ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



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one year at Chiswick. In reference to the Life Fellows he wished 

 to say that the Secretary, Treasurer, and himself had circulated 

 a letter requesting them to become annual subscribers. The 

 result was that many had done so, while others relieved the 

 Society of the expense of sending them reports, &c. 



Prof. Michael Foster rose to propose the following resolu- 

 tion : " That this meeting endorses the action of the Council in 

 retaining the Rev. W. Wilks as paid Secretary of the Society." 



Mr. J. Hudson seconded the resolution, which was carried 

 nem. con. 



The Secretary, in returning thanks for the unanimous adop- 

 tion of the resolution, reviewed the history of the Society since it 

 had vacated South Kensington and its "pleasure-garden " policy, 

 and maintained that it had advanced in every way, and had 

 returned to its original work of promoting horticultural know- 

 ledge. 



The Report of the Council for the year 1892, as printed 

 below, was then unanimously adopted. 



Report of the Council for the Year 1892-93. 



The year 1892 has again been one of steady work and progress 

 for our Society. 



Two Conferences have been held at Chiswick, viz. : on Begonias 

 and on Apricots and Plums. The attendance of Fellows and 

 others at these Conferences, as also at the Fortnightly Lectures 

 in the Drill Hall, has continued to be more encouraging than in 

 previous years. Fellows would greatly assist the Council by 

 making these Meetings and Lectures better known among the 

 general public. 



Twenty- two Fruit and Floral Meetings have been held in the 

 Drill Hall, besides those held at Chiswick, and Lectures have 

 been delivered at nineteen of them. The number of awards has 

 been as follows : — On the recommendation of the Floral Com- 

 mittee, 62 First Class Certificates against 33 in 1891, 156 Awards 

 of Merit against 183, and 2 Botanical Certificates. On the re- 

 commendation of the Orchid Committee, 48 First Class Certi- 

 ficates against 34 last year, 72 Awards of Merit against 38, 

 29 Botanical Certificates against 10. On the recommendation 

 of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee, 27 First Class Certificates 

 against 6, and 18 Awards of Merit against 7 last year. 



The Society's Great Show, held (by the renewed kindness of 

 the Treasurer and Benchers) in the Inner Temple Gardens, was 

 as great a success as ever, alike in the number of visitors, the 

 quantity and quality of the exhibits, and the propitiousness of 



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