JOUENAL 
OF THE 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
Vol. XXV. 1901. 
Pakt III. 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A Retrospect— 1887 to 1901. 
[This. Note was originally drawn up simply for the information ofja Connnittee of 
the Council, but having been laid upon the table and considered by them, was ordered 
by the President and Council to be inserted in the next issue of the Society's Journal. 
Its origin may account for its possibly too great conciseness. — W.W.] 
The opening of a new century is a good time for considering the pro- 
gress or otherwise of the Society during recent years. The year 1887-8 
is chosen because — 
i^/?'s^— The records and accounts which have been handed down to us 
from a period earlier than that are never complete, and'are sometimes 
absolutely wanting; 
Secondly — It was the Society's last year of tenure at South Kensington ; 
and 
Thirdly — Its closing months gave birth to the new life and energy which 
have since permeated the old Society. 
At the commencement of 1887 the Council and Officers of the Society 
were as follows : — 
President. — Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. 
Treasurer.— \<\\\\d.m Haughton. 
Secretary. — William Lee. 
Council. — Colonel Beddome. 
Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen. 
Colonel Trevor Clarke. 
Sydney Courtauld. 
Sir Michael Foster, F.R.S. 
Dr. Hogg. 
Sir Edmund Loder, Bart. 
Major Mason. 
George Maw. 
Baron Schroder. 
Sir WilUam Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G. 
George F. Wilson, F.R.S. 
Assistant Secretary. — Captain E. L. Bax. 
Garden Sujper intend ent. — A. F. Barron. 
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