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in the Arca.de8, and, if it is wished, tliey will be allowed to remain 

 until the June and July shows are over. 



The Council have offered a prize of £10 for the best orna- 

 mental tub for trees in pots. This is not to be competed for 

 until the September show, so that probably nothing of this 

 kind may he expected at the show of Implements in May, 

 June, and July; but there is nothing where improvement is 

 more needed, or where it is more likely well to repay the for- 

 tunate discoverer of a really good and elegant contrivance for the 



purpose. 



On the 30th of May the American show will be opened. In 

 the programme published in January this announcement is 

 qualified by a reference to the season. Had the season been 

 backward, the American plants might not have come into 

 bloom for 10 days or a fortnight after the day specified. This 

 uncertainty, however, may be said to be now at an end, and 

 in the absence of any unforeseen change the American show will 

 open on the 30 th of May. 



Meetings for Election of Fellows are to be held on the Snd, 

 IQth, and 28Lh, On the 28th there will he a ballot for plants 



■applications must he sent in before the 2ord. 



Bands — With the assistance of the Musical Committee the 

 Council have made arrangements by which the bands of the 

 Eoyal Engineers, the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Marines, 

 who muster a larger number of performers than any other mili- 

 tary band, shall be more frequently heard. 



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General Meetings held in April. — General meetings for the 



election of Fellows were held on the 4th and 25th of April, at 

 which 218 new Fellows were elected. When these shall have 

 completed their elections by payment, &c., the total number of 

 Fellows of the Society will be 3374. 



Flower Show and Competitions in April. — The Azalea show- 

 was scarcely less successful than the Hyacintli show in March 



although, in consequence of the day being threatening, so 

 many visitors were not present. The show itself was exceedingly 

 good, and the Society was again honoured by the presence of 

 H.R.H. the Princess Mary of Cambridge. 



Some very good new plants were exhibited, both at the Azalea 



