lxxx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



accommodation can also be divided up if desired. A long-felt want 

 has now been met by the construction of a convenient kitchen in the 

 basement, with lift connections to the eastern annexe and lecture room. 

 For serving luncheons, &c, this will prove a great boon. Ample cloak- 

 rooms for ladies and for gentlemen are available. In fact, the Hall is not 

 only the most suitable Hall in London for special 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 there are special terms for Societies kindred or 

 allied to Horticulture. The regulations, &c, for hiring the Hall are 

 printed in the " Book of Arrangements," and full particulars may be 

 obtained on application to the Secretary R.H.S., Vincent Square, West- 

 minster, S.W., with whom dates may be booked. 



17. EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, AND LECTURES 



IN 1908. 



A full programme for 1908 will be found at pages 41 to 63 in the 

 " Book of Arrangements " for 1908. It will be noticed that an Ex- 

 hibition and Meeting is held in the Royal Horticultural Hall practically 

 every fortnight throughout the year, and a short lecture on some 

 interesting subject connected with Horticulture is delivered during the 

 afternoon. Special Shows have also been arranged on days other than 

 those of the Society's own Exhibitions. See page lxxxii. 



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, S.W., a 

 sufficient number (33) of halfpenny cards ready addressed to himself. 



18. BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT SHOW, 1908. 



The Great Autumn Show of British-grown Hardy Fruits, which the 

 Society has held for so many years past, has become as much a thing 

 to be regularly looked for by fruit-growers as the Show at the Temple 

 in May is looked for by growers of flowers. 



The fifteenth of these Shows will be held on October 15 and 16, 

 1908, in the Society's Hall. 



19. CONFERENCE ON THE SPRAYING OF 

 FRUIT TREES. 



With the hearty concurrence of the National Fruit Growers' Federa- 

 tion the Society is organising a Conference on Spraying on the second 

 day of their Annual Exhibition of British-grown Fruit, at their Hall 

 in Vincent Square, Westminster. The Conference will be warmly 

 welcomed by fruit-growers as a means of obtaining and disseminating 



