THE ANNUAL MEETING 
103 
Council. 
Six Vice-Presidatts nominated under Rule VIII. 
The Rev. H. E. U. lUill, M..\. 
Dudley \V. Buxton, M.D., D.Sc., 
M.R.C.l’. 
Mrs. Bercy Myles. 
R. .Marslinian W'attson. 
\V. Whitaker, E.R.S., F.G.S. 
Holte Maepherson, M..-\. 
H.C.L., F.Z.S. 
Tioeh'e Councillors. 
George Rowland Blades, F.R.(i.S. 
The Rev. R. .Ashington Bullen, 
B..A., F.L.S. 
J. Shaw-Croinpton, R.I. 
F. Downing, F.l.S. 
C. M. Hailes. 
C. M. Miihlberg. 
Oliver Bike, F.Z..S. 
H. Blowman, F.S..A. 
W. B. Bycraft, .A.L.S., F.Z..S. 
Mrs. Douglas Wilson. 
.A. B. Wilkinson. 
Matthew Da\enport Hill, .M..A. 
F.Z.S. I 
Hon. Treasurer — J. L. OTTKR. Editor — Brof. Boui.GKR, F.L.S., F.G..S. 
Hon. Librarian — HuliKRT I'OOLK. 
Hon. Secretary — Wilfred M.vrr Webb, F.L.S. 
Mr. Miihlberg afterwards proposed the adoption of the 
Nineteenth Annual Report and Financial Statement from the 
Chair. These were unanimously passed, and will appear in full 
in the next number of Nature Notes. 
This meeting was brought to a close with a vote of thanks to 
the Chairman. 
The first lecture of the evening was given in the Theatre by 
Mr. Fred Knock, F.L.S., the title being “ An Old London 
Elder-tree.” The address was fully illustrated by means of 
moving lantern-slides, and in it Air. Knock dealt with his own 
observations on several kinds of wasps which bore into the wood 
of the elder, make their nests, lay their eggs, and store up a 
supply of different insects for their larvae to feed upon. 
At 8.30 p.m. Lord Avebury took the chair, and after making 
some very pleasant and amusing remarks, delivered the following 
address on “ The Love of Nature ” ; — 
“ In the romances of the Aliddle Ages we read of knights 
who loved and were loved by Nature-spirits — of Sir Launfal 
and the Fairy Tryamour, who furnished him with many good 
things, including protection from the main dangers of life, and 
a magic purse, in which — 
Such times have passed away, but better ones have come. 
“ It is not now merely the few who are so favoured. Nature 
showers blessings on all who love her. The magic purse was 
indeed a work of the imagination, or at any rate it is a thing of 
the past. The gifts of Nature do not consist of what are very 
erroneously called the ‘ good things ’ of this world — but- of the 
“ As oft as thou puttest thy hand therein 
-V mark of gold thou shalt winne.” 
