__ PROCEEDINGS 
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Hoal Horticultural Society. 
- Vor. IV. 
JANUARY, 1864. 
No. 1. Took 
—The Index of the “ Proceedings" of 1863 will 
bol нії with the February number. 
Announcements by the Council. 
ing for the election of Fellows will take 
(==. оп КУУ, the 15th inst., in the Council Room, 
at one o'clock. 
Frowrr Suows.— The days for the Flower 
Shows in the course of the ensuing season, are 
fixed as Ыра 
A HYACINTH Siow on 9th Mare v 
А CAMELLIA SHow on 30th Mar 
An AZALEA AND EARLY ROSE Ao on 20th 
cee First Great нот on 1st and 2nd Jun 
Tux Great Rose Зном on 29th and 30th Un une. 
THE SECOND GREAT ое on 6th and 7th July. 
With respect e r Shows, except 
ihe Spring Show se to open 
each for two : сад rst day to be considered 
as a Fellows’ day, the second a day for the general 
* only will be admitted at twelve 
e new privileg 
er previous to the day at the 
о ас 
t gen eral public will be 
мана cL tickets, on the usual payment of 
7s. 64., or by tickets purchased previous to the 
day, les e Ds. 
The iy forthe days о 
especia 
The charge 
the Shows are ee more 
en : 
and ted 
month, before the Show, the privilege of pur кр». 
ing tickets for X Еи days of each Show a 
the rate of th irty L 
With не м ти Spring Shows, the prices of 
admission will be one shilling to the friends of 
OWS гу eii introduced, and half-a- apti to 
the general publie. The hours of admission will 
be the same as at the Great усна 
Straw x FÊTE. ihe: Council propose to 
hold a inem of Strawberries on the 13th of July. 
At this show the Council will award three grades 
of hon norary certifica Out of the receipts for 
of the s of Fellows, of course 
it y о that Ы to the holders of the | 
URPENCE. 
admission, one-fourth Аан will be allotted + 
the gainers a the several certificates, in proportion 
to their g f honour, and one-fourt ong 
mà whole of t e exhibitors, in proportion e 
e they oc ib provided the jury certify that 
ths: collections are worthy о g shown. ese 
receipts will b 
be allowed to taste the fruit at the termination of 
the da 
INTERNATIONAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHOW.— 
n 
n ational Fruit Show will take place 
during week in October, an pen 
for a week first day i 
Fellows and their friends personally intro- 
uced, up ent of shilling, and to 
the public on payment of half-a-crown. During 
he remainder of the week the S ill be 
open to the public on payment of one shilling. 
ut receipts admission, one-fourth 
honour, and one-fourth among the w le of the 
exhibitors, in proportion to the space ei pen 
These receipts w will be calculated as n the 
Fellows' day as on the following or "ablic. dip 
sepe ce or Pnizzs— The Schedules of m 
and G а en Shows will be fou 
the o following p 
is Grae » ts Duke of corte preme of 
the | Ta has s s intentio giving a 
prize of 25 „ше the best тибын fine- ышы апа 
flowering р —six of each. Апа the. Qounc cil 
have Added a a gei. of de for competition among 
мо unsuccessful candidates for His Grace's рг rize. 
e judicious min ves 4 де ne- 
foliage plants on an opportuni ity for the displays 
only of sigs ype S a but of good 
за prize for lr 
lange est ssa ша of marks for ore! ibited, th 
arks to be reckoned ma definite scale, i.e., a 
a special certificate of 
г опа- а s сое i 
со esten n counting ia fifty, a first-c 
for 100, This will not be competed for 
the Monthly Floral 
Lady pred Nori b = placed 101. а t the dis- 
of the Council, for ү. 2 pito nee 
ided between Sarraceni 
nts 
Sir Wentworth Dilke, Bart., has repeated his offer 
of three prizes for dinner-table decorations. The . 
