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in the Meeting of the day. This is a revival of an old custom with which those 
who can remember the Society's Meetings in the old days in the Great Hall at 
South Kensington will be familiar, when, punctually at 3 o'clock, the President 
and Council filed up on to the platform with the Lecturer for the day and a 
most interesting Meeting was held. The lecture then consisted either of an 
address on some particular horticultural subject or of a running comment by 
the Society's Botanist, Professor Henslow or Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, on 
some of the specimens exhibited, pointing out their peculiarities, merits and 
requirements, and other interesting points connected or associated with them. 
Fellows will find a return to this old custom not only a pleasant change but also 
a most instructive one. They should also note that on the occasions of the 
lectures, if they have any point of difficulty they would like to bring up, or 
information they would like to give or to gain, if they would mention such 
matters at or after the discussion following the lecture and just before the close 
of the Meeting, they will be dealt with as far as possible at the time, or reserved 
for further report. 
28. Afternoon Teas. — The Council have arranged for teas to be served at 
IS. a head in Committee Room No. i on the first floor on all Meeting Days from 
the Annual Meeting in February to the Chrysanthemum Meeting in November, 
both inclusive. It is hoped that Fellows will make use of this effort of the 
Council to provide for their convenience. 
29. Library. — The Library has been kept up to date, but the year has been 
marked by a peculiar dearth of new Horticultural books and of good old ones 
coming on to the market. The additions, therefore, have of necessity been 
somewhat scanty. Amongst the new books are : " De Vries' Works," Smith's 
" British Lichens," Farrer's " English Rock Garden," Cook's "Applied Economic 
Botany," the Duke of Bedford's " Science and Fruit Growing," " The Catalogue 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Library," &c., &c. Amongst the periodicals 
kept up are : The Journal of Botany, The Journal of Heredity, Annals of Botany, 
Botanical Gazette, The New Phytologist , Journal of Genetics, Botanical Magazine 
(two copies). Revue Horticole, Bonnier' s Flora, Sind Annales des Sciences Naturelles 
— Botanique, &c., &c. 
30. Garden Charts. — The Council wish to call the attention of Fellows to 
the Charts which they have prepared for the use of lecturers, teachers, schools, 
&c. The first series is now completed, but they have decided not to proceed 
with the second series until the first has been disposed of. The Charts are 
excellently well prepared, and, so far as is known, are superior to anything 
hitherto produced of a like nature. Great care and much time and thought 
have been given to their preparation, and a complete set should be in the hands 
of every educational body throughout the country. It will be found that the 
cost will represent money well spent. Every horticultural society and allotment 
society should possess a set to hang in their Meeting Room for the reference 
and instruction of their members. Returnable specimen copies will be sent 
on application to the Secretary. 
31. Smoking in the Hall. — The Council have been frequently approached 
by Fellows complaining of the increasing practice of smoking in the Hall. And 
they have as frequently ordered notices to be put up requesting gentlemen to 
refrain from smoking, which has never been allowed during the Society's 
Meetings. 
The Council earnestly hope that no further occasion may be given for this 
complaint. 
32. Obituary. — Each year the Council have to record the loss through death 
of some who have been the closest friends of the Society for a long number of 
years past. During the past year Sir Frank Crisp, Bt., V.M.H., whose gardens 
at Friars Park, Henley, were so famous throughout the country, if not through- 
out the world, was taken from us ; Mr. George Bunyard, V.M.H., who has been 
one of the great pioneers of fruit-growing, and for many years a devoted Member 
of the Council, and Mr. Thomas Smith, V.M.H., of Newry, also passed away. 
Amongst others — Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt., M. Maurice de ;ViImorin, 
M. Philippe de Vilmorin, F. du Cane Godman, Sir Walpole Greenwell, Bt., 
Viscountess Halifax, Lady Macleay, Miss F. S. Musgrave, E. Rochford. Lord 
Ravensworth, Lady Tate, Sir C. E. Tritton, the Countess of Bessborough, Herr 
