REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1901. 



ix 



Thomas Meehan, Sir Henry Gilbert, Sir Douglas Galton, K.C.B., Lady 

 Whittaker Ellis, Miss Ormerod, LL.D., V.M.H., Dr. Henry Armstrong, 

 Rev. H. Ewbank, M.A., D. T. Fish, Prof. Maxime Cornu, A. H. Smee, 

 F. W. Campion, F. Rowley Parker, Henri Michelin, Welbore S. Ellis, 

 Charles Pilcher, Mrs. R. S. Holford, Thomas Rochford, W. Balchin, 

 •lames Richards, J. H. Krelage, A. Bleu, James Cypher, T. S. Ware, and 

 others. 



28. It will be fresh in the memory of the Fellows that at the 

 Jubilee of the late Queen in 1897 the Council, with Her Majesty's 

 gracious assent, established the Victoria Medal of Honour in Horticulture 

 in order to perpetuate the remembrance of Her Majesty's glorious reign, 

 and to enable the Society at the same time to confer a conspicuous honour 

 on those horticulturists whom it might from time to time consider as 

 deserving special honour at the hands of the Society. At the time of its 

 institution this Medal was confined to sixty recipients corresponding to 

 the then sixty years of Her Majesty's reign. It therefore seemed to the 

 Council only fitting that at Her Majesty's death the number of Medallists 

 should be increased to sixty-three, representing the full number of years of 

 her reign. During the past twelve months the Medal has been conferred 

 upon Miss Ormerod, LL.D., Sir George King, K.C.I.E., Mr. William 

 Bateson, M.A., F.R.S., Mr. James Sweet, and Mr. George Norman. 



29. The following table will show the Society's progress in regard 

 numerical strength during the past year: — 



Fellows Elected 



to 



Deaths in HOI. 



Life Fellows 24 



4 Guineas 0 



2 „ 21 



1 4S 



1901. 



£ 

 0 

 0 

 44 

 50 



93 



Resignations. 



£94 10 0 



4 Guineas 3 



2 „ 170 



1 „ 718 



Associates 10 



Affiliated Societies 1 1 

 Commutations 18 

 = t500. 2s. Gd. 



930 





£ 



s. 



d. 





0 



O 



0 



2 , 18 ... 



... 37 



16 



0 



1 „ 101 



106 



1 



0 



119 



£14:5 



17 



0 



Total Loss 212 



£236 



7 



0 



£ 



s. 



J. 



12 



12 



0 





0 



0 





18 



0 





5 



0 



11 



11 



0 



£1140 



6 



0 



238 



7 



0 



£901 



19 



0 



New Fellows, &c 930 



Deduct Resignations and | 9 , 9 

 Deaths J 



Numerical Increase 



718 



The total number of Fellows, Members, Associates, and Affiliated Societies is 

 now exactly 5,468. 



30. A scheme for the Affiliation of Local Horticultural Societies was 

 put forward a year or two since, and 116 Local Societies have availed 

 themselves of it. In order to enhance the utility of the Society to others 

 affiliated to it, the Council have caused a Special Card to be prepared 

 suitable for use by Affiliated Societies, for the purpose of granting 

 Certificates or Awards, or for Complimentary Cards of Thanks, Commenda- 

 tion, &c. They have also caused a New Medal to be struck which is to 

 be used by Affiliated Societies only. Details regarding the prices of the 

 Medal and Cards will be found in the bcok of the Society's Arrangements, 



