Viii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



After careful examination of the ballot papers, the Scrutineers 

 reported the above-named gentlemen to be all duly elected. 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Keport, re- 

 viewed with satisfaction the work of the Society during the year 

 1890, and directed the attention of the meeting to the Schedule 

 of Arrangements for 1891, in which would be found a programme 

 of greater interest and extent than that of the past year, owing 

 to the larger amount of money which was offered in prizes to 

 amateurs. 



Mr. Harry Veitch asked if the election of Mr. Philip Crowley 

 as Treasurer was strictly in accordance with the Bye Laws of the 

 Society. The Secretary read Bye Laws 68, 69, and 76, which 

 had governed the action of the Council in the matter. 



Baron Schroder, in seconding the adoption of the Report, 

 called attention to the scheme for building a Central Hall of 

 Horticulture, and said that owing to the late unfortunate crisis 

 in financial affairs in the City of London, the scheme which had 

 received promises of support to more than half the sum required, 

 was temporarily in abeyance. He said that if £35,000 were 

 subscribed, he himself would be happy to subscribe the remain- 

 ing £5,000. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, in moving a vote of thanks to the 

 Chairman, bore testimony to the excellent results produced by 

 the republication of the Society's Journal. He considered that 

 the money it cost was thoroughly well spent, and attributed to it 

 the number of Fellows residing at a distance from London 

 and who had lately joined the Society. 



The Eeport for the year 1890, as below, w r as then unani- 

 mously adopted. 



EEPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1890-91. 



The year 1890 has been one of steady work and progress 

 for our Society. 



Five Conferences have been held at Chiswick, viz. : on 

 Daffodils, on Carnations, on Ferns, on Dahlias, and on Grapes, 

 and the attendance of Fellows and others at them, as also at the 

 Fortnightly Lectures at the Drill Hall, has been decidedly more 

 encouraging than in previous years. Fellows would greatly 

 assist the Council by making these Meetings and Lectures better 



