iy CONTENTS. 
ARTICLE rxOK 
XVI. — The late Edward Bowly, of Siddington. By Professor 
Wriglitson, President of the College of Agriculture, Down- 
ton, near Salisbury 353 
XVII. — The late Thomas Aveling. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., 
Secretary of the Society, and Editor of the ' Journal ' .. 355 
XVIII.— Annual Report of the Consulting Botanist for 1881. By W. 
Carruthers, F.R.S 364 
XIX. — Report of the Consulting Botanist on Laying down Land to 
Permanent Pasture 36G 
XX. — Laying down Clay-land intended for Permanent Pasture. 
^^y C. Kandell, of Chadbury, Evesham 368 
XXI. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee 371 
Additions to the Library in 1881 379 
APPENDIX. 
FACE 
List of OfScers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1882 .. i 
Standing Committees for 1882 iii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 8, 1882 ,. v 
Distribution of Members and Council x 
Half-yearly Cash Account from 1st July to 31st December, 1881 .. xii 
Yearly Cash Account from 1st January to 31st December, 1881 .. xiv 
Coimtry Meeting Account : Derby, 1881 xvi 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscriptions, &c xviii 
Members' Veterinary Privileges xix 
Members' Chemical Privileges xx 
Guide to the Purchase of Artificial Manures and Feeding Stuffs.. .. xxi 
Members' Botanical and Entomological Privileges xxiii 
DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 
The Binder is desired to collect together aU the Appendix matter, with Roman numeral folios, 
and place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Statistics 
&c., which are In all cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume; the lettering at the back 
to includi a statement of the year as well as the volume: the first volume belonging to 1839-40, 
the second to 1841. the third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 
In Reports of the Journal all Appendix matter and, in one instance, an Article in the body 
of the Journal (.which at the time had become obsolete), were omitted ; tlie Roman numeral folios, 
however (for convenience of reference), were reprinted without alteration in the Appendix mutter 
retained. 
ERRATUM. 
On p. 589, vol. xvii., lines 34-5, for " the prize-pens of Mr. Read, Mr. 
Lambert, and Mr. Parsons, jnit respectively first, second, and third," read 
" the prize-pens of Mr. Read, Mr. Parsons, and Messrs. J. A. and F. Palmer." 
On line 37, for " Mr. Parson's pen, " read " Messrs. Palmer's pen." 
