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SO by making one payment of Forty Guineas in lieu of a £1. 4.9. annual 
subscription ; of Twenty-five Guineas in lieu of a £2. 2s. annual subscrip- 
tion ; or of Fifteen Guineas in lieu of a £1. Is. annual subscription ; such 
commutation entitling the Fellow for life to all the privileges of the 
corresponding annual subscription. 
18. The annual subscription is payable in advance on the 1st day of 
January in each year. A Fellow, if elected before the 1st of July, shall 
pay the annual subscription for the current year ; if elected after the 1st 
of July and before the 1st of October, he shall pay half a year's subscrip- 
tion ; if elected after the 1st of October and before the 1st of January, he 
shall pay at the time of his election the full amount of the subscription 
for the year commencing from the 1st day of January then next, and no 
farther subscription until the next succeeding 1st of January. 
14. All subscriptions that have not been paid within three months 
after they have become due shall be reported by the Treasurer, and the 
Council shall take such measures as they consider expedient in respect 
thereof. Fellows shall have no claim to any privileges of the Society 
arising before the date of the payment of their first subscription, or 
after the date of their resignation. 
15. A Fellow whose subscription is in arrear shall not be entitled 
to vote at any meeting of the Society, or to exercise any other rights 
or privileges of a Fellow. 
16. The Council shall have power to exempt from payment of any 
subscription any number of Fellows, consisting of eminent British men 
of science, provided that the number so exempted shall at no time exceed 
twelve ; and such Fellows shall be entitled to the same rights and 
privileges as Fellows paying an annual subscription of £1. Is. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Election, Suh^^crvpUon, and Privileges of Associate-members. 
17. The Council shall have power to elect as an Associate-member of 
the Society any bond fide gardener or employe in any Public or Botanic 
Garden, Nursery, Market Garden, or Seed Establishment w^ho may be 
recommended to them for that purpose by two Fellows of the Society, one 
of whom shall be personally acquainted wdth the candidate in question. 
18. An Associate-member shall pay an annual subscription of lO.s. Qd. 
19. Associate-members shall be entitled to personal admission to all 
Conferences and Exhibitions, and to the Society's Gardens and Library, 
subject to the regulations for the time being in force. 
CHAPTER V. 
Honorary and Corresponding Members. 
20. Distinguished persons who have rendered important services to 
Horticulture may be elected by the Council Honorary or Corresponding 
Members of the Society. 
21. There shall be transmitted to each Honorary or Corresponding 
