vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Measures, the Hon. Mark Rolle, Lady Louisa Egerton, Mr. John Assbee, 

 and Mr. James Herbert Veitch. 



9. Masters' Memorial Fund.— The Council wish to commend the 

 " Masters' Memorial Fund " to the support of the Fellows of the Society. 

 In the latter part of the year a meeting was held to consider in what 

 way the late Dr. Masters' memory, and his work for Scientific Horticulture, 

 could be most suitably perpetuated, and it was at once felt by all that the 

 most fitting memorial would be to establish Foundation Lectures on 

 the application of Science to Horticulture, to be called " The Masters' 

 Memorial Lectures," similar to existing Foundation Lectures in Law, 

 Medicine, and other sciences. The Council gladly accepted the suggestion, 

 and a circular letter was sent out to the Fellows, in response to which 

 about ^320 has thus far been received. It is greatly hoped that further 

 donations may yet be made to the fund in order that three lectures at 

 least may be adequately endowed, and so carry on Dr. Masters' memory 

 to succeeding generations of gardeners. 



10. Retiring' Members of the Council.— Under Bye-law 60 the 

 Hon. John Boscawen, Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, and Mr. William Marshall, 

 V.M.H., the three members of the Council who have been longest in 

 office, retire, but are proposed for re-election. The Earl of Tankerville, 

 finding that distance from London prevents his regular attendance at 

 the meetings of the Council, has asked to be allowed to resign, and the 

 Council hope that Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., of Myddelton House, 

 Waltham Cross, Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Committee, may be 

 elected to fill the vacancy thus caused. 



11. Victoria Medal Of Honour.— During the past year three 

 vacancies in the roll of the Victoria Medal of Honour have occurred 

 (Sir Thomas Hanbury, Sir Michael Foster, and Mr. Harry Turner), and 

 Sir John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Bart., Mr. Henry Ballantine (the veteran 

 head gardener to Baron Schroder), and Mr. George Dickson, the rosarian, 

 of Newtonards, Ireland, have been elected by the Council. 



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

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



Loss by Death in 1907. Fellows elected in 1907. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 



Life Fellows . . 23 . .0 0 0 Hon. Members 4 . .000 



4 Guineas . 4 . .1(1 16 0 4 Guineas . 4 . . 16 16 0 



2 „ . . 61 . . 128 2 0 2 „ . . 510 . 1,071 0 0 



1 . 68 . 71 8 0 1 ,, . . 600 . . 630 0 0 



]K£ (• n Associates . . 34 . . 17 17 0 



0 U Alliliated Societies 37 . . 38 17 0 



I Commutations 20 . 1 



= £443 3s. Od. . J 



Loss by Resignation, tfcc. W £1,774 10 0 



£ s . d. Deduct Loss . . 870 9 0 



1 Guineas . . 2 . .8 8 0 Net Increase in Income £904 1 0 



2 . 105 . . 220 10 0 



1 . 383 . . 402 3 0 New Fellows, &c. 



A "<-i;ites . .16. .HH0 Hesitations and Deaths 



Afliliatcd Societies 14 . .14 14 0 



Numerical Incuease . 

 520 t'654 3 0 Total on December 31, 1906 



Total Loss 676 £870 9 0 I Total on December 31, 1907 



1,209 

 676 



533 

 9,467 



10,000 



