. 

 Felstead, H. E. Garford, C. A. Gibbs, Mrs. W. H. Gray, T. B. Grove, 

 Rev. H. A. Hall, J. W. Hart, G Hartmann, Mrs. Judd, Mrs. Juhan, 

 a. E. Kittle, H. G. Kleinwort, E. Krumbholz, A. Lamb, Mrs. Lloyd, 

 Miss E. Lowry, Miss M. Macbeth, A. S. Mackenzie, Mrs. G. Paget, 

 3. A. Paine, M.A., Mrs. P. Phillips, E. Pinnock, Miss M. Ponsonby, 

 Venerable Archdeacon Eichardson, Mrs. W. T. Eule, H. G. Eyan, 



