April, 1899. Royal Horticultural Society. NOTICES TO FELLOWS. Letters. All letters on all subjects should be addressed, The Secretary, Royal Horticultural Society, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster. Telegrams. "HORTENSIA, LONDON" is sufficient address. Plants. A list of Plants to choose from was sent to every Fellow on January 10, and the ballot for order of distribution was made on March 1. All Fellows will participate in the distribution in the March following their election. No distribution can be made later in the year, though from the large number of Fellows to be served it is often the end of April before the March distribution is completed. Subscriptions.-All Subscriptions fall due on January 1 of each year. To avoid the inconvenience of remembering this, Fellows can now compound by the payment of one lump sum in lieu of all further annual payments; or they can, by application to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their bankers to pay for them every January 1. Fellows whose subscriptions remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society; but their subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society being incorporated by Royal Charter. Meetings and Shows, 1899, remaining.-The following are the dates:-April 18; May 2, 16; Temple Show, May 31, June 1, 2; June 13, 27; July 11,* 12,* 25; August 15, 29; September 12, 26; Fruit Show, Crystal Palace, September 28, 29, 30; October 10, 24; November 7, 21; December 5, 19; January 9, 23, 1900. * July 11 at Chiswick, July 12 at 117 Victoria Street. Notice of Meetings and Shows.-A reminder of every Show will be sent, in the week preceding, to any Fellow who will send to the R.H.S. Office, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, 24 halfpenny postcards for 1899, ready addressed to himself. Temple Show, May 31, June 1, 2.-Fellows of the Society are admitted free on showing their Tickets. N.B.-Each Personal Pass is strictly non-transferable, and will admit the Fellow to whom it belongs (but no one else). The Public are admitted by purchased Tickets:-On Wednesday, May 31, from 12.30 to 5 P.M., 7s. 6d.; from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M., 2s. 6d. On Thursday, from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M., 2s. 6d. On Friday, from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., 1s. To avoid the inconvenience of crowding, Tickets may be obtained on or before May 29, at the Society's Office, 117 Victoria Street, S.W., or at the Treasurer's Office, Inner Temple. The Society's Offices at Westminster will be closed on the days of the Show, and consequently no letters should be addressed there on the previous day. On the days of the Show, Tickets will only be on sale near the entrance to the Gardens (Thames Embankment Gate). Members of Affiliated Societies, and bona fide Gardeners, may obtain 2s. 6d. Tickets for 1s., which will admit them on Thursday. These tickets can only be obtained on or before May 29 from the Society's Office, 117 Victoria Street, S.W., and a large stamped and directed envelope must be sent with Postal Order in every case. Members of Affiliated Societies must apply only through the Secretary of their own Society if they wish to take advantage of this privilege. June 27.—The Great Rose Show at the Drill Hall. For Schedule of prizes, see book of "Arrangements, 1899," page 65. July 11, 12.-An International Conference on Hybrids, with Exhibition, will be held at Chiswick on July 11 at 2.15. The Conference (not the Exhibition) will be continued on July 12 at 117 Victoria Street, S.W., at 2.15 P.M. Dinner of the Society.-On July 12 a banquet of the Society will be given at 6.30 for 7 P.M., at the Whitehall Rooms, Hôtel Métropole. Evening Dress. All Fellows can, as far as space will permit, obtain Tickets (price 21s. each), for ladies or gentlemen, by applying (with cheque or postal order) to the Secretary, 117 Victoria Street, before July 1. And it is hoped that as many as possible will unite in thus doing honour to the Foreign and distinguished guests attending the Conference on Hybrids. Great Show of British-grown Fruit, September 28, 29, 30.-Fellows are particularly requested to subscribe a small sum towards the Prizes, as £100 must be raised immediately. Send to the Secretary. Schedules of the show can now be obtained. Lectures, &c.-Any Fellows willing to Lecture or to communicate Papers on interesting subjects are requested to communicate with the Secretary. Binding the Journal.-There are four separate parts of Vol. XXII. The title page and table of contents, which will be found enclosed in the present part, should be placed at the commencement of the whole volume. Then should follow all the four parts of the "Journal" proper, which is paged in figures from 1 to 498. After this should come the four parts of "Extracts from the Proceedings," which are paged in letters from i to ccxxxii, finishing with the Index. New Fellows.-The Secretary makes a special appeal to all Fellows to assist in promoting the welfare of the Society by doing all in their power to introduce new Fellows. Advertisements.-Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with those who advertise in the Society's publications the more likely others are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly benefited. |