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Many of them may be of very little intrinsic value, and it is only to avoid 

 their being absolutely wasted that the distribution was established. The 

 great majority also are of necessity very small, and may require careful 

 treatment for a time. 



The Society does not pay the cost of packing and carriage. The charge 

 for this will be collected by the carriers on delivery of the plants, which 

 will be addressed exactly as given by each Fellow on his application 

 form. 



Fellows residing beyond a radius of thirty-five miles from London 

 are permitted to choose double the number of plants to which they are 

 otherwise entitled. 



Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United King- 

 dom, owing either to length of time in transit or to vexatious regulations 

 in some foreign countries ; but the Council will at any time endeavour to 

 obtain for Fellows living abroad any unusual or rare seeds which they 

 may have been unable to procure in their own country. 



13. POPPY SEED. 



The Secretary will be pleased to send a packet of his 1906 crop of 

 Shirley Poppy Seed to any Fellows who like to send to Eev. W. Wilks, 

 Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, a stamped envelope ready addressed to them- 

 selves. The seed should be sown as early as possible in March. This is 

 an offer made by the Secretary in his private capacity, and it causes 

 much inconvenience when requests for seed are mixed up with letters 

 sent to the office in London, instead of as above directed. 



Position of the Society's Hall. 



14. THE SOCIETY'S NEW HOME. 



The Royal Horticultural Hall is now occupied by the Society for 

 its Shows, Meetings, Library, and Offices. Vincent Square lies straight 



