CENTENARY OF THE SOCIETY. 



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Since that time — February 1888 — to the present Centennial year of 

 1904, the President and Secretary have remained unchanged. Sir Daniel 

 Morris (who did such magnificent work for the Society's finances until 

 1891, when he was appointed by the Colonial Office to the oversight of 

 the Agricultural Department of the West Indies) was succeeded by Mr. 

 Philip Crowley, and at his death in 1899, the increasing burden of the 

 Treasurer's office was taken up by Mr. Gurney Fowler, to whom the 

 Society owes so much for his most skilful conduct of the finances during 

 this most difficult Centennial year. (Fig. 52.) 



The following table shows in set form the satisfactory advance and 

 progress of the Society under what may be called the New Policy of 

 1887, although in reality it was not netv, but a return to the original 1804 

 policy of " Horticulture scientific and practical." 



Year 



Expendi- 

 ture 



Annual 

 Increase or 

 Decrease of 

 Expenditure 



Income 



Annual 

 Increase or 

 Decrease of 



Income 



Investments 



! 



Annual 

 Increase of 

 Investments 



Year 





£ 



£ 



£ 



± 



£1 



£ 



£ 





1887 



3,577 





2,894 





A 



-1,152 





1887 



1888 



3,112 



-165 



3,617 



+ 723 









1888 



1889 



3,«»r,o 



+ 548 



3.520 



-97 









1889 



1890 



3,866 



-94 



4,102 



+ 582 









1890 



1891 



4,182 



+ 316 



4,439 



+ 337 







P. 



1891 



1892 



4,872 



+ 690 



4,873 



+ 434 





479 



+ 479 



1892 



1893 



5,193 



+ 321 



5,591 



+ 718 





479 





1893 



1894 



5,076 



-117 



5,550 



-41 





975 



+ 496 



1894 



1895 



5,073 



-3 



5,638 



+ 88 





1,768 



+ 793 



1895 



1896 



5,788 



+ 715 



5,944 



+ 306 





2,325 



+ 557 



1896 



1897 



5,481 



-307 



6,303 



+ 359 





2,325 





1897 



1898 



5,810 



+ 329 



7,104 



+ 801 





3,691 



+ 1,366 



1898 



1899 



6,069 



+ 259 



7,820 



+ 716 





6,154 



+ 2,463 



1899 



1900 



6,553 



+ 484 



8,193 



+ 373 





8,156 



+ 2,002 



1900 



1901 



7,061 



+ 508 



9,312 



+ 1,119 





11,237 



+ 3,081. 



1901 



1902 



8,236 



+ 1,175 



10,724 



+ 1,412 





13,737 



+ 2,500 



1902 



1903 



8,776 



+ 540 



12,418 



+ 1,694 





16,536 



+ 2,799 



1903 



1904 



8,789 



+ 13 



14,024 



+ 1,606 





* 



* 



1904 



The 1,108 Fellows left at the beginning of 1888 have grown into 

 8,250 at the end of 1904, and the general progress of the Society — 

 from any point of view save that of " Society Tea Gardens " — must be 

 admitted to have been eminently satisfactory. 



The Journal of the Society was recommenced in 1888, and has 

 grown from a modest pamphlet to a valuable volume. 



In 1897, with the knowledge and approval of Her Majesty Queen 

 Victoria, the Society established a medal in commemoration of Her 

 Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, called the Victoria Medal of Honour in 

 Horticulture (V.M.H.). The original intention was to confine this 

 honour to sixty recipients, but this was extended at Her Majesty's death 

 to the number of sixty- three, in memory of the full number of the years 

 of her glorious reign. (Fig. 53.) 



As the Centenary of the Society approached, many were the schemes 

 suggested for its due celebration, and from these, two at once sprang into 



* In the current year the investments have taken the form of a loan for t'3,700 

 to the New Hall Building Fund. 



