Vili PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



September 8. "Hardy Water and Bog Plants," by Mr. Geo. PauL 

 September 22. " Insect-eating Plants — Nepenthes, Dionaeas, 

 Sarracenias, &c.," by Mr. E. Lindsay and Mr. Lewis Castle. 

 October 6. " Sunflowers," by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.E.S. ; " The 

 Genus Aster," by Professor G. L. Goodale ; " Michaelmas 

 Daisies," by Eev. C. Wolley Dod, M.A. ; "Perennial Sun- 

 flowers," by Mr. D. Dewar; "Culture of Sunflowers," by 

 Mr. E. H. Jenkins. 

 October 7. " Conifers," by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.E.S. ; 

 " The Coniferae of Japan," by Mr. H. J. Veitch, F.L.S. ; 

 " Conifers as Specimen Trees and for Landscape Gardening," 

 by Mr. George Nicholson, A.L.S. ; " Conifers for Timber and 

 in Plantations," by Mr. A. D. Webster ; " The Decorative 

 Character of Conifers," by Mr. Edmund J. Baillie, F.L.S. ; 

 " Conifers at Bicton, Devon," by the Hon. Mark Eolle ; 

 " Conifers at Dropmore," by Mr. Charles Herrin ; " Conifers 

 in Denmark," by Professor Carl Hansen. 

 October 8. " Conifers," by Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, C.M.G., 

 F.E.S.; "The Value in the British Islands of Introduced 

 Conifers," by Mr. Malcolm Dunn ; " The Quality of Conifer- 

 ous Timber as affected by Sylvicultural Treatment," by Dr. 

 Wm. Somerville, D.CEc, B.Sc, F.L.S. ; " The Timber of 

 Exotic Conifers grown in Scotland : ' its Uses and Compara- 

 tive Value," by Mr. D. F. Mackenzie ; " Fungoid and other 

 Diseases of Conifers," by Professor Marshall Ward, M.A., 

 F.L.S. ; "Insects Injurious to Conifers," by Mr. W. F. H. 

 Blandford, M.A. 

 October 27. " Autumn Tints," by Mr. Harry J. Veitch, F.L.S. 

 November 10. " Varieties of Soils," by Mr. W. Ingram. 



The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick 

 Board and to all the Members of the Standing Committees — viz. 

 the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the Orchid, and 

 the Narcissus Committees — for the kind and patient attention 

 which they have severally given to their departments ; also to 

 the exhibitors who have contributed to so great an extent to pro- 

 duce the valuable results of the various Conferences held. 



The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of forty- 

 four Fellows during the year, and amongst them they regret to 

 find the names of the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Granville, Earl 

 of Dartmouth, Sir E. Wallace, the Eight Hon. W. H. Smith, 

 J. van Volxem, W. A. Dickson, J. Dominy, C. Haycock, W. 

 Richards, and W. Barron. 



During the last few years the Council have, amongst other- 

 matters, been considering methods of interesting amateurs more 

 in the Society and its work, and of rendering] to them a greater 



