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J REPORT OF THE 
The value of such collections of the early monuments of 
art has been demonstrated in a most interesting manner by 
the use made of them in the instructive series of discourses 
which, according to the intimation in the last Report, has 
been delivered in the Theatre of the Museum by the Curator 
of Antiquities, the Rev. Charles Wellbeloved. The Society is 
indebted to the generosity of Mr. Wellbeloved for the donation 
of the whole proceeds arising from these able and delightful 
lectures, which have brought before our eyes a vivid picture 
of 4 ancient York' in its relation to the arts and arms of Rome, 
and which will be followed, we hope, by a similar effort to 
elucidate the history of the Abbey of St. Mary, and the other 
noble monastic edifices which still remain to add a peculiar 
charm to some of the fairest scenes in Yorkshire. 
The labours of one valued friend long and earnestly de¬ 
voted to English antiquities are ended; we have lost from 
our ranks one of our earliest and most esteemed associates : 
yet, mindful to the last of those studies which he cherished, 
and that Institution which he so zealously supported, Mr. 
Strickland has bequeathed to us the records which he had 
collected for the history of St. Mary's Abbey ; and in addition 
to this literary treasure the sum of TT00, which the Society 
will doubtless devote to some object which would have been 
approved by the donor, and which may long preserve the 
memory of his taste and generosity. 
Some donations have been received for the garden, but the 
principal advantage to Botanical Science which is to be men¬ 
tioned on this occasion, is the completion of the volume in 
which their intelligent Sub-curator, Mr. Baines, has been so 
long engaged. 
The Flora of Yorkshire is now published, and has been 
pronounced by a competent judge to be a successful and 
pleasing addition to the Botanical Library, and creditable to 
