clxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This is an offer made by the Secretary in his private capacity, and it 

 causes much inconvenience when requests for seed are mixed up with 

 letters sent to the office in London instead of as above directed. Appli- 

 cants receiving no reply must kindly understand that the stock is ex- 

 hausted ; it will be impossible to write explanatory letters to all. 



11. AN APPEAL. 



What has been accomplished for the Society since 1887 is largely due 

 to the unwearied assistance afforded by a small proportion of the Fellows ; 

 but as all belong to the same Society, so it behoves each one to do what 

 he or she can to further its interests, especially in : — 



1. Increasing the number of Fellows. 



2. Helping to swell the Fund started by Mr. A. W. Sutton, V.M.H., 

 for providing Prizes for the Students at Wisley. 



3. Lectures with lantern slides. 



4. Books are required to fill the gaps in the Library both at Vincent 

 Square and at Wisley. 



5. New and rare plants and seeds are wanted for the Garden and 

 surplus roots for distribution to the Fellows. 



Thus there is plenty for all to do according to their individual liking : 

 personal effort, money, plants, books, are all alike needed. The Secretary, 

 therefore, asks those who read these lines to do their best to help in any 

 of the ways above indicated. 



12. THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY. 



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

 Transferable Tickets from 9 a.m. till sunset, except on Sundays, Good 

 Friday, and Christmas Day. Each Fellow's ticket admits three to the 

 Gardens. The Public are not admitted. There is much of interest to 

 be seen at Wisley throughout the year. The late Mr. G. F. Wilson's 

 garden included a wild wood-garden, a bank of flowering shrubs, a series 

 of ponds and pools, and a fine collection of Japanese Iris, Primulas, 

 Lilies, Rhododendrons, &c. The Society has added a fine collection of 

 the best varieties of fruit trees, of bamboos, of roses, and of ornamental 

 trees and flowering shrubs, for the most part kindly given by the leading 

 nurserymen. A very large sum of money has also been spent in the 

 erection of a first-rate Meteorological Station, and a fine series of glass- 

 houses ; a dwelling-house for the Superintendent ; a Cottage for the 

 Fruit Foreman ; and in establishing a complete system of water supply ; 

 on drainage works, and on road-making. 



The Gardens are situated at Wisley, about 2 miles from Ripley in 

 Surrey, and about 3^ miles from Horsley and 5^ miles from Weybridge, 

 both stations on the South-Western Railway, with frequent trains from 

 Waterloo and Clapham Junction. Carriages to convey four persons can 

 be obtained by writing to Mr. D. White, fly proprietor, Ripley, Surrey ; 

 the charge being, to and from Weybridge, waiting two hours at the 

 Gardens, 8s. ; or waiting three hours, 10s. ; or to and from Horsley, 7s. ; 



