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It is admitted that International Exhibitions can only be occasional 

 events. The expenses involved must always be very considerable, while 

 a prodigious amount of detailed work falls on those concerned as well as 

 the risk of financial loss. There can be no doubt, however, as to the great 

 national value of such Exhibitions. In spite of the admitted eminence of 

 English horticultural practice a well organized and successful International 

 Exhibition held in London in a building sufficiently large and accessible to 

 the general public would be likely to bring before the horticulturists of 

 this country numerous points on which they have still something to learn. 



It is well known that at the large Exhibitions held on the Continent 

 there is striking evidence of artistic effects and general harmony, produced 

 with plants that are possibly not of the same intrinsic value as many 

 grown in these islands. If such effects in arrangement could be 

 introduced and generally adopted here, they would add materially to the 

 success already attained by our Exhibitions and prove of great value in 

 promoting the further progress of our national horticulture. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 April 6, 1909. 

 Professor G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Felloius elected (53). — Miss M. Anderson, Mrs. W. R. Anderson, Miss 

 Bashford, G. E. Booker, E. J. Brook, C. Brown, F. C. Burgess, Mrs. G. 

 Dance, Mrs. De Knoop, W. Denman, R. Adam Ellis, H. M. Farrer, Miss 

 Irene Fergusson, Mrs. G. H. Finch, Mrs. Foyer, R. G. Francis, J. Fried- 

 lander, Mrs. Gartside, H. J. Godin, Mrs. G. Gomm, Rev. A. Hankey, 

 Miss M. E. Haviland, Mrs. Hawkes, R. Hey wood, A. Holt, Miss A. 

 Hutchinson, Mrs. Jardine, Mrs. Bulkeley Johnson, Miss Keating, Mrs. 

 John Kemp, Mrs. R. B. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Lady Loreburn, Miss M. 

 H. McDonnell, Hon. Helen Macnaghten, Mrs. H. J. Mappin, Mrs. R. Moon, 

 F. W. Mugford, Libert Oury, J. S. Parker, F. W. Parsons, G. Wyatt 

 Peachey, H. M. Phipson, Mrs. G. P. Pierce, W. P. Pinder, Mrs. Prankerd, 

 A. Reiss, Mrs. F. M. Robinson, Mrs. J. Robinson, Mrs. A. A. Steel, 

 T. Stevenson, A. Stunt, Mrs. M. Tristram, Mrs. M. R. Trower. 



Fellows resident abroad (2). — R. S. Falcon (British Columbia), S. C. 

 De Udyanvinode (India). 



Societies affiliated (3). — Marlow Horticultural Society, Somerset 

 Agricultural Association, Victoria Horticultural Society. 



A Lecture was given on " Illustrations of the Effects of the Forces of 

 Growth " by the Rev. Professor G. Henslow, F.L.S., V.M.H. (see p. 9). 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 April 20, 1909. 

 Mr. George Paul, J.P., V.M.H., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (44). — C. H. Bloom, J. Boulter, Mrs. Allen Brown, 

 Mrs. Ulick Burke, Miss M. Chappell, Rev. L. C. Chalmers-Hunt, W. B. 



