EEPOET OF THE COUNCIL FOE THE YEAR 1899-1900. 
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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
FOR THE YEAR 1899-1900. 
The year 1899-1900 has been one of continued prosperity for the 
Society. 
A large sum of money has been spent on the Lindley Library in 
recent years, and the Council have now had the books enclosed in 
glass-fronted cases for the double purpose of preservation and cleanliness. 
This has greatly improved the appearance of the Library. 
A Catalogue has been published at the price of 2s. 6c?., in the hope that 
many Fellows would purchase it, not only to inform themselves what 
books the Library contains, but also because it forms in itself a reference 
list to the bibliography of gardening. It would be gratifying if Fellows 
would also take note of books still wanting to the Library with a view to 
presenting them. 
' During the past year valuable books have been presented by the 
Director of the Eoyal Gardens at Kew, Dr. Maxwell Masters, F.R.S., 
Miss M. J. King, the Rev. Professor Henslow, V.M.H., Monsieur 
Correvon, Monsieur Bois, and others, to all of whom the best thanks of 
the Society are due. A full list will be published on April 1 in the 
Society's Journal, vol. xxiii.. Part 3. 
A corrected list of the awards made by the Society to plants, flowers, 
fruits, and vegetables to the end of 1899 is being prepared, and will be 
issued during the coming year. 
Application is frequently made to the Society by Fellows desiring to 
have special advice respecting their gardens. The Council have therefore 
resolved to add a right to this to the privileges of Fellowship and to send 
a competent inspector to report and advise at the following charges, 
viz. a fee of £2. 2s. for one day (or £3. 3s. for two days, when necessary), 
together with all out-of-pocket expenses). No inspection may take up 
more than two days. 
Under the head of ordinary expenditure at Chiswick £1,810 has been 
spent on the general work and maintenance of the Gardens. The 
receipts by sale of surplus produce amounted to £330, making the net 
ordinary cost of the Gardens £1,480. 
The Council wash to call attention to the good work being done at 
Chiswick under Mr. Wright's superintendence, not only in the Garden, but 
among the students. During the last two years, for example, of our 
Chiswick students one has taken a First Class in Honours in Science 
and Art, one a First in Advanced Botany, two a First in Elementary 
Botany, at South Kensington; one has been appointed Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens at Antigua ; seven have taken a First Class in the 
R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture ; two have set up in business 
for themselves ; four have obtained positions at the Royal Gardens, Kew ; 
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