Xiv PEOCEBDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



have been appointed Honorary Life Fellows of the Society under 

 Bye-law XVI. 



24. Colour Chart. — The effort of the Society to establish an Inter- 

 national Standard of Colours by means of a Colour Dictionary, pub- 

 lished at the instance of the French Chrysanthemum Society, has been 

 enthusiastically received, at home and abroad, by numerous profes- 

 sions and trades, and several hundred copies have been sold. The 

 work has been most favourably referred to by the Press and by private 

 correspondents, and may still be obtained at our Society's office, price 

 145. 6d., or by post in the British Isles 155. 



25. Orchid Nomenclature. — The rapidly increasing number of 

 multigeneric hybrids, and the confusion likely to arise unless a definite 

 system of nomenclature is created, led to the formation of a Special 

 Committee to consider what system would be most suitable. Their 

 report has been received ; it summarizes the opinions of expert scientists 

 and hybridists, at home and abroad, and the Council have sent it for 

 consideration at the International Congress to be held at Brussels in 

 April next. 



26. Royal Botanic Society. — During the year communications 

 have passed between the E.H.S. and the Eoyal Botanic Society, which 

 have, however, produced no definite result. 



27. Shows in 1909. — During this year thirty-one Exhibitions, 

 covering thirty-seven days, have been held by the Society. 



28. Obituary. — The Society has lost many valued friends and sup- 

 porters during the past twelve months, and among them we regret to 

 find : his Majesty the King of the Belgians, Lord Amherst of Hackney, 

 Hon. Mrs. Cecil Bingham, Col. W. E. Brymer, John Carder, 

 F.E.G.S., Et. Hon. Sir John Colomb, K.C.M.G., Sir Daniel Cooper, 

 Bart., Csesar Czarnikow, Sir Charles Gibbons, Bart., James Harper, 

 Charles Jefferies, Earl of Leicester, Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, 

 William Eoupell, Dr. G. S. Sutherland, J. Vavasseur, H. G. Eime- 

 stad (Java), Peter Barr, V.M.H., Earl of Carysfoot, Norman C. 

 Cookson, John Forbes, Peter E. Kay, V.M.H., Dr. W. H. Dallinger, 

 F.E.S., Dr. W. J. Eussell, F.E.S., H. F. Simonds, G. Dickson, 

 V.M.H., &c., &c. 



29. Victoria Medal of Honour. — Of the foregoing list three were 

 valued Victoria Medallists of Honour. The Council have offered the 

 vacant medals to Messrs. W. Dotting Hemisley, F.E.S., J. H. Good- 

 acre, and A. Mackellar, who have accepted the distinction, 



30. Retiring- Members of the Council.— Lord Balfour of Bur- 

 leigh, K.T., Sir Albert Eollit, LL.D., Litt.D., D.C.L., and Mr. James 

 Hudson, V.M.H., retire from office. Each has allowed himself to 

 be renominated. 



