xii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



J. P., Major J. J. Joicey, Willie James, Esq., C.V.O., M. Theophile 

 Durand, Director of the Belgian State Botanic Gardens, Eduard 

 Strasburger, the eminent German botanist, and Messrs. A. Domeier, 

 the celebrated botanist, H. J. Adams, J. S. Bergheim, W. Fyfe, C. P. 

 Kinnell, and Hayward Mathias. 



30. Annual Progress. — The following table will show the Society's 

 progress in regard to numerical strength during the past year : — 



Loss by Death in 191 2. Fellows Elected in 1912. 







I 



s. 









£ 



5. 



d. 



Hon. Fellows 



6 . 



0 



0 



0 



Hon. Fellows 



7 • 



0 



0 



0 



Life 



11 . 



0 



0 



0 



4 Guineas . 



7 • 



29 



8 



0 



4 Guineas . 



4 • 



16 



16 



0 



2 „ . . 



605 . 



1,270 



10 



0 



2 



. 82 . 



172 



4 



0 



1 Guinea 



718 . 



753 



18 



0 



1 Guinea 



. 88 . 



92 



8 



0 



Associates . 



50 • 



26 



5 



0 













Affiliated Societies 



18 . 



18 



18 



0 





191 



^281 



8 



0 



Commutations 



*4> 

















= ^312 18s. od. 



i 









Loss by Resignation, &c. 



4 Guineas . 

 2 



1 Guinea 

 Associates . 



1 



. 216 

 . 410 



32 



Affiliated Societies 23 

 682 



£ s - d. 



440 



453 12 o 



430 10 o 



16 16 o 



24 3 o 



^929 5 o 



1,419 



Deduct Loss . 



^2,098 19 

 1,210 13 



Net Increase in Income £888 6 o 



New Fellows, &c. 

 Deaths and Resignations 



1,419 

 873 



Numerical Increase . 546 

 Total on December 31, 1911 12,839 



Total Loss 873 £1,21013 o Total on December 31, 191 2 13,385 



31. Committees, &c— The Society owes a constantly recurring 

 debt to the members of the Standing and Special Committees, Chair- 

 men, Judges, Writers of Papers for the Journal, Compilers of Extracts, 

 Reviewers, Lecturers, and the several Examiners, who during the past 

 twelve months have done so much to contribute to the Society's use- 

 fulness, and to help maintain its high standing among the practical 

 and scientific institutions of the world. 



The Council also acknowledge their obligations to the Press for 

 their invaluable assistance in reporting upon, and calling attention to, 

 the work of the Society. 



By Order of the Council, 



W. WILKS, 



Secretary. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 



Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. 

 January 1, 191 3. 



Addendum by the President : — 



32. The Society and its Secretary.— When this Report is laid before 

 the Annual Meeting on February 11, 1913, exactly twenty-five years 

 will have passed away since the troublous times of 1888, when 

 the Society was reorganized, and left South Kensington. 



It will be within the memory of some of the Fellows that after the 

 death of our illustrious President, the Prince Consort, the Society 



