PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
At a Meeting of the Practical Botanists in London, con- 
vened by Mr. Daniel Cooper, on the 27 th July 1836, at the 
Crown and Anchor Tavern Strand, for the purpose ot 
taking into consideration the propriety of establishing- a 
Botanical Society in the Metropolis, 
Mr. White having been unanimously called to the chair, 
it Avas proposed by Mr. Daniel Cooper, and seconded by 
Mr. W. M. Chatterley, that a Society be formed for the ex- 
clusive cultivation of Botanical Science, — to be called the 
Practical Botanists 5 Society of London, which name 
was afterwards altered by the Provisional Committee ap- 
pointed on that evening, to the Botanical Society of 
London. In accordance with the views entertained by the 
Provisional Committee, the following notice was issued to 
the several Botanists in London : 
“ By the advice and sanction of some eminent Botanists, 
it is proposed to form a Society, under the above name ; the 
objects of which are, the advancement of Botanical Science 
in general, but more especially, Descriptive and Systematic 
Botany, by the reading of original and other Papers on the 
habitats, particular characters, &c. of Plants ; by the formation 
of a Library, Museum and Herbarium, for reference and 
exchange of specimens. 
“ Several Gentlemen, friendly to such a Society, have held 
some preparatory Meetings, and drawn up regulations for 
its government, which will be submitted to a General 
Meeting, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, 
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