MINFTKS OF ANNUAL OENF.RAL MEF/J’INO , .30tH MaRCH 1950 
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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 30th March 1950 
The Annual General Meeting was held in the Rooms of the Linnean 
Societ}^ Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, on 30th March 1950, at 
5.30 p.m. 
The President was in the Chair and 51 members were present. 
At the outset the President referred to the sad losses the Society had 
sustained in the deaths of Mr. E. G. Baker, Mrs. T. J. Foggitt and 
Mr. A. J. Wilmott. Mr. Baker, he said, was one of our oldest members 
and a much valued one; in his Will he had left to our Society a portrait 
of his father, which was to be hung, suitable inscribed, on loan in the 
Rooms of the Linnean Society, by permission of their Council. Mrs. 
Foggitt was also an old and very active member, whom Council had 
intended to nominate an Honorary Member. Mr. A. J. Wilmott the 
President described as the “lynch-pin” of the Society and of British 
Botany for very many years, and his death was a great loss, not only to 
the Society, but to all British Botanists. The Meeting stood for a 
minute in respect to their memories. 
The Honorary General Secretary read the Minutes of the last Annual 
General Meeting. These were approved and signed. 
Honorary General Secretary’s Report. 
The Honorary General Secretary’s Report had been circulated. Prof. 
T. G. Tutin proposed, and lUr. A. H. G. Alston seconded, that the Re- 
port be adopted. Carried. 
Honorary Treasureir’s Report. 
The Honorary Treasurer’s Report had been circulated. Mr. G. M. 
Ash asked why we had to appeal to the Royal Society for a grant. The 
Honorary Treasurer replied that application was made because TT’af- 
sonia at present involved a heavy financial loss, owing to the greater 
cost of printing our periodical in parts, and the rising costs of printing 
generally. The Honorary Editor said that the Royal Society asks an- 
nually for applications from scientific societies for help with their pub- 
lications. The Honorary General Secretary said that leaflets advertis- 
ing Watsonia had gone out to various parts of the World, and exten- 
sively to North and South America. Mr. Ash thought it was not a 
cheerful Report. The President said that the coming year would be a 
critical one ; if membership and the circulation of Watsonia could 
be increased, the Society’s position would be much improved. Tn reply 
to a question, the Honorary Treasurer said that some advertisements 
had gone into Watsonia, but had not produced much return. Prof. 
T. G. Tutin said that, to keep Watsonia going, it was up to all mem- 
bers to find new members. Mr. S. M. Walters proposed, and INfiss Vivian 
seconded, that the Honorary Treasurer’s Report be adopted. Carried. 
