. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. -ORNITHOGALLM , AS-GROWK IKCARNARVON. the Order of the Redeemer (conferred upon him bythe King of the Greeks), was missed by many. TuePresident-Elect, the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget,was also obliged to be elsewhere at the time of themeeting ; so that two of the chief officers of the Societywere unfortunately absent. Under these circumstances. Til;. ^S.—a fKE-lHSTOKlC CUPliUARU AND ERICA Mr. C. C. Babington, Professor of Botany at Cam-bridge, was voted by acclamation into


. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. -ORNITHOGALLM , AS-GROWK IKCARNARVON. the Order of the Redeemer (conferred upon him bythe King of the Greeks), was missed by many. TuePresident-Elect, the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget,was also obliged to be elsewhere at the time of themeeting ; so that two of the chief officers of the Societywere unfortunately absent. Under these circumstances. Til;. ^S.—a fKE-lHSTOKlC CUPliUARU AND ERICA Mr. C. C. Babington, Professor of Botany at Cam-bridge, was voted by acclamation into the Prcsiienlialchair. Sir Llewelyn Turner being chairman of thecommittee. Professor Babington delivered an excel-lent extemporaneous inaugural address, principallydescriptive of those pre-historic works of very greatantiquity to be found in North Wales. Some of theseold structures we shall refer to in greater detailfurther on in this report. The secretary then read theannual report, which was of a very satisfactory cha racter, and referred in favourable terms to the Lapi-darium Walliic, now being published by ProfessorWestwood, of Oxford. The latter gentleman thenmoved the adoption of the report. On Tuesday, August 7, an excursion was plannedfor Pwllheli and the pre-historic works of morning was uncommonly fine and bright, butbefore the train reached Pwllheli the atmosphericconditions had quite changed, for the wind nowalmost bl


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