NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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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. 



15. THE SOCIETY'S HALL AND OFFICES. 



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. 



16. LETTING OF HALL. 



Fellows are earnestly requested to make known among their friends 

 and among other institutions that the Royal Hokticultukal Hall is 

 available, 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. 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 



