NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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applying to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their bankers to pay for 

 them every January i. It may be a week or more before the Tickets reach the 

 Fellows, owing to the very large number (over 20,000) to be despatched every 

 January. Fellows who have not already given an order on their bankers for 

 the payment of their subscriptions are requested to do so, as this method of 

 payment saves the Fellows considerable trouble. Fellows whose subscriptions 

 remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society ; but their 

 subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society being incorporated 

 by Royal Charter. 



In paying their subscriptions, Fellows often make the mistake of drawing 

 their cheques for Pounds instead of for Guineas. Kindly note that in all cases 

 it is Guineas, and not Pounds. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made 

 payable to "The Royal Horticultural Society," and crossed "London County 

 and Westminster Bank, Victoria Branch, S,W. 1," 



3. FORM OF BEQUEST. 



I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society, London, the sum of £ to be paid out of such part of 

 my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with the payment of such legacy, 

 and to be paid free of legacy duty within six months of my decease ; the receipt 

 of such Treasurer to be a sufficient discharge for the same. And I declare that 

 the said legacy shall be applied towards [the general purposes of the Society].* 



4. NEW FELLOWS. 



The President and Council hope that existing Fellows will enlist the sympathy 

 of all their friends, as, owing to the great increase in work which has fallen upon, 

 or been voluntarily undertaken by, the Society, it is now more important than ever 

 to fill the places of those who are taken from us. The annual revenue of the 

 Society is nearly £10,000 less to-day than it was five years ago, and if the work 

 is to be carried on successfully it is most important that this loss should be 

 made good without delay. 



5. AN APPEAL. 



What has been accomplished for the Society is largely due to the unwearied 

 assistance afforded by the Fellows themselves, and as all belong to the same 

 Society, so it behoves each one to do what he or she can to further its interests, 

 especially by : — 



1. Increasing the Number of Fellows. 



2. Presenting Books for the Library at Vincent Square and at Wisley. 



3. Sending new or rare Plants, Seeds, and Roots for the Garden and for dis- 

 tribution to Fellows. 



6. THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY. 



The Gardens are open daily to Fellows and others showing Fellows' Trans- 

 ferable Tickets, from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m., except on Sundays, Good Friday, 

 Christmas Day, and Meeting Days. Each Fellow's Ticket admits three to the 

 Gardens. The Public are not admitted at any time. 



The Gardens are about 3^ miles from Byfleet, 3^ miles from Horsley, and 5^ 

 miles from Weybridge, all on the South-Western Railway. Carriages to convey 



* Any special directions or conditions which the testator may wish to be 

 attached to the bequest may be substituted for the words in brackets. 



The attention of Fellows is specially called to the Wisley Gardens Endowment 

 Trust Fund, the object of which is to make the Gardens self-supporting for ever, 

 so that the important work to which they are devoted may go on uninterrupted 

 by any fluctuation in the Society's finances. To do this £100,000 is required. 

 In 1 91 4 the Council voted £25,000 towards it as a nucleus. Will not Fellows 

 help to complete this sum ? 



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