NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



All Subscriptions fall due on January 1 of each year. To avoid the 

 inconvenience of remembering this, Fdlows can compound by the pay- 

 ment of one lump sum in lieu of all further annual payments ; or they 

 can, by applying to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their 

 bankers to pay for them every January 1. Fellows whose subscriptions 

 remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society; but 

 their subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society being 

 incorporated by Royal Charter. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS &c. 



Fellows are particularly requested to note that a list to choose from 

 of all the plants available for distribution is sent every year to every 

 Fellow enclosed in the *' Beyort of the Council " in the last week in 

 January of each year, and a ballot for order of being served is made on 

 March 1. The distribution begins on March 2. Fellows having omitted 

 to fill up their application form before May 1 must be content to wait 

 till the next distribution. The work of the Gardens cannot be dis- 

 organised by the sending out of plants at any later time in the year. 



Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United Kingdom, 

 owing either to length of time in transit or to vexatious regulations in 

 some foreign countries, but, instead thereof, the Council will at any time 

 endeavour to obtain for Fellows living abroad any unusual or rare seeds 

 which they may have been unable to procure in their own country. 



EXAMINATION. 



The Society's Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of 

 Horticulture will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 1902. Candidates 

 should send in their names not later than the 1st of March. A scholar- 

 ship of £25 a year is ofi'ered in connection with this examination. Full 

 particulars may be obtained by sending a stamped and directed envelope 

 to the Society's offices. 



N.B. — In 1903 it is proposed to hold this Examination at the end of 

 February. 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



Secretaries of Affiliated Societies can now obtain on application a 

 specimen copy of a new Card which the Council have prepared for the 

 use of Affiliated Societies wishing to have a Card for Certificates, 

 Commendations, &c. It can be used for Fruit or Flowers, and is printed 

 in two colours — art shades of deep blue and green. 



The Council have also struck a special Medal for the use of Affiliated 

 Societies, which will be ready on January 1, 1902, and will be issued at 

 cost price in Bronze, Silver, and Silver-gilt. 



