ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Royal Horticultural Society was incorporated by Royal Charter in the year 

 1809, and as a National Institution for more than a hundred years it has 



devoted itself to the advancement of Horticulture in all its branches. 



Its Gardens at Chiswick are devoted to useful and scientific experiments 

 and trials connected with the growth and value of new and different varieties 

 of fruit, flowers, and vegetables, as well as of other plants of garden 

 value and interest. These Gardens, maintained at an annual cost of £l,500, 

 afford to all lovers of Horticulture an opportunity of watching the most 

 interesting cultural experiments carried on in this country. 



The Chiswick Gardens are open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted) 

 at 9 a.m., and close at sunset. During the summer months {i.e., from 

 May 1 to October 31) the Gardens are open on Sundays from 1 p.m. till 

 sunset. 



Floral Meeting's are held in the Drill Hall of the London Scottish R.V., 

 in James Street, Victoria Street, Westminster, on an average, bi-monthly, 

 when Committees adjudicate on the merits of new introductions, and a short 

 Lecture is given on some subject of general Horticultural interest. 



A Journal of the Society is published, and forwarded to all subscribing 

 Fellows, in which an account of the Lectures and Meeting's is given, 

 together with reports of plant trials at Chiswick. These Journals will be 

 found full of most valuable information derived from actual experience. 

 They are of very great interest to all lovers of gardens and amateurs no 

 less than to skilled horticulturists. 



The Society is entirely maintained by the subscriptions of its Fellows. 

 Any lady or gentleman desirous of joining the Society and thus promote the 

 Practice and Science of Horticulture in these Islands may obtain Nomina- 

 tion Forms and full particulars on application to the Secretary at the 

 Society's Offices, 117 Victoria Street, S.W. 



The general privileges of Felloius are as follows : 



All Fellows are entitled to attend and to vote at all meetings, and, subject 

 to the necessary regulations and hours, to personal admission to the Gardens, 

 Exhibitions, &c, and to the use of the Society's Rooms and of the Libraries, 

 at 117 Victoria Street ; to a copy of the Society's Journal, and also to 

 purchase fruit and vegetables grown at Chiswick, at specially reduced rates. 



The special privileges of Felloivs, varying according to the rate of 

 subscription, arc as follows : 



Fellows subscribing £4. 4s. a year are entitled to a personal Fellow's 

 Pass, and to a Family Ticket admitting five persons to Chiswick Gardens, 

 and to all the Society's Exhibitions and Meetings at 12 o'clock, being an 

 hour earlier than the general public. 



Fellows subscribing £2. 2s. a year are entitled to a personal Fellow's 

 Pass, and to a Transferable Ticket admitting two persons to all Exhibitions 

 and Meetings at 12 o'clock; and admitting three persons to Chiswick 

 Gardens on all ordinary days, including Sundays. 



Fellows subscribing £1. Is. a year are entitled to a personal Fellow's 

 Pass for all Meetings and Exhibitions at 12 o'clock, which Pass may also be 

 used to admit three persons to Chiswick Gardens on all ordinary days, 

 including Sundays. 



W. WILKS, Secretary. 



