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basement, with lift connections to the eastern annexe and lecture room. 

 For serving luncheons, &c, this will prove a great boon. Ample cloak- 

 rooms for ladies and for gentlemen are available. In fact, the Hall is not 

 only the most suitable Hall in London for special Shows of a high-class 

 character, but it is also second only to the Queen's Hall and the Royal 

 Albert Hall for the purposes of Concerts and Meetings. Reduction is 

 made to Charities, and there are special terms for Societies kindred or 

 allied to Horticulture. The regulations, &c, for hiring the Hall are 

 printed in the " Book of Arrangements," and full particulars may be 

 obtained on application to the Secretary R.H.S., Vincent Square, West- 

 minster, S.W., with whom dates may be booked. 



17. EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, AND LECTURES 



IN 1908. 



A full programme for 1908 will be found at pages 41 to 63 in the 

 k< Book of Arrangements " for 1908. It will be noticed that an Ex- 

 hibition and Meeting is held in the Royal Horticultural Hall practically 

 every fortnight throughout the year, and a short lecture on some 

 interesting subject connected with Horticulture is delivered during the 

 afternoon. Special Shows have also bejn arranged on days other than 

 those of the Society's own Exhibitions. See page ccxl. 



A reminder of every Show will be sent in the week preceding to any 

 Fellow who will send to the R.H.S. Offices, Vincent Square, S.W., a 

 sufficient -number (33) of halfpenny cards ready addressed to himself. 



18. THE TEMPLE SHOW, 1908. 



The twentieth great annual Flower Show in the Inner Temple 

 Gardens, Thames Embankment, will be held, by the kind permission of the 

 Treasurer and Benchers of the Inner Temple, on Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 and Thursday, May 26, 27, and 28. Fellows are requested to note that 

 there will be a Private View of the Show cn Wednesday, May 27, from 

 7 a.m. till noon, at which only transferable and non-transferable Fellows' 

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

 passed during these particular hours of Private View. See pages 47 to 

 52 in the " Book of Arrangements," 1908. 



19. 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," 1908. 

 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. See page 54 in the " Book of Arrangements," 1908. 



20. 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 



