PROCEEDINGS | 
OF THE 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
L—MONTHLY SUMMARY. 
JANUARY 1, 1863. 
Arrangements for 1863.—The Saturnalia of 1862 are now at an 
end, and the Society resumes its staid and private character. 
The garden and privileges of the Society being private and restricted 
to the Fellows, any relaxation of this principle can be justified only by 
the arrangement being for the convenience of the Fellows themselves, 
or as a means of supplementing the funds of the Society. The Council 
in adjusting the rules for the admission of the public during the 
ensuing year, think that they will sufficiently meet both objects by 
extending and allowing this relaxation only on what may be called 
public days, viz., fête days or days of shows and promenades. The 
lowest price of admission to be 2s. 6d. 
The promenades willtake place on every Wednesday and Saturday 
from 16th May to 3186 July inclusive, when a band or bands will perform. 
The flower shows will consist of three minor shows in spring, three great 
shows in summer, and one minor show in autumn. The greatest flower 
show of the year will perhaps be that of July, which is a combination of 
the Rose Show and the Third Great Show. The September Show will 
include both autumn flowers and fruit. It is thought desirable to 
vary the period of the fruit-shows in different years, so that all kinds 
ау in their turn be brought fairly forward. In the year that is gone 
the Great Fruit Show was too late for peaches and that class of fruit. 
The 9th of September will allow of a fair competition in these next 
season. 
The schedules of the spring flower shows will be found at p. 9. 
Those of the remaining Flower shows will appear in next month's 
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The special fétes which will take place during the season are the 
uncovering of the Memorial of the Exhibition of 1851, and the ореп- 
ing of the expected Exhibition of Statuary, &c., to which Sculptors have 
been invited to contribute. A sum of £500 has been set apart for the 
purchase of one or more of the works of Art which may be there exhibited. 
16 will be recollected that the mutual support and encouragement of 
Horticulture and the Fine Arts by this means was one of the favourite 
objects which H.R.H. the Prince Consort had in view, and it is hoped 
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