ELECTION AND PRIVILEGES OF FELLOWS. 



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ELECTION AND PRIVILEGES OF FELLOWS AND 

 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 



Anyone interested in Horticulture is eligible for election as Fellow, and is invited 

 to join the Society. 



Candidates for election are proposed by two Fellows of the Society. Forms for 

 proposing new Fellows may be obtained from the Office, 117 Victoria Street, 

 Westminster. Ladies are eligible for election as Fellows of the Society. 



A Fellow subscribing- 4 guineas a year (or commuting') is entitled— 



1. — To One Non-transferable (personal) Pass and Five Transferable Tickets admitting 



to all the Society's Exhibitions, and to the Gardens on any day except Sundays. 



2. — To attend and vote at all Meetings of the Society. 



3. — To the use of the Libraries at the Society's Rooms. 



4. — To a copy of the Society's Journal, containing the Papers read at all Meetings 



and Conferences, Reports of trials made at Chiswick Gardens, and descriptions 

 and illustrations of new or rare plants, &c. 



5. — To purchase, at reduced rates, such fruit, &c, as is not required for the 



experimental purposes of the Society. 



6. — To a share (in proportion to the annual subscription) of such plants as may be 



available for distribution. Fellows residing beyond a radius of 35 miles from 

 London (by the ABC Railway Guide) are entitled to a double share. 



7. — Subject to certain limitations, to obtain Analysis of Manures, Soils, <fec, or advice 



on such subjects, by letter from the Society's Consulting Chemist, Dr. J. A. 

 Voelcker, M.A. 



8. — To have their Gardens inspected by the Society's Officer at the following fees : — 



One day, £2. 2s. ; two days, £3. 3s. ; plus all out of pocket expenses. 



9. — To exhibit at all Shows and Meetings, and to send seeds, plants, &c, for trial to 



the Society's Gardens at Chiswick. 



10. — To recommend any lady or gentleman for election as a Fellow of the Society. 



A Fellow subscribing" 2 guineas a year (or commuting) is entitled - 



1. — To One Non-transferable Pass and Two Transferable Tickets. 



2. — To the same privileges as mentioned in Nos, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, as above. 



A Fellow subscribing 1 guinea a year (or commuting) is entitled— 



1.— To One Transferable Ticket (in lieu of the non-transferable Personal Pass), and 

 the privileges mentioned in Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, as above. 



N.B.— Each Transferable Ticket or Non-transferable personal Pass will admit three persons 

 to the Gardens at Chiswick on any day except days on which an Exhibition or Meeting is being 

 held, when each Ticket or Pass will admit One Person only. The Gardens are closed on Sundays. 



An Associate subscribing 10s. 6d. a year is entitled— 



1.— To One Non-transferable Pass, and to privileges as mentioned in Nos. 3, 4, and 9 



N.B. — Associates must be bond fi/le Gardeners, or employees in a Nursery, Private or Market 

 Garden, or Seed Establishment, and must be recommendei for election by Two Fellows of the 

 Society. 



COMPOUNDING FOR SUBSCRIPTION. 



Any Fellow wishing to commute his annual subscription may do so by making one 

 payment of Forty Guineas in lieu of a £4. 4s. annual subscription ; of Twenty-five 

 Guineas in lieu of a £2. 2s. annual subscription ; or of Fifteen Guineas in lieu of 

 a £1. Is. annual subscription ; such commutation entitling the Fellow for life to all 

 the privileges of the corresponding annual subscription. 



Local Horticultural and Cottage Garden Societies may be Affiliated to the Royal 

 Horticultural Society on application. 



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