RULES. 
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For the convenience of Members who may have mislaid their copies, 
wo reproduce the Rides of the Society below. 
RULES 
(.LS' PASSED AT A Sl^ECIAL GENEPAL MEETJNG HELD ON 
(H'TOPEP 25th, 1047, AND AMENDE]} AT THE ANNUAL 
GENERAL MEETING HELD ON APRIL IM, 1049) 
1. NAME 
The name of the Society shall be the Botanical Society of the British 
Isles. 
2. OBJECTS 
The objects of the Society are: — 
i. To encourage the study of the Flowering Plants, Vascular Crypto- 
gams and Charo]diyta of the British Tsles; to promote the in- 
vestigation of their detailed distribution; and to issue such jieriodi- 
cal and other pulilications as the interests of the Society require. 
ii. To facilitate intercourse among British botanists for the exchange 
of information and ideas, and also of dried material of critical 
species . 
iii. To aid in the maintenance of adequate representative collections of 
British plants in the national and other public herbaria. 
iv. To promote in every way possible the conservation of the British 
flora. 
V. To organise botanical excursions, conferences, lectures, exhibitions, 
and other meetings. 
3. MANAGEMENT OF THE SOCIETY 
(a) The Officers of the Society shall consist of a Pre.siclent, one or 
more Vice-Presidents, Honorary General Secretary, Honorary 
Treasurer, Honorary Field Secretary, and Honorary Editor or 
Joint Editors. 
(b) The management of the afiairs and property of the Society shall 
be in the hands of a Council, to which the Officers shall be respon- 
sible, and which shall have power to appoint Committees for specific 
purposes. 
(c) The Council shall consist of the Officers and sixteen elected membera. 
(d) The Council shall each year no.minate the Officers for election at 
the Annual General Meeting; such Officers shall be eligible for re- 
election. 
(e) The elected members of the Council shall be elected at the Annual 
General Meeting, four of the elected members shall retire every 
year by rotation iii order of seniority in length of membership of 
