vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 
which all the Committees of the Society will be invited, and to close with 
a Banquet in the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, in honour of the 
distinguished Foreign Guests who are expected to attend the Conference- 
Full particulars concerning the Conference will be found in the Society's 
Book of Arrangements for the year 1899. Any Fellows desiring to be 
present at the Banquet, and wishing for tickets for ladies or gentlemen, 
should communicate with the Secretary before July 1. The price of the 
tickets will be 21s. 
The Council desire to draw the attention of all Fellows of the Society 
to the more extended use which the Scientific Committee might be to 
them if they availed themselves more freely of their privileges in sub- 
mitting instances of diseases of or injuries to plants caused by insects 
or otherwise. The Scientific Committee is composed of gentlemen 
qualified to give the best advice on all such subjects, either in respect to 
the prevention or cure of disease. The Committee are also glad to receive 
specimens of any subjects of Horticultural or Botanical interest. 
That Fellows, whether near or at a distance, may derive as much 
benefit as possible from their connection with the Society, the Council 
last year appointed Dr. J. Augustus Yoelcker, M.A., Consulting Chemist 
to the Society. They have renewed their arrangement with him whereby 
all Fellows who are Amateurs or bona fide Gardeners may obtain at very 
small cost Analyses of Manures, Soils, &c., or advice as to what descrip- 
tion of Chemical Manure will be most suitable and profitable for applica- 
tion to any particular soil. The Council wish again to draw particular 
attention to the following points, viz. : — 
(i.) That Fellows desiring an Analysis must follow explicitly 
and exactly the directions laid down in the Book of Arrangements^ 
1899 ; and 
(ii.) That Fellows who are in any way commercially interested in 
any Artificial Manure Trade or Horticultural business cannot claim 
Dr. Voelcker's assistance as Fellows, but if they wish to consult him 
must do so in the ordinary way of business. 
The Society's Great Show held in May (by the continued kindness 
of the Treasurer and Benchers) in the Inner Temple Gardens was as 
successful as ever, and it is a matter of satisfaction to the Council to find 
that this Meeting is now universally acknowledged to be the leading 
Horticultural Exhibition of this country. The best thanks of the Society 
are due to all who kindly brought their plants for exhibition, or otherwise 
contributed to the success of this Show. 
The Exhibition of British-grown Fruit held by the Society at the 
Crystal Palace on September 29, 30, and October 1 was, considering the 
very unfavourable season, most satisfactory. Full particulars will be 
found in vol. xxii., part 4, of the Journal, which will be issued in the 
course of a few weeks. 
As an object-lesson in British Fruit cultivation this Annual Show 
stands unrivalled, and is of national importance. The Council invite 
Fellows and their friends to support it, for it cannot be too widely known 
that the continuance of the Show is absolutely dependent on at least £100 
being raised by subscription each year towards the Prize Fund. The 
Show involves the Society in a very large expenditure without the pos- 
