cclxxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Society does not pay the cost of packing and carriage. The 

 charge for this will be collected by the carriers on delivery of the 

 plants, which will be addressed exactly as given by each Fellow on 

 his application form. It is impracticable to send plants by post owing 

 to the lack of Post Office facilities for despatch without prepayment of 

 postage. 



Fellows residing beyond a radius of thirty-five miles from London 

 are permitted to choose double the number of plants to which they are 

 otherwise entitled. 



Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United King- 

 dom, owing either to length of time in transit or to vexatious regulations 

 in some foreign countries ; but the Council will at any time endeavour to 

 obtain for Fellows living abroad any unusual or rare seeds which they 

 may have been unable to procure in their own country. 



18. LETTING OF THE SOCIETY'S HALL. 



The Royal Horticultural Hall and' Offices are situated in Vincent 

 Square, which lies straight through Ashley Gardens from Victoria Street, 



Position of the Society's Hall. 



Westminster, and is about five minutes' walk from the Victoria and St. 

 James's Park Stations. 



Fellows are earnestly requested to make known among their friends 

 and among institutions that the Royal Hokticultural Hall is avail- 

 able, twelve days in each fortnight, for Meetings, Shows, Exhibitions, 

 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. A Sounding Board has been 

 added recently improving the acoustic properties of the Hall greatly. It 

 is undoubtedly the lightest Hall in London. The first floor, consisting 



