GENERAL MEETINGS. 



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Fellows resident abroad (5) .— G. Chattopadhyay (India), F. Griffith 

 (Orange River Colony), H. F. Macmillan (Ceylon), B. F. Passementier 

 (Transvaal), C. E. Robinson (Cape Colony). 



Associates (2).— Miss A. Salzmann, H. Towell. 



A paper on M Trees for Towns," by Mr. R. Lewis Castle, was read by 

 the Assistant- Secretary (see p. 84). 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 September 12, 1905. 

 Mr. John Green in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (17).— Col. H. W. Barrett, T. E. Carey Bates, Robert 

 Brodie, H. M. Eddie, Lady Constance Emmott, John Eraser, Harold 

 Granger, Arthur Hall, J. W. Hardy, Miss M. Martin Leake, A. Rokeby 

 Price, Edwin Skewis, Mrs. Spencer Smith, Walter J. Smith, John Stoney, 

 G. A. Taylor, Christopher Tonge. 



Fellows resident abroad (2). — Miss A. Lowell (U.S.A.), Miss E. 

 Seccombe (U.S.A.). 



Associate (1). — A. Wallace. 



Society affiliated (1).— Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and 

 Pastoral Association. 



A lecture on the " Meaning of Natural Selection," illustrated by 

 lantern slides, was given by the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A. (see p. 90). 



DEPUTATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FRUIT AND 

 FLOWER SHOW AT EDINBURGH. 



September VS, 1905. 



A deputation consisting of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. 

 (President), Mr. George Bunyard, V.M.H., Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H., 

 Mr. A. H. Pearson, Mr. H, B. May, Mr. H. J. Veitch, F.L.S., and the 

 Rev. W. Wilks (Secretary), visited the International Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition at Edinburgh. The deputation met with every kindness and 

 attention, and received a truly Scotch welcome. 



This International Show has created the greatest interest among 

 horticulturists throughout the whole country, Entries were made from all 

 parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the number of 1,860 in 

 253 classes ; one large Parisian hrm — Yilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, — also 

 entered the lists. It can safely be said that a better show was never seen 

 in the Waverley Market. The whole of the floor space of the market did 

 not suffice to give accommodation to all the exhibits, which overflowed 

 into the galleries and on to the roof garden. The latter for the three days 

 of the show was converted, in a simple but effective manner, into a private 

 enclosure, where quite a number of good things were on view. The 

 Market Hall itself presented a splendid appearance. The exhibition of 

 grapes and of hothouse and hardy fruits was large and interesting, and 

 did credit to the cultural skill of the gardeners and nurserymen who 



