cclii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



All Subscriptions fall due on January 1 of each year. To avoid the 

 inconvenience of remembering this, Fellows can compound by the pay- 

 ment of one lump sum in lieu of all further annual payments ; or they 

 can, by applying to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their 

 bankers to pay for them every January 1. Fellows whose subscriptions 

 remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society ; but 

 their subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society being 

 incorporated by Koyal Charter. 



Several Fellows, in paying their Subscriptions last year, made the 

 mistake of drawing their cheques for Pounds instead of for Guineas. 

 Kindly note that in all cases it is Guineas and not Pounds. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, &C. 



Fellows are particularly requested to note that a list to choose from 

 of all the plants available for distribution is sent every year to every 

 Fellow, enclosed in the " Report of the Council,'" in the last week in 

 January of each year, and a ballot for order of being served is made on 

 March 1. The distribution begins on March 2. Fellows having omitted 

 to fill up their application form before May 1 must be content to wait 

 till the next distribution. The work of the Gardens cannot be dis- 

 organised by the sending out of plants at any later time in the year. All 

 Fellows can participate in the Distribution in the March folloiving their 

 election. 



' Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United Kingdom, 

 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. 



FELLOWS' PRIVILEGES OF CHEMICAL 

 ANALYSIS, Ac. 



Full instructions are contained in " Arrangements " for the current 

 year, and an epitome thereof will be found on page ecl of this volume. 



PLANTS CERTIFICATED. 



A list of all the Plants, Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, &c, certificated 

 by the Society up till January 1, 1900, has been published, price 5s., now 

 reduced to 2s. Gel. The section devoted to Orchids, interleaved with 

 lined foolscap and bound in cloth, can be obtained for Fellows by special 

 order, price 5s. 



The compilation of this volume has entailed an enormous amount of 

 labour and research, and it is hoped that many Fellows will purchase a 

 copy, not merely for the value of the information it contains, which, 

 however, is very great, but also in order to take a small share in the very 



