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KEPORT OF THE 
already respectable collection of hardy plants, the last three 
years have added Stoves, which are now full of beautiful pro¬ 
ductions ; and in particular a further supply of above sixty 
species of Epiphytic Orchideac, from the President, Earl 
Fitzwilliam, has fully justified the expenditure which comes 
into the amount of this year, (though partly executed pre¬ 
viously,) for the hot-house in which these singular vege¬ 
tables flourish. * I'o provide additional facilities for the 
cultivation of choice and rare plants, the Council were not 
only encouraged, but compelled, by a sense of what was due 
to the promoters of the Horticultural Fete which took 
place with such distinguished splendour and success in the Mu¬ 
seum Gardens during the month of August, 1838. The clear 
profits from that admired exhibition amounted to and the 
thanks of the Society are justly due to the gentlemen who 
took the trouble of the management, and who, it may be hoped, 
will at the request of the new Council repeat their valuable 
services. 
The other botanical riches of the Society, the British and 
Foreign Herbaria, have been the subject of the incessant 
labour of the Curator, Mr. Hincks, who has now succeeded in 
placing a large part of the collection in a state which, to say 
the least, is creditable to the Institution, and valuable to the 
student. The Council have learned with pleasure that the 
work of Mr. Baines on the Native Plants of Yorkshire is 
already advanced nearly to completion, and they regard the 
publication of this ‘ Botanist’s Guide’ as entirely in the spirit 
of the Founders of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, who, 
in their first statement of objects, earnestly called for the pro¬ 
duction of such works. 
* Wm. Oldfield, Esq. (already a liberal benefactor to the Museum and 
Garden, contributed to the cost of these erections, and has otherwise aided 
improvements in the gi’ounds. Mr. Oldfield and Mr. J. F. Brown have also 
rendered essential service by contributing supplies of excellent soil. 
