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PEOCEE DINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Privileges of Fellows. 



1. — Anyone interested in Horticulture is eligible for election, and is invited to become a Fellow. 



2. — Candidates for election are proposed by two Fellows of the Society. 



3. — Ladies are eligible for election as Fellows of the Society. 



4. — The Society being incorporated by Eoyal Charter, the Fellows incur no personal liability 



whatsoever bejond the payment of their annual subscriptions. 



5. — Forms for proposing new Fellows may be obtained from the Offices of the Society, Vincent 



Square, Westminster, S.W. 



0. — If desired, the Secretary will, on receipt of a letter from a Fellow of the Society suggesting 



the name and address of any lady or gentleman likely to become Fellows, write and invite 

 them to join the Society. 



FELLOWS. 



A Fellow subscribing Four Guineas a year (or commuting" for Forty 

 Guineas) is entitled— 



1. — To One Non-transferable (personal) Pass and Five Transferable Tickets admitting to all the 



Society's Exhibitions, and to the Gardens. 



N.B. — Each Transferable Ticket or Non-transferable personal Pass will admit three persons to the 

 Gardens at Wisley on any day except days on which an Exhibition or Meeting is being held, when 

 each Ticket or Pass will admit One Person only. The Gardens are closed on Sundays, Good Friday, 

 and Christmas Day. 



2. — To attend and vote at all Meetings of the Society. 



3. — To the use of the Libraries at the Society's Kooms. 



4. — To a copy of the Society's Journal, containing the Papers read at all Meetings and 



Conferences, Reports of trials made at the Gardens, and descriptions and illustrations of new 

 or rare plants, &c. 



5. — To purchase, at reduced rates, such fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers as are not required 



for experimental purposes. 



6. — To a share (in proportion to the annual subscription) of such surplus or waste plants as 



may be available for distribution. Fellows residing beyond a radius of 35 miles from 

 London (by the ABC Railway Guide) are entitled to a double share. 



7. —Subject to certain limitations, to obtain Analysis of Manures, Soils, &c, or advice on such 



subjects, by letter from the Society's Consulting Chemist, Dr. J. A. Voelcker, M.A., F.I.C. 



8. — To have their Gardens inspected by the Society's Officer at the following fees: — One day, 



£3. 3s. ; two days, £5. 5s. ; plus all out-of-pocket expenses. 



9. To exhibit at all Shows and Meetings, and to send seeds, plants, &c, for trial at the Society's 



Gardens. 



10. To recommend any ladies or gentlemen for election as Fellows of the Society. 



A Fellow subscribing Two Guineas a year (or commuting for Twenty-five 



Guineas) is entitled— 



1, .To One Non-transferable Pass and Two Transferable Tickets, and to all the other privileges 



mentioned in Nos. 2 to 10 above. 



2. — To the same privileges as mentioned in Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, as above. 



A Fellow subscribing One Guinea a year, with an Entrance Fee of £1. Is. 

 (or commuting for Fifteen Guineas), is entitled - 



1, To One Transferable Ticket (in lieu of the non-transferable personal Pass), and the privileges 



mentioned in Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, as above. 



[Bond fide Gardeners earning their living thereby, and persons living permanently abroad, are 

 exempt from the payment of the Entrance Fee.] 



ASSOCIATES. 



An Associate subscribing 10s. 6d. a year is entitled— 



1, To One Non-transferable Pass, and to privileges as mentioned in Nos. 3, 4, and 9. 



N.B. — Associates must be bond fide Gardeners, or employes in a Nursery, Private or Market 

 ( ; : den, or Seed Establishment, and must be recommended for election by Two Fellows of the Society. 



Local Horticultural and Cottage Garden Societies may be Affiliated to 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, particulars as to which 

 may be had on application. 



