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PKOCEEDINOS OF THE KOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



seemed undesirable. Why should not such Fellows have them as cared 

 to receive such surplus plants ? It was therefore decided to keep all 

 plants till the early spring, and then give all Fellows alike the option of 

 claiming a share of them by ballot. The following points should there- 

 fore be borne in mind : — (1) It is only surplus plants which are available ; 

 (2) there is no pretence made of their being either valuable or rare, 

 though undoubtedly some are not usually met with ; (3) as a general 

 rule they are only small plants. 



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. 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 

 through Ashley Gardens from Victoria Street) Westminster, and is about 

 five minutes' walk from the Victoria and St. James's Park Stations. The 

 accommodation for the Shows is double what it was in the old Drill Hall. 

 The Lectures are delivered in a room specially equipped and devoted to 



Position of the Society's Hall. 



that purpose, and the Library is now housed in a manner worthy of the 

 unique and valuable collection of books which it contains, and as the shelf 

 accommodation is at least double what it was in Victoria Street the 

 Council hope that all Fellows will send such horticultural and botanical 

 books as they can spare from their own shelves, as well as any articles 

 and papers they may themselves publish on such subjects. 



