viii I'i^oCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
abroad, have so kindly presented plants or seads tD the Clardens. A Ust 
of the donors has been prepared, and will be found m the Society's Journal, 
vol. xxi., part 4, 1899, which will be issued on April 1. 
The Council wish to express, in their own name and in that of the 
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 fortnightly Meetings in 
the Drill Hall. They are glad to find, by the increased and increasing 
number of visitors, that the Society's fortnightly Meetings are becoming 
better appreciated by the Fellows and public in general. 
A desire having been expressed that the so-called Fortnightly Meetings 
should be actually Fortnightly throughout the whole year, it will be found, 
by referring to the Book of Arrangemsnts, 189D, that the Council have 
acceded to this request as far as it was possible to do so, having regard to 
such obstacles to absolute regularity as the Temple and Crystal Palace 
Shows and the occurrence of Bank Holidays. 
The papers read at these Me9bing3, which have been or will shortly be 
published in the Journal,* are as follows : — 
Mar. 2-2 Soils," by Mr. J. J. Willis, F.R.H.S. 
April 12 *• Insect Blights and Blessings," by Mr. F. Enock. 
26 ji*' Sweet-scented Leaves," by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, M.A., 
V.M.H. 
June 14 " Hybrid Orchids," by Mr. J. O'Brien, Y.M.H. 
July 12 Garden Peas," by Mr. X. N. Sherwood, V.M.H. 
26 " Uses of the Bamboos," by Mr. A. B. Freeman Mitford, C.B. 
Aug. t- 9 " Water Lihes," by M. R. Latour Marliac. 
23 " Perpetual Strawberries,"' by M. Henry de Yilmorin. 
Sept. 7 " Disas," by Mr. T. W. Birkinshaw. 
20 " Suburban Fruit Growing," by Mr. W. Roupell, F.R.H.S. 
Oct. 25 Experimental Horticulture," by Mr. G. Gordon, Y.M.H. 
Nov. 22 *' Garden Manures," by Mr. A. D. Hall, F.R.H.S. 
Jan. Bl " The Orchards of Nova Scotia," by Mr. Cecil Hooper, F.R.H.S. 
Besides these Lectures, the Rev. Professor Henslow, Y.M.H., has most 
kindly given six Floral Demonstrations, short accounts of which have 
appeared in the Journal. 
The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of 47 Fellows 
during the year, and among them they regret to find the names of Baron 
Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P., the Lord Newton, Mr. Christopher Sykes, 
the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Lathom, Lady Cromer, Lady Repton, Sir 
Richard Quain, Sir Stuart Knill, Bart., Sir James Bain, Hon. E. S. Parker 
Jervis, Professor Dr. Allman, ^Ir. Latimer Clarke, M. C. Bernardin, Dr. 
Johan Lange, Rev. D. A. Beaufort, Dr. I'Anson, Mr. H. M. Matheson, 
Mr. G. T. Clarke, Mr. Edmund Tonks, Mr. Chas. Sharpe, Mr. T. B 
Potter, and others. 
The followmg tabic will show the Society's progress in regard to 
numerical strength during the past year :— 
* 13ack Numbers of the Journal can be purchased by Fellows at reduced rates. 
