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although strongly -pressed to relax them, the 
1 
was the policy а inally laid .В.Н. 
1 ort, as ЕО tob the Society... It 
oting on whic 
a a iety in а > 
that of the Horticultural Soci- 
ж Society, and it is the policy 
now recommend for the adop- 
ton. of the 
The Couneil “feel confident that it is quite 
^ sible to increase the privileges of the Fellows 
at 
in the use of the Gardens, an the same time, 
through the assistance of general publie, to 
ma uch mo: emunerative than here- 
them m 
tofore, cand’ therefore кш шту in promoting the 
Fel- 
lix e respéots оа privileges of the 
lows, the Council recommend t e evening 
— ійі = а to the eie itself and 
— learned so 
2. They seb vent ‘hat the Fellows shall have 
the. new Кл, ge 
eg i 
13. y propose that at each <= the minor 
Shows die Fellows shall -— the privilege of pur- 
chasing tickets at the door for their ir iends at 1s. 
- con- 
e 
> 
333 
— 
6d. 
to bày 5 charged to the ена ublio). 
14, 1 propose not only that ‘the Fellows shall 
ha 1 
f 
hour an an the абайт rre ig but also: that » еу hoo 
may bring their friends (who have tickets) at 
ы А hour, although not so early аз the Fellows’ 
ou 
15 "néy recommend that"each Fellow shall 
have the privilege of admitting two friends, per- 
b itt d u 
lowed to introduce their friends dr denen as = чең 
tofore, ана the publie to d by paym 
f five shillings each pers The pri i; ite = 
езы naon s gerdoally or by order will nòt 
extend to 
16. Another ‘paint which has oceupied much 
the attention of the Council is the publication of 
ы. s “Proceedings of the: Society. Several Fellows 
Ti. only objection is the increased expense of de- 
ri It will be in thé —8 of the F - ws 
that, year, in orde rto r — the 
he publioation 
most 
d ting the four months o 
the Fellows: were out © А sodes 
saving was thus effected; and a further savin 
will $ year be effect y the new for oí 
i : ma type, 
expense of printing, however, whi 
“it during -the past year toa ае е 
would deter the sat tht from а Fae s with 7 
нт of those Fellows who desire 
= puliicution; it it is the Срем of Р deliver? 
st 568 obstacle great 
as to form an absolute barri “agin proposition, 
unless it = B by the individual membe; 
themselves. "This is done in so 
Those Fellows ot are willing to pay the postage 
or expense of delivery receive the publications at 
once. To those who do not choose to incur tha 
expense they are sent by е 1 
when they have accumulated suficienti 
Council page that in future this plan 
adopted, the “Proceedings” published once s 
fortnight, "t possible. 
"hilst the Council have thus had much of 
their attention сас о ‘supporting the material 
prosperity of the ociety, 
ral с and 
B 
er 
ept in 
which the D exists, viz., the advancement 
of Horticu 
z he e operations = ^ Fruit and Floral Commit- 
8 have gone ctively, and the reports 
ne meetings hen pom published i in the › Society's 
** Proceedings. 
Chiswick during the past year will ap in 
without. de By means of these experiments 
he most ortant garden e а fruits 
are by degrees being reporte and inferior 
or 
sorts are eliminated from the lists ; the Fellows 
and the public ери е a trustworthy report of 
the best kinds Experiments have also 
been made in rene эя mprovements in heating, 
and on other Hortidultural matters, of which, 
when "desirable account wil be given in the 
ee Am 
“The collec Mr. Weir, was last year re- 
s odi from South "Brazil, that district он been 
рвет explored, and n 
ductiv ; 5 da now collec 
d 
condition. 
E the following веазо 
w Grenada is easy, it is ое н that materials 
for pete ballots will be receive 
19. The seeds and plants w hich he sent home 
bet 
pred The Fellows have avai 
they have ever done шене The Garden at 
Chiswick has, by means of its sales, contributed 
— чы towards its expen 
20. Th ts and Didasies ilios of last year 
have been we дуй ublished. The different items 
of expenditure are suggestive А кел alterati 
in the mode о subjecte pe 
The бой ы hat even 
the екон, 
recognise 
