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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
obliged wa Council of the ибну of Arts со- 
ио т hem in adding a scheme for 
Exam ination in Practical Gardening to their other 
ion e years; they would 
suggest that the Council of the Society of Arts 
should cause cial paper, more adapted for 
Hortieult anieal examination, to be 
le than Bot 
e" — for future years, the prizes for which will 
hs ase by this Society—I am, dear Sir, 
Jo тз ti тшу, 
gned) 
(Si ANDREW MURRAY. 
Р. Le Neve COSS Esq. 
Society of Arts, Manufactures, and rotos 
John Street, Adelphi, ae 
Jan 27, 186 
uary 
Dear Sir,—The Council of the СЯ ei мн 
have had under consideration your let the 
А. inet, on the part of the Royal Hoetionltusal 
the bidhest marks in the Society of Arts’ Exami 
tion in Botany, and also seeking the Mofes. of 
the Society of Arts in adding a scheme for an 
meros rd in Practieal Gardening to the other 
— of the 
bid to tm you, in reply, that the 
Council have much pleas in ae 
the at in future With this view the 
cil will be glad if th if the oint Committees of the 
Horticultural Society and the Socie 
take place in July.—I am, m Sir, c" 
very faithfully, 
P. Lx Neve Fosrer, Seeretary. 
Andrew Murray, Esq. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
Tuzspay, Fes. 14, 1865 
x Lennox in the Chair. 
The E of ac last meeting having ue 
read and confirmed, and Messrs. Edmonds 
Fortune appointed serutineers, Мт. Weston pro- 
posed that Mr. Godson’s resignation should not be 
n's resignation be not accepted. 
Ten fellows voted for the motion, 5.4 of UR — 
agains 
ee ANT-SECRETARY read the followi wing 
e оя of the accounts appended to 
Y Онно 
Rerort or rae Counc то 
G, FEBRUARY 14, 1865. 
L The бош. Have the neto 
able to to announce to to the Fellows 
е Society 
‚ January, 1804 t 
of being 
= number 
increase. 
mee fa 3,936 
8497. s. 94. (Зее 
pein on the Ist inus last they amounted 
The Couneil alee са atalaia the Fellows on 
he Mt ss of the t works undertake 
to th servatory through glazed 
d areades, em s Or chard- houses 
bue connect them with the new and improved 
ces, are impen instalments towards the 
completion of ed Se 
mpro ie ad out by the Soeiety 
hav s given MERO satisfa ction to n: who hare 
of dua visited the Gardens, The "E м е 
necessarily entailed considerable е 
Council, as "ene at the lastAn neal Meeting, fa 
consideration of the large sums voted by Her Ma- 
‘arcades, the construction of the one 
and for other pier engaged as part e agree- 
men carry о dad ai e 5 alow certain 
а emen must have 
arly shown uet the Soclety "fly appreciate ler 
ren taken ommissioners in the 
t ad that the Society d аши 
to о completa to the full extent of their 
the original design jointly ый = pes 
selves and their landlords 
8 ordin maintenance 
ДЕЧ ton ба т. has been of 
качы increased bs the planting in the annexed 
ounds and the 54 required for the new glass- 
n the other hand the Council can 
al items on which a more than cor- 
ing has been effect pm 
ang 
refer to sever, 
responding saving 
5. The ying in an item 
strietest econo omy consistent with the du 
ormance of the office work, they were reduc 
42- 
e Journal of the Proceedi ngs of the Society 
in 1863 cost 7802, 19s., and a reference to the 
annexed Revenue account нр? ау that last year 
i. ense was reduced to у. 2 
Again, in 1863 the cost pt foreign im 
Eus и 601/. 1 s. 114. In 1864 the ear rin 
t increasing Cui (eges of se Е ДӨ? вре 
cially in ие їп the ш 
makin ng table 
ociety, manage ed to reduce the net exp 
occasioned by its гаа. collector to 
6. Cert: been eff 
anticipate, - assisted in future years by 2 5 
to those entered аа with v 
simi 
Waterer ery Messrs. Henderson 
7. The policy of the Couneil with MALE dos 
sion of the publie into the Gardens corta d 
operation too Jate last year to give a fair 1957, 
extent to which it will improve the income of 
the Society. They think, however, that th 
