MONTHLY SUMMARY, 21 
IX.—MONTHLY SUMMARY. 
FEBRUARY 1, 1863. 
Subscriptions for 1863.—Fellows are reminded that the Annual 
Subscriptions are now due, and may be paid at the offices at the Garden, 
South Kensington, or by remittance—if by cheque, crossed CALL AND 
Co.; if by post office order, then payable to ANDREW Murray, Assistant 
Secretary, at Charing Cross post office. 
‚ Tickets for 1863.—New tickets are being _ but those of last 
year, t when replaced, continue in force fors 
American Show.—The Council have found Pe the absence of 
bloom on “Т ЖАГ ый and Kalmias is general, and their attempt 
to make an American Show by combining the resources of several in- 
dividuals has not proved successful. There will therefore be no show 
of American plants in the Garden this year. 
Uncovering of the Memorial of 1851.—Messrs. Elkington, to whom 
has been entrusted the casting of the statue of H.R.H. the Prince 
Consort, are now so far advanced that they have been able to inform the 
Memorial Committee that they undertake to have everything ready and 
delivered by the 1st of June. The Committee have thus been able to 
take the sense of the Queen regarding the inauguration, and Her 
Majesty has been graciously pleased to fix the 5th of June (the anni- 
versary of the day on which the Garden was opened by His Royal 
Highness in 1861) for the ceremony. It is to be performed by the 
Prince of Wales, who has in the most gracious terms signified his readi- 
ness to take part in the inauguration. The following are the letters 
which have passed between Mr. Godwin, the Secretary of the Memorial 
Committee, and Lieutenant-General Knollys on the subject :— 
_ * To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, &c., &c. 
Memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851 is now so far advanced 
that y of i uguration may be fixed а уа1 
Highness's lamented father, the Prince Consort, had in ted his intention that 
this event should ed with honour. By an fully appreciated, not 
be 
e Committee I have the pleasure to represent, but by the people of this 
country, your Royal Highness has connected yourself with the Memorial, and 
restored to it the twofold character it was orinli intended to have. lhave now 
to beg, Sir, that you will increase the be tna жзг! conferred, and permit the 
the 5th of June, the anniversary of the opening of the Horticultural Society's 
Gardens, in which it stands. I have ена the pleasure of her gee? the Queen 
upon the subject, and have received a gracious intimation that her Majesty will 
have no objection to such an ыд Ише nt. “I have, &c., 
“GEORGE GODWIN. 
“24, Alexander-square, Brompton, Jan. 19, 1863." 
*SANDRINGHAM, NORFO 
t January 2, 1868. 
“ Зтв, —Т am directed by the Prince of Wales to acknowledge the receipt of your 
e Эз тетүү in the name of the Committee for the Memorial "y the Great 
