PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



r.— ANNIVEESARY MEETING, MAY 2, 



REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL. 



The address of the Council, issued on the 29th of January last,* 

 (1859) has afforded the Fellows of the Society such full informa- 

 tion concerning the measures which it has been found necessary 

 to take during the year, that little now remains beyond giving 

 some further explanation of the causes that have led to the 

 course which has been taken, and producing the customary report 

 upon the Society's financial position. 



The Society has been annually informed of the difficulty of 

 making the expenditure and income balance each other, owing 

 to the heavy expenses of London and Chiswick, and the con- 

 tinual losses sustained by the Exhibitions. 



The Fellows are also aware, that in the opinion of many zealous 

 friends of horticulture, it was thought possible to make Chiswick 

 once more a source of income instead of embai-rassment, provided 

 certain changes were made in the arrangements there. In pur» 

 suance of this idea, a voluntary subscription was opened for 

 the purpose of giving the experiment a trial. A gardener, most 

 strongly recommended as a man of great intelligence and expe- 

 rience was appointed, with a liberal salary, and the entire 



3 and costly alterations ^ 



of rendering it more productive, more i 



The Exhibitions were continued, 



class of manufactured articles required 



