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LECTURES, MEETINGS, AND SHOWS 



In the Society's Centennial Year, 1904. 



Exhibition and Meeting. 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. H. Somers Rivers, on Oranges. 

 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at 3 p.m. 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. R. Lewis Castle, on Pomology 

 as a Study. 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. Alex. Dean, on Cottage and 



Allotment Gardens. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by the Rev. Prof. Geo. Henslow, on 



Heredity of Acquired Characters. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. Hugh P. C. Maule, on Design in 



the Suburban Garden. 

 AURICULA AND PRIMULA SHOW. Lecture by Mr. George Massee, 



V.M.H., on Diseases of the Potato. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Monsieur Charles Baltet, on Enemies 

 of the Apple Tree. 



TULIP SHOW AND MEETING. Lecture by Mr. R. Hedger Wallace, on 



the Horticultural Phase of Natural History. 

 FLOWER SHOW, INNER TEMPLE GARDENS. 



Fellows admitted after 12.30 on May 31, upon showing their Tickets. 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by the Rev. Prof. Geo. Henslow, V.M.H., 



on Floral Metamorphoses. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Monsieur Viviand-Morel, on 



Hybridisation of Roses. 

 GREAT SUMMER SHOW AT HOLLAND HOUSE, KENSINGTON. 

 Fellows admitted after 12.30 on July 12, upon showing their Tickets. 



CARNATION AND PICOTEE SHOW. Lecture by Mr. John Bidgood, 



on Orchid Varieties and Hybrids.* 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture (not yet decided). 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Professor Boulger, M.A., on the 



Preservation of Wild Plants. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. J. W. Odell, on Gourds.* 

 AUTUMN ROSE SHOW. Lecture by Mr. George Gordon, V.M.H., on 

 Methods of employing Roses in the Decoration of Gardens. 



BRITISH FRUIT SHOW in the Royal Hall, Vincent Square. 

 Meeting on October 4. 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by the Rev. Prof. Henslow, V.M.H., on 

 Vegetable Sports.* 



Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, on Planting 



Woods for Winter Effects. 

 Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Prof. Craig, on Orchard Manage- 

 ment from a Commercial Standpoint. 

 29. Exhibition and Meeting. Lecture by Mr. E. T. Cook, on Hollies.* 

 13-14. Exhibition of Colonial Fruit and of Preserved Home-grown Fruit. 



* Illustrated by lantern slides. 



Note. — Unless otherwise stated, the Shows will be held for the first six months in 

 the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate; after June it is hoped that the Royal Horticultural 

 Hall, Vincent Square, will be ready for use. Fellows admitted free at 1 p.m. ; the 

 public at 2 p.m. on payment of 2s. 6cZ. 



