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May 13. — "Hardy Spring-flowering Shrubs and Trees," Mr. 

 W. Goldring. 



June 10. — " Herbaceous Peonies," Mr. Geo. Paul and Mr. 

 R. Irwin Lynch, A.L.S. 



June 24. — " Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Plants," Rev. C. 

 Wolley-Dod, M.A. 



July 8.— " Cultivated Lilies," Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.L.S. 



July 22. — " Carnations," Mr. Martin Smith, Mr. M. Rowan, 

 Mr. H. Turner, Mr. R. Dean, and Mr. F. N. Williams. 



July 23.—" On Ferns," Mr. C. T. Druery, Mr. J. Birkenhead, 

 Mr. E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., and Professor Bower, F.L.S. 



August 12. — "On Fruit Evaporation," Mr. E. .W. Badger. 



August 2G. — " Hollyhocks," Mr. James Douglas. 



September 9. — " Gladiolus," Mons. V. Lemoine and Mr. J. 

 Kelway. 



September 23.—" On Dahlias," Mr. T. W. Girdlestone, M.A., 

 the late Mr. Shirley Hibberd, and Mr. Walter H. Williams. 



September 24.— " On Grapes," Mr. T. F. Rivers, Mr. R. D. 

 Blackmore, and Mr. W. Thomson. 



October 14. — " On Crinums," Sir Charles Strickland, Bart. 



October 28. — " Trees and Shrubs for Large Towns," Dr. 

 Masters, F.R.S. 



November 11. — " Chinese Primulas," Mr. A. W. Sutton, 

 F.L.S. 



The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick 

 Board and to all the Members of the Standing Committees — viz., 

 the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the Orchid, 

 and the Narcissus Committees, for the most kind and patient 

 attention which they have severally given to their departments ; 

 also to the exhibitors who have contributed to so great an extent 

 to produce the magnificent results of the Daffodil, Carnation, 

 Fern, Dahlia, and Grape Conferences. 



The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of 

 19 Fellows during the year, and amongst them they deeply regret 

 to find the names of Messrs. Wildsmith, Macintosh, Haughton, 

 Williams, Holmes, Deal, and Shirley Hibberd, Miss North, and 

 Miss Owen. The loss the Society has sustained in this manner 

 has been unusually great, not in numbers, perhaps, but in the 

 relative importance of the gaps left in our ranks, Messrs. Wild- 

 smith, Deal, and Hibberd, and especially the last named, having 



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