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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



E. Handley, Mrs. E. Harvey, E. L. Hill, E. Hinton, Mrs. Hodgkin- 

 son, H. Hallis, J. E. Hollond, T. Horsman, G. Humphries, Miss 

 E. Hunter, Kev. J. Jacob, C. Whitfield King, W. E. Lee, H. S- 

 Leon, W. Lestocq, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P., Rev. H. H. 

 Mogg, W. H. Morton, E. M. Palmer, E. S. Phillips, Pantia Ralli, 

 H. D. Eawlings, W. Salmon, J. Sanderson, S. M. Seger, J. Seth, 

 Eev. W. Shirley, A. J. Sich, F. Sich, T. Smithson, Mrs. Thursby, 

 Miss TiUard, W. Wells, Miss F. C. Wright. 



Societies affiliated (2).— Hessle and Howdenshire Horticul- 

 tural Society, Woodford Horticultural Society. 



Messrs. H. J. Veitch and W. Marshall were appointed Scruti- 

 neers of the ballot. 



A hearty vote of thanks was proposed by Professor Michael 

 Foster, F.E.S., and accorded unanimously, to the retiring members 

 of Council, viz. : Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., Everard A. 

 Hambro, Esq., and Martin E. Smith, Esq. 



To fill the vacancies thus caused on the Council the following 

 gentlemen were proposed for election, viz. : Sir Herbert Maxwell, 

 Bart., M.P., C. J. Lucas, Esq., and Mr. Owen Thomas. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for re-election as 

 officers, viz. : President — Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. ; Treasurer 

 —Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S. ; Secretary— The Eev. W. Wilks, 

 M.A. ; Auditors — Messrs. Harry Turner, Henry Williams, and 

 A. H. Pearson. 



After a careful examination of the ballot papers, the Scrutineers 

 reported the above-named gentlemen to be all duly elected. 



The following resolution, previously adopted at a meeting of 

 the Council, was then put to the meeting and unanimously carried, 

 viz. : " That the form F in the Appendix to the Bye-laws be 

 altered in regard to the ' Note,' which shall in future read as 

 follows : — ' E means that the member against whose name that 

 letter appears retires under the operation of Bye-laws 65 and 84.' " 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Eeport of the 

 Council, reviewed with satisfaction the progress made by the 

 Society during the year 1891. He called particular attention to 

 the Fruit and Floral Meetings which had been held regularly every 

 fortnight in the Drill Hall ; to the Great Flower Show in the 

 Temple Gardens, and to the Conferences on Hardy Perennials, 

 Small Fruits, Michaelmas Daisies, Sunflowers, and Conifers, 

 which had been held at Chiswick. 



