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Annual Tickets will admit. Day-tickets will not be purchasable or 

 passed during these particular hours of Private View. See " Book of 

 Arrangements," 1908. 



20. HOLLAND HOUSE SHOW, 1908. 



By the kind permission of Mary, the Countess of Ilchester, the 

 Summer Show will be held at Holland House on July 7 and 8, par- 

 ticulars of which will be found in the "Book of Arrangements," 190N. 

 The rules for the Temple Show apply as far as possible to Holland House, 

 but there is sufficient space to allow of an extra Tent for Horticultural 

 Sundries. 



21. BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT SHOW, 1908. 



The Great Autumn Show of British-grown Hardy Fruits, which the 

 Society has held for so many years past, has become as much a thing 

 to be regularly looked for by fruit-growers as the Show at the Temple 

 in May is looked for by growers of flowers. 



The fifteenth of these Shows will be held on October 15 and 16, 

 1908, in the Society's Hall. 



22. COLONIAL-GROWN FRUIT SHOWS, 1908. 



The President and Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have 

 again arranged to hold Exhibitions of Colonial-grown Fruits and Vegetables 

 on March 5 and 6, June 11 and 12, November 26 and 27. 



In fixing such dates the object aimed at is to suit the seasons which 

 are most likely to find the produce of the Cape and India, of Australia, 

 Tasmania, and New Zealand, and of Canada, British Columbia, and the 

 West Indies, in the greatest perfection in London. Opportunity is afforded 

 for each Colony to make Collective Exhibits in addition to the exhibits of 

 individual growers or firms. These Exhibitions were originally organised 

 in 1904, and have been the means of bringing before the British Fruit 

 Merchants and fruit-consuming public the wonderful resources of the 

 Fruit Markets of Great Britain quite independently of the foreigner. 

 The Society's sole object is the advancement of the interest of the 

 Colonies (a) by stimulating the production of better fruits ; (b) by giving 

 advice and assistance in the difficulties ever confronting Fruit Growers ; 

 and (c) by helping to inform the home market. The results have been 

 encouraging ; for even in so short a time as the last three years a dis- 

 tinctly better quality of fruit has been sent, those recently shown being 

 of an improved appearance, less blotched by fungus, scale and other 

 defects, and better packed. At the same time the Council are dis- 

 appointed at the backwardness of Exhibitors and the smallness of their 

 exhibits. Fruit Growers in the Colonies are therefore asked to assist 

 their own future competition in the market by sending exhibits to these 

 Exhibitions, invitations to which will be given to the Colonial and 

 Government Offices, the Embassies, the leading London Fruit Merchants, 

 Colonials on furlough, and many others. 



