CCXXV111 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



2. SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



All annual subscriptions are payable in advance on the ist day of 

 January in each year. A Fellow, if elected before the ist of July, 

 pays the annual subscription for the current year ; if elected after the 

 ist of July and before the ist of October, he pays half a year's subscrip- 

 tion ; if elected after the ist of October and before the ist of January, 

 he pays one full year's subscription, and no further subscription until 

 the following January twelvemonth. To avoid the inconvenience of 

 remembering their subscriptions Fellows may compound by the pay- 

 ment of one lump sum in lieu of all further annual payments ; or they 

 can, by applying to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their 

 bankers to pay for them every January I. It may be a week or more 

 before the Tickets reach the Fellows, owing to the very large number 

 (over 20,000) to be despatched every January. Fellows who have 

 not already given an order on their bankers for the payment of their 

 subscriptions are requested to do so, as this method of payment 

 saves the Fellows considerable trouble. Fellows whose subscriptions 

 remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society ; 

 but their subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society 

 being incorporated by Royal Charter. 



In paying their subscriptions, Fellows often make the mistake of 

 drawing their cheques for Pounds instead of for Guineas. Kindly 

 note that in all cases it is Guineas, and not Pounds. Cheques and 

 Postal Orders should be made payable to " The Royal Horticultural 

 Society," and crossed " London County and Westminster Bank, 

 Victoria Branch, S.W." 



3. FORM OF BEQUEST. 



I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the Royal 



Horticultural Society, London, the sum of £ , to be paid out 



of such part of my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with the 

 payment of such legacy, and to be paid free of legacy duty, within six 

 months of my decease ; the receipt of such Treasurer to be a sufficient 

 discharge for the same. And I declare that the said legacy shall be 

 applied towards [the general purposes of the Society].* 



4. NEW FELLOWS. 



The increasing number of Fellows shows plainly the useful work 

 the Society is doing, and its value to all lovers of the Garden. The 

 President and Council hope that existing Fellows will enlist the 

 sympathy of all their friends, as it is now more important than ever 

 to fill the places of those who are taken from us. 



* Any special directions or conditions which the testator may wish to be 

 attached to the bequest may be substituted for the words in brackets. 



See also Footnote, page ccxxix. 



