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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



It would be impossible to do justice to the immense variety 

 of plants and flowers which were brought together on this occa- 

 sion. Suffice it to say that they were in every way excellent, 

 and a great credit to the numerous exhibitors, to' whom the thanks 

 of the Council are heartily due for the efforts they made in ren- 

 dering the exhibition a success. Owing to the dry weather, 

 perhaps Roses did not have an opportunity of being seen at their 

 best, but the Orchids, Begonias, Caladiums, Ferns, Gloxinias, 

 &c, were quite up to their usual form, while hardy herbaceous 

 flowers seemed to be more numerous than ever. There was a 

 large and varied collection of fruit, as well as an interesting 

 exhibit of Japanese woods, fibres, seeds, fruits, &c, the latter 

 being contributed by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea. 



The various awards made by the Council will be found under 

 the reports of the Fruit, Floral, and Orchid Committees respec- 

 tively, where the most noteworthy objects of the exhibition are 

 mentioned. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



June G, 1893. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (35). — Rt. Hon. the Earl of Annesley, R. 

 Ormston Backhouse, F. Baxter, Mrs. Brown, Captain St. P. 

 Bunbury, J. Chaning-Pearce, M.D., E. B. H. Chapman, James 

 N. Flexman, E. T. Foakes, Claud H. Hamilton, Thomas Hart, 

 Joseph Henderson, Frank Ernest Hills, Mrs. H. J. Jones, 

 Charles Letts, Countess of Lonsdale, John Lowe, M.D., Mrs. 

 C. J. Lucas, W. H. Lumsden, — Manghen, John F. Marchant, 

 Beresford V. Melville, James McLeod, Mrs, Inez Miller, F. S. 

 Philipson-Stow, John W. Potter, Charles Pritchard, W. G. 

 Quihampton, Sydney C. Scott, W. C. Slocock, David M. Smyth, 

 J. R. Tranter, John Verrall Wall, Rev. W. J. Webster, J. 

 Martin White. 



Societies affiliated (3). — Hemel Hempstead Horticultural 

 Society ; Neasden Amateur Horticultural Society ; Shepherdswell 

 Horticultural Society. 



A lecture on " Hardy Rhododendrons and Azaleas " was 

 given by Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart. (See page 133.) 



