PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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ce of the working of this measure during 
the эз of August, Septem d Oe 
show that the publie sufficiently appre- 
čate the advantage of being pe dee t 
s at a reasonable charge, 
success; and on -— increase ot гаслі 
to the Society, from а 
participate in the widosinent of the Gardens, 
there сап be no doubt. It i if to the 
Council to be able to state that, exclusive of the 
Commemoration of the ies Consors Birthday, 
e Gardens without 
pa 
for the past year 185 
g the exeeptional Бошко of the uncover- 
s Mem 
ing of the Prince Con orial, when 17,805 
oam paid à high ты for entering the Gardens, 
umber of entries reached only 133,326. 
m th at Shows owing t 
of the il, were smaller than in former ears 
Though, however, such flower shows can no longer 
be looked to rtain source of revenue, the 
Council believe that the Fellows desi they 
of the Society. Schedules for the great Shows 
чь therefore, been issued аз hithert Fa! 
9. Unfortunately, notwithstanding the increase 
been made e yea ° the 
Tihe of the prizes, these as dir pie he 
Satisfaction to the exhibitors, Certain gardeners 
and mue n have formed themselves into a 
Society, in order, as they state, ‘to protect and ad- 
Pes the interests on а seale 
I ir which they consider should be offered 
Floral ibitions, and this scale has been 
"d е Council. Although this attempt 
tate to the various Societies the expenditure 
own is in itself of little moment, yet 
olved the velbódai: 
managing the Society's funds and affairs, 
right to pass 
eond step of the 
en es express to the 
к ys. xhibitors’ Society, 
ben ed informed the Council that its н 
bun themselves not to exhibit at 
Horticultural Socie ety'se exhibitions 
55 these ments are modified to suit their 
LLORAR 
to the Fellows, in order to give а an opportunity 
of pns €: own opinion o 
ereased уннин bestowed upon 
Chiswick p^ yielded үч most ults. 
Never sinee the yea б, when its relinquish- 
ment vis contemplate, te that Garden presented 
so attractive an appearance, or ke so useful 
to the Society or to айе ultur 
from the sale of the supe or "produce of the 
n the very efficient state in which the glass- 
omo iia bee 
n kept; and it is estimated that 
the Fellows b received ba other- 
e, in р! ts, grafts, ‚ qui , 
trees, chiefly of pears, 
en giv 
Gandia 
has been usually great. The a ow, for 
8,8 tries а number is rath 
than four times greater than the number of entries 
in any e = since ne opening of the Gardens at 
South Kensington. 
v Iti with considerable a that the 
чана conclude € f the Men 
in the open eder are to be considered a а portion 
Garden 
-of the revenue of the resent 
moment the — for the арив v mE to 
2001. per annum, and the exhibitions have alread, 
€ found of prest practical use by many of the 
“з. Whilst, m e Couneil have earnestly 
endeavoured to ve the financial position of 
the Society and the ecndition of its e they 
have not been unmindful of the trust reposed in 
pro to ен its. ЕЕЕ = horticulture. 
4. They have had u their consideration 
de Report of а €— вя zope nted by them to 
consider and prepar a scheme for 
eati ers. Т 
with the question as a whole \ 
пег; ћеу е delay coming any conclusion 
respecting it. In e meantim nts are 
t бек dis His 
Be Siege эк өте Жен of gardeners will make 
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isl wi wie the the view of facilitating the union 
with ‘this Society of the various Horticultural - 
Floral Societies throughout the country, 
