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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Thomas Henry Scutt, Gilbert Spurling, G. S. Sutherland, M.D., 

 Percy Vernon, J. H. Walker, Mrs. F. E. Walter, Herbert N. 

 Wesson, H. J. Wheeler, J. H. White, Walter Wigram. 



Societies affiliated (3). — Brixton, Streatham, &c, Horticul- 

 tural Society ; Caterliam Horticultural Society ; Mentmore 

 Cottage Garden Society. 



Messrs. Arthur Sutton and John Laing were appointed 

 Scrutineers of the ballot. 



Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., proposed, and Mr. H. Turner 

 seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to the retiring members of the 

 Council, viz.: Baron Schroder, N. N. Sherwood, Esq., and the 

 Eev. W. Wilks, M.A. 



The Chairman said the circumstances under which the Eev. 

 W. Wilks retired from the Council were referred to in the Annual 

 Report. 



To fill the vacancies thus caused on the Council, the 

 following gentlemen were proposed for election, viz. : The Hon. 

 Walter de Rothschild, Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., and John 

 T. Bennett-Poe, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for re-election as 

 officers, viz. : President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. ; Treasurer, 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S. ; Secretary, the Rev. W. Wilks, 

 M.A. ; Auditors, Messrs. Harry Turner, Henry Williams, and 

 A. H. Pearson. 



After a careful examination of the ballot papers,the Scrutineers 

 reported the above-named gentlemen to be all duly elected. 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Annual Report, 

 with the Financial Statement and Balance-sheet, reviewed with 

 satisfaction the work accomplished by the Society during the 

 year 1892. He called particular attention to the Temple Shew, 

 the result of which had been satisfactory. Pie also mentioned 

 the fact that £386 had been spent in repairing the great vinery 

 at Chiswick, in addition to the other expenses of the Gardens. 

 The Journal of the Society appeared with regularity, and 

 formed a great bond between the fountain-head and the Fellows 

 all over the United Kingdom, on the Continent, and in the 

 Colonies — especially in Australia. With regard to Examinations 

 in Horticulture, the Chairman pointed out that three scholarships 

 had been instituted in connection with them, the winners (if 

 between the ages of 18 and 22) being required to spend at least 



