EE POET OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1902. 



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The best thanks of the Society are due to the Lecturers, as also to all 

 who so kindly contributed to the Conference held upon Roses at Holland 

 House on June 24. 



16. Several Fellows having represented the difficulty they find in 

 identifying the attendants in charge of the different exhibits at the 

 Society's Meetings, the Council have caused a badge to be prepared which 

 may be worn by attendants, but will carry no special right of admission 

 or other privilege. These badges can be obtained at a small cost by 

 applying at the Society's Offices, and will bear the Exhibitor's name. 

 No other badges will be allowed to be worn by attendants. 



17. The reception which has been accorded to the Society's Jouenal 

 during the past year, not only by the great mass of the Fellows, but also 

 by various scientific bodies and individuals, both at home and abroad, 

 competent to speak with authority on such subjects, has been exceedingly 

 gratifying to the Council. The Fellows may be proud of their Jouenal, 

 and feel that they are issuing a periodical which will compare not un- 

 favourably with that of any other Scientific Society. At the same time 

 it must not be for one moment forgotten how very deeply we are indebted 

 to the small body of scientific experts who so kindly volunteer their 

 services in making the "Notes on Research" and " Abstracts," which 

 form one of the Journal's most remarkable and useful features. These 

 gentlemen indeed deserve well of the whole Horticultural community, 

 and the Council are glad to take this opportunity of recording the grate- 



ul sense of appreciation which they feel for their invaluable services. 



18. The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of eighty- 

 nine Fellows during the year, and among them they regret to find the 

 names of the Earl of Fitzwilliam, K.G., Lord Malcolm of Poltalloch, C.B., 

 Sir Henry Tate, Bart., Sir Arthur Wilson, Col. Sir Edward Hill, K.C.B., 

 Col. Sir Henry Collett, the Dowager Lady Heathcote, Ho i. H. A. Law- 

 rence, Edwin J. Beale, V.M.H., William Bull, V.M.H., Charles Maries, 

 V.M.H., H. Selfe Leonard, R. Gofton Salmond, Charles J. Grahame, 

 Robert Tunstill, Henry Appleby, Thomas J. Eyre, James Wigan, 

 Benjamin Blenkinsop, Wilfred Hans Loder, John Peed, Charles Joly 

 (Paris), Emile Rodigas (Belgium), Mrs. Briggs Bury, Mrs. Whitbourn, 

 and Mrs. Wills. 



19. The following Table will show the Society's progress in regard 

 to numerical strength during the past year : 



Life Fellows 

 4 Guineas 

 2 

 1 



4 Guineas 



2 



1 



Deaths in 1902. 



. 27 . 



. 1 . 



. 29 . 



. 32 . 



£ s. 

 0 0 

 4 4 

 60 18 

 33 12 



89 



Resignations. 



. 1 . 



. 22 . 

 . 124 . 



£98 14 0 



Fellows Elected 1902. 



£ 



6 . .25 

 233 . 

 829 . 

 33 . 

 26 . 

 13 . 



489 

 870 

 17 

 29 



£ 

 4 

 46 

 130 



4 Guineas 



2 r ' . 

 1 



Associates . 

 Affiliated Societies 

 Commutations 

 = £267 15s. Od. _ 



1140 



Deduct Loss . 

 Net Increase in Income £1,152 7 6 



£1,431 

 . 279 



Total Loss 



147 



236 



£180 12 0 



The total number of Fellow- 



£279 6 

 Members, 



New Fellows &c. 



Deduct Resignations and Deaths 



Numerical Increase . 



1,140 



236 



~904 



Associates, and Affiliated Societies is now 6,228. 



