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IRISH GARDENING 



Royal Horticultural and Arboricultural 

 Society of Ireland- 



Tlie following letter lias been circulated, aiifl 

 \vt' coiniiiend it to tlif favourable consideration 

 of our readers : — 



5 MoLKswoHTH Stiieet, Dubltn. 



DicAR Sir (or Madam), 

 The Coiuicii desire lis to bring under your notii'C 



the diffictdt jiosition in wliicb the Royal Horti- 

 cultural and Arboricultural Society of Ireland 

 now finds itself. 



Owing to the war, the nieuibership has largely 

 (iiniinislied, a ninnl)er of nienibers resigned. an(i, 

 idtiiougii many niendiers have recently re-joined, 

 the nund)er is now little more than half Avhat it 

 was in 1914. 



Tlie cost of everything — printing, stationery, 

 wages, staging, liire of tents, &c. — has more than 

 doubled, and the Society has to pay Entertain- 

 ment Ta.x. The amount of sul)Scriptions for mem- 

 bers remains the same; hence, with a greatly 

 <liuiinished income, the Comicil has to meet an 

 increased expenditure. To do this some of the 

 investments have had to be sold. Further, to 

 meet the diminished value of money, the ])rizes 

 w ill have to be increased, so as to promote lieaitliy 

 comjK'tition at the shows. 



There are only three courses open by which 

 extra funds can be raised : (1) to increase the 



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