XVlll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



will not allow the Society to be placed in the undignified position of doing 

 nothing to celebrate so memorable an occasion as its Centenary, which 

 would be the probable result of the rejection of this proposal. 



The Council hope to be in a position to place preliminary plans and 

 estimates before the Fellows on the 21st. 



Having regard to the unbroken continuance of large additions to the 

 Fellowship roll, and to the ever-increasing interest taken throughout the 

 Empire in every branch of horticulture, the Council feel that they will not 

 appeal in vain for the funds necessary to provide a satisfactory hall and 

 offices without serious encroachment on the invested funds of the Society. 

 W. Wilks, Secretary. 



By Order of the Council, March 11, 1902. 



The President moved the following Resolution : — 



" That the Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society in General 

 Meeting assembled accept the principle of building a New Hall in 

 celebration of the Centenary of the Society, and hereby adopt the 

 Report laid before them this day by the Council. They also desire 

 to record their appreciation of Baron Schroder's public-spirited 

 conduct in securing a site which they hereby adopt, and they 

 authorise the Council to take the necessary steps to enable the 

 building to be opened in the year 1904." 



This was seconded by Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., K.C.M.G. 



Mr. Shea moved as an amendment, and Mr. Bennett-Poe seconded — 

 " That this Meeting stand adjourned to this day fortnight at the 

 same place and time, if possible, and that in the meantime copies of 

 the Report be sent to every Fellow of the Society." 



Sir Alexander Arbuthnot and Mr. George Gordon supported the 

 Amendment. 



Sir Michael Foster, M.P., F.R.S., Dr. Masters, F.R.S., The Very 

 Rev. the Dean of Rochester, Mr. A. W. Sutton, F.L.S., V.M.H., and 

 Mr. R. W. Ker supported the Resolution. 



On the Amendment being put eleven voted for it, and on the contrary 

 being put there were cries of " All, all ! " and practically the whole 

 Meeting held up one hand. 



The original Motion was then put ; practically the whole Meeting 

 voted for it, and on the contrary being put only three hands were held up 

 against it. 



The President declared the original motion carried, with three 

 dissentients. 



Nearly 300 Fellows were present. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 March 25, 1902. 

 Mr. A. H. Pearson in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (47). — R. Allen, Mrs. H. Attlee, Octavius Q. Bates 

 (U.S.A.), Mrs. F. Beadle, Mrs. A. Carpmael, Sir Edmund Hay Currie, 

 Wallace Elliot, James Fortescue, A. N. Fowler, Mrs. Fraser-Mackintosh, 

 George E. Fritche, John Gardner, Francis Gepp,' Hon. JMrs. M. Glyn, 



