Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London - University Library

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
May 4th, 1905.
Prof. W. A. Heedman, P.E.S., President, in the Chair.
The Minutes of the Greneral Meeting of the 6th April were
read and conflrmed.
The Rev. William Jenkins Webb Anderson, B.M., B.S.,
Patshan Hospital, Canton, and Mr. Hugh Praser Macmillan,
Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, were
proposed as Fellows.
Mr. Arthur James Dicks and Mrs. Maude Muff were elected
Fellows.
Prof. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Prof. Gottlieb Haber-
landt, Prof. Ainbrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht, and Prof.
Charles Rene Zeiller were elected Foreign Members.
The following papers were read :
1. "The Botany of Gough Island.— Part I. Phanerogams and
Ferns.'' Bv R. N. Rudmose Brown, B.Sc. (Communicated by
W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., F.L.8.)
2. " The Study of Vegetation : its present Condition and
probable Development." By Prof. A. G. Tansley, F.L.S.
.3. " Biscayan Plankton .---Part V. The Schizopoda." By Messrs.
E. W. L. Holt and W. M. Tattersall. (Communicated by Dr. G.
Herbert Fowler, F.L.S.)
—
May 24th, 1905.
Anniversary Meeting.
Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., President, in the Chair.
The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 4th May were read
and conlirmed.
Mr. Reginald Innes Pocock, F.Z.S., Mrs. Maude MuflF, Miss
Lilian Jane Clarke, Mrs. Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc.
Lond., Ph.D. Munich, Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford,
Lady Busk, Mr. William Wise, and the Rev. William Moyle
Rogers were admitted Fellows.
The Treasurer then laid his Annual Statement of Accounts
before the Fellows, as shown on p. 15, and the President having
spoken briefly, Mr. Henry Groves moved, and Prof. F. W. Oliver,
F.R.S., seconded, " That the Treasurer's statement be adopted,"
which was carried.