X 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Council are glad to be able to announce that they have 

 appointed the Rev. George Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., F.L.S., &c., 

 to be Professor of Botany to the Society, and Professor Henslow 

 has kindly undertaken to give addresses at a number of the 1898 

 meetings, drawing attention to interesting points connected 

 with some of the plants, &c., exhibited. The Council are con- 

 fident that these "Demonstrations" will be greatly appreciated 

 by the Fellows. 



The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of 

 fifty-three Fellows during the year, and among them they regret 

 to find the names of Dr. Robert Hogg, one of the most staunch 

 and energetic supporters of the .Society, and the leading 

 authority in Fruit nomenclature, James Bateman, the pioneer 

 of Orchid culture in this country, and author of the <; Orchi- 

 dacea? of Mexico and Guatemala," Lady Ducie, Lady Matheson, 

 Sir Thomas Parkyns, Rev. F. C. Cass, Sir George Meyrick, 

 Marchioness of Drogheda, Dowager Lady Fortescue, Sir John 

 Thurston, Colonel Trevor-Clarke, William Head, Robert Owen, 

 Lady Fitzhardinge, James Cocker, George Rennie, Sir James 

 Maitland, Francis Fell, and one whom all gardeners loved, the 

 Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck. 



The following Table will show the Society's progress in 

 regard to numerical strength during the past year: — 



Fellows Elected, 1897. 



£ s. d. 



4 Guineas 1 4 4 0 



2 97 203 14 0 



1 , .315 330 15 6 



Associates 1 10 0 



Affiliated Societies 9 12 12 0 



Commutations 5 ... 1 

 =£120. 15s. ... f 



Death 



S IX 



1897. 













s. 



d. 





16 



0 



0 



0 





4 



16 



16 



0 



9 



16 



33 



12 



0 



1 H 



17 



17 



17 



0 





53 



£68 



5 



0 



Resignations. 













s. 



d. 



4 Guineas 



. 0 



0 



0 



0 



2 „ 



. 13 



27 



6 



0 



1 „ 



. 37 



38 



17 



0 





50 



£66 



3 



0 



Total Loss 



103 



£134 



8 



0 



Net Increase in Income 



£551 



15 



6 



. 134 



8 



0 



£417 



7 



6 



New Fellows, kc 428 



Deduct Resignations and \ .^q 



Deaths J 



Numerical Increase 325 



A scheme for the affiliation of Local Horticultural Societies 



