10 MONTHLY SUilMARY. 



the new charter is the Second Tuesday of February, and the day 

 of payment of subscription of Fellows joining hereafter ^ill be 

 the 1st January. The date of payment of subscription by the Old 

 Fellows cannot howeter be altered without their consent. The 

 Council however trust that they will readily agree — not to pay a 

 whole year's subscription for eight months' privileges — but to 

 make their next subscription only for the period of eight months : 

 that is, instead of paying 2 guineas, to pay 28 shillings ; and instead 

 of paying 4 guineas, to pay 9 pounds 16 shillings; so that their 



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next period of subscription may fall due on the 1st January instead 

 of on the 1st May, 1803. Of course if any Fellows choose to alter 

 the period of their subscription from May to January without 

 diminishing their subscription for next year, the Council will be 

 happy to avail themselves of their liberality. 



As might he anticipated, at this season of the year, the 



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Meeting of the Floral Committee in December was iiot marked 

 by the exhibition of any plants of very special interest* The 

 finest plant exhibited was the orchid Angrcecum sesqiiljyedale 



Aub. : for which a first-class certificate was awarded to Messrs 

 Veitch & Son. 



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The subjects before the Fruit Committee were Grapes, Apples, 

 and Pears. In Grapes, the Calabrian Kaisin obtained the first 

 prize for its cultivator, Mr. Thomson, the Duke of Buccleuch's 

 gardener. In Apples, the first prize was awarded to Mr. 

 Newton for the Cornish Gilliflower. Tlie Bishop of London's 

 grounds at Fulham Palace produced some interesting specimens. 

 There were fine Pears, and three different varieties of Chest- 

 nut, known under the names of vesca, pwjula, and media. 

 The Vesca is the best. Mr, Cunningham, the Bishop's gardener, 

 also produced specimens of the Dutch Medlar. 



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