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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTLTIAL SOCIETY. 



unwritten rule that, save in exceptional cases, the Society's funds should 

 not be spent in offering money prizes but in promoting and diffusing the 

 knowledge of the application of scientific methods and laws to the 

 promotion of horticulture. 



In their annual report the Council remark : — As an object-lesson in 

 British fruit cultivation this Annual Show stands unrivalled, and it is of 

 national importance. Those who have visited it from year to year cannot 

 fail to have been impressed by the wonderful advance which has been 

 made in the quality of the hardy fruits exhibited. And as the importance 

 of fruit-growing in this country cannot well be over-estimated, the Council 

 imite Fellows and their friends to support them in their efforts to main- 

 tain and improve this exhibition by \-isiting it, and subscribing to its funds. 

 For it cannot be too widely known that the continuance of the Show is 

 absolutely dependent on at least £100 being raised by subscription each 

 year towards the Prize Fund. The Show involves the Society in a very 

 large expenditure without the possibility of any financial return. The 

 Council cannot therefore continue it unless^ sufficient interest in it is taken 

 by Fellows and their friends to pro^•ide £100 towards the Prize Fund. 

 And this has now become even more important than heretofore, as the 

 Directors of the Palace have signified to the Council that they feel com- 

 pelled to still further decrease their contribution for 1902 by yet another 

 £50. A glance at the list of subscribers will show how small has been 

 the interest taken by the bulk of the Fellows. The Council would point 

 out that this is not a local Show with a few large prizes, but that a large 

 number of small prizes have been provided in order to secure the best 

 fruits in each section ; special prizes have been allotted to Market Growers ; 

 and Counties have been grouped in such a way that growers should not 

 have to compete with exhibitors from localities more favoured by climatic 

 conditions. These points will be still further extended should suflicient 

 financial support be forthcoming. Subscriptions should be sent at once 

 to the Secretary, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, and if the list prove 

 satisfactory the Schedule will be issued in April, and the Show held on 

 September 18, 19, and 20, 1902. 



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE PRIZE FUND, 1901. 



Further donations to this Fund are earnestly requested, and will be acknowledged 



in the Society's Journal. 



Balderson, H., Hemel Hempstead 



Basham. John. Bassaleg, Newport, Mon. 



Beebe, Alfred, Palace Road, Streatham Hill . 



Blaker, Dr. Shaw, East Grinstead .... 



Blenkinsop. B., J. P., Kenley, Surrey 



Boyd. Mrs., Woodvale Lodge. South Norwood Hill 



Brocklehurst, Geo., Rock House, Sydenham Hill . 



Bunyard, Geo., & Co., Royal Nurseries, Maidstone 



Bythway, W., Llanelly, South Wales 



Challis, Thos., Wilton House Gardens, Salisbury . 



Cheal, .J., & Sons, Crawley, Sussex 



Clinch, T., Denaway, Key Street, Kent . 



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