NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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Concerts, Conferences, Lectures, Balls, Banquets, Bazaars, Receptions, 

 and other similar purposes. The Hall has a floor surface of 13,000 square 

 feet. It is cool in summer and warm in winter. For a Concert it will 

 seat 1,500, or for a public meeting 1,800. It is undoubtedly the lightest 

 Hall in London, and its acoustic properties are pronounced excellent 

 by some of our greatest authorities. The charges, which are very 

 moderate, include lighting, warming in winter or cooling the air in 

 summer, seating, and the use of trestle-tabling and platform. The first 

 floor, consisting of four fine rooms, may also be hired for similar pur- 

 poses, either together with or separately from the Great Hall. This 

 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. 



20. EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, AND LECTURES 



IN 1909. 



A full programme for 1909 will be found in the " Book of Arrange- 

 ments " for 1909, which will be issued at the end of January. It will be 

 noticed that an Exhibition and Meeting is held in the Royal Horticul- 

 tural 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. 



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. 



21. MEETINGS, 1909. 



The following dates for the Society's 1909 Meetings have been fixed : — 

 January 12 and 26 ; February 9 (Annual Meeting) and 23 ; March 9 

 (Spring Bulb Show) and 23 ; April 6 and 20 (Auriculas) ; May 4, 18 

 (Tulips), 25-27 (Spring Show) ; June 8 and 22 (the first Masters 

 Memorial Lecture, by Professor Hugo de Vries) ; July 6, 7 (Holland 

 House Show), 20, 21 (Carnations), and 23 (Sweet Peas) ; August 3, 17, 

 and 31 ; September 14, 16 (Rose Show), and 28 (the second Masters 

 Lecture, by Professor Hugo de Vries) ; October 12 and 26 ; November 9, 

 23, and 25-26 (Colonial Fruit Show) (or possibly 30 and 31) ; Decem- 

 ber 7, 8 (Carnations), and 21. 



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