Description | Posters and card showing the dates of coming meetings of the Linnean Society:
1. 1826. Printed notice of Linnean Society Meetings. 2. 1858-1859. Printed notice of Linnean Society Meetings. MS notes on reverse. 3. 1859-1860. Printed notice of Linnean Society Meetings. MS note on reverse relating to casts from busts of Sir James Edward Smith, Sir Joseph Banks ([by] Mrs [Anne] Damer), Shute Barrington (Bishop of Durham) ([by Behnes], John Hunter [by Glaxman?], presented by [Mrs] Bennett. 4. 1863 April 8. Busk, George. Request to attend a Special General Meeting for the consideration of the recommendations of Council relating to the numerous objects of natural history at the Society (given when there were plans to form a museum) and plans for their future including: - the Linnean Herbarium and Collections - the Herbarium and Collections of Sir James Edward Smith - the British Herbarium - the arranged Australian Herbarium - the Collection of Fruits and other objects in the Cabinets presented by Mr Janson - the Collection of British Birds' Eggs of Mr Salmon - the Collection of Algae of Mrs Griffiths, some of which are bound in books - the Collection of Insects and Shells of Sir Joseph Banks - the duplicate set of Dr Wallich's East Indian Herbarium - the General Herbarium of Mr Winch - Caley's [check spelling!] Collection of Australian Birds and Mammals - Dr Pulteney's Collection of Shells - two cabinets containing a miscellaneous collection of insects etc. - a cabinet containing animals in bottles etc. - Acharius' collection of Lichens - Salmon's European Flora - various unnarranged collections of plants 5. 1944-1945. Printed notice of Linnean Society Meetings. On the reverse includes details of officers and council of Linnean Society 1944-1945. 6. 1953. Programme of the Proceedings at the Reception on 3rd December 1953. 7. 1965-1966. Printed notice of Linnean Society General Meetings. On the reverse includes details of officers and council 1965-1966. 8. 1971-1972. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings October 1971-April 1972. 9. 1972-1973. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings October 1972 to June 1973. 10. 1973-1974. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings September 1973-September 1974. On the reverse includes MS notes. 11. 1974-1975. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings October 1974-September 1975. 12. 1977-1978. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings October 1977-September 1978. 13. 1977-1978. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings 1977-78. 14. 1978-1979. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings 1978-79. 15. 1978-1979. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings October 1978-May 1979. On the verse includes MS notes. 16. 1982-1983. Printed notice of Linnean Society General and Special Meetings September 1982-September 1983. |