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accommodation is at least double what it was in Victoria Street the 

 Council hope that all Fellows will send such horticultural and botanical 

 books as they can spare from their own shelves, as well as any articles 

 and papers they may themselves publish on such subjects. 



15. LETTING OF HALL. 



Fellows are earnestly requested to make known among their friends 

 and among other institutions that the Royal Horticultural Hall is 

 available, twelve days in each fortnight, for Meetings, Shows, Exhibitions, 

 Concerts, Conferences, Lectures, Balls, Banquets, Bazaars, Receptions, 

 and other similar purposes. The Hall has a floor surface of 13,000 feet 

 super. It is cool in summer and warm in winter. For a Concert it will 

 seat 1,500, or for a public meeting 2,000. It is undoubtedly the lightest 

 Hall in London, and its acoustic properties have been pronounced perfect 

 by some of our greatest authorities. The charges, which are very 

 moderate, include lighting, warming in winter or cooling of the air in 

 summer, seating, and use of trestle-tabling and platform. The first floor, 

 consisting of four fine rooms, may also be hired for similar purposes, 

 either together with or separately from the Great Hall. This accommoda- 

 tion can also be divided up if desired. Ample cloak rooms for ladies 

 and for gentlemen are available. In fact, the Hall is not only the most 

 suitable Hall in London for similar shows of a high-class character, but 

 it is also second only to the Queen's Hall and the Royal Albert Hall for 

 the purposes of Concerts and Meetings. Reduction is made to Charities, 

 and also to Societies kindred or allied to horticulture. The regulations and 

 charges for hiring the Hall are printed in the " Arrangements" for 1905 

 (p. 45), and full particulars may be obtained on application to the Secre- 

 tary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W., with whom also dates 

 may be booked. 



16. EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, AND LECTURES 



IN 1905. 



A full programme for 1905 will be found on page 8 in the " Book 

 of Arrangements" for 1905. It will be noticed that an Exhibition and 

 Meeting is held in the Royal Horticultural Hall practically every fort- 

 night throughout the year, and a short lecture on some interesting subject 

 connected with horticulture is delivered during the afternoon. 



A reminder of every Show will be sent in the week preceding to any 

 Fellow who will send to the R.H.S. Offices, Vincent Square, Westminster, 

 S.W., a sufficient number (26) of halfpenny cards ready addressed to 

 himself. 



The following are the dates fixed for 1905-6 : — 1905— January 3, 24 ; 

 February 14 (Annual Meeting), 28 ; March 14, 28 ; 30, and 31 (Colonial 

 Fruit and Vegetable Show) ; April 11, 25 (National Auricula and Primula 

 Society's Show ; Daffodils) ; May 9, 23 (National Tulip Society's Show) ; 

 May 30 and 31, June 1 (Temple Show) ; June 20 ; July 4 (National 

 Sweet Pea Society's Show) ; July 11, 12, 13 (Summer Show in the 



