Vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In conjunction with the Lindley Library Trustees, the 

 Society's Library has received considerable attention. All serial 

 publications have been kept up to date, a large number of 

 valuable volumes have been bound, and the following new books, 

 amongst others, added to the Library, viz. : " Schweizerisches 

 Pflanzen-Idiotikon," " Synopsis Muscorum europseorum," 

 11 Synopsis Filicum," " The Uses of Plants," " The Narcissus, 

 its History and Culture," " The Silva of North America," " The 

 British Moss Flora," " Stein's Orchideenbuch," " Indische Heil- 

 und Nutzpflanzen," " La Taille des Arbres fruitiers," and many 

 others. 



The best thanks of the Society are due to all those who, 

 either at home or abroad, have so kindly and liberally presented 

 books to the Library, or plants or seeds to the Gardens. A list 

 of the donors has been prepared, and will be found in the 

 Society's Journal, Vol. XV., Parts 2 and 3, 1803. The Council 

 also wish to express, in their own name and in that of all 

 Fellows of the Society, their great indebtedness to all who have 

 so kindly contributed, either by the exhibition of plants, fruits, 

 flowers, or vegetables, or by the reading of papers, to the success 

 of the Conferences and Fortnightly Meetings. 



The papers read at these meetings, most of which have been 

 already published in the Journal,* are as follows : — 



January 12. " Winter Vegetables," by Mr. W. Iggulden. 

 March 8. "Plants for House Decoration," by Mr. John Wills. 

 March 22. " The Cultivation of Melons," by Mr. C. Ross. 

 April 12. " Daffodils," by the Rev. G. P. Haydon, M.A. 

 April 19. " The English Florist's Tulip," by the Rev. F.D.Horner. 

 May 3. " Bulbous Irises," by Prof. Michael Foster, F.R.S. 

 May 17. " Hardy Climbers and Creepers," by Mr. W. C. Leach. 

 June 7. " Summer Pruning and Training of Fruit Trees," by 

 Mr. A. Young. 



June 21. "The Management of Trees in Parks and Gardens," 

 by Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., &c. 



July 12. " OrchidsforaCoolHouse,"bytheRev.E.Handley,M.A. 



July 26. " Insect-eating Plants," by Mr. A. J. Manda. 



August 9. " Fuchsias," by Mr. Geo. Fry. 



September G. " Root Pruning," by Mr. Geo. Bunyard. 



September 20. " Variation of Some Hardy Plants under Culti- 

 vation," by the Rev. C. Wolley Dod, M.A. 



October 4. " Michaelmas Daisies," by Mr. D. Dewar. 



October 18. " Cycads," by Mr. W. Carruthers, F.R.S. 



November 1. " Fruit Trees in Pots," by the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A. 



November 15. " Zonal Pelargoniums for Winter Flowering," 

 by Mr. C. Pearson. 



* Several back numbers of tbe Journal can still be purchased at reduced 

 prices. For List, see " Arrangements, 18 ( J3," p. 10. 



