via PEOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOriETY. 



14. Pocket Diary. — In the early part, of the year the Council 

 requested the Secretary to prepare a Gardeners' Pocket Diary for 1912. 

 This has been done, and it is hoped that it may prove useful to many. 

 It contains much infonnation valuable to gardeners — both amateur and 

 professional. It may be obtained from the Society's Office, price Is. 1^1. 

 in cloth, or 25. Id. in leather bmding. The Secretary would feel very 

 grateful to any of the Fellows who will give him any suggestions for 

 further improving the issue for 1913. 



15. Luncheon to Colonial Visitors.— Taking advantage of the 



opportunity afforded by the presence of many colonial visitors in 

 London for the King's Coronation, the Council invited a large number 

 of gentlemen from the Dominions and the Colonies to luncheon at the 

 Olympia Flower Show ; about 130 were present, and the speeches 

 testified to the esteem in which the Society's work is held in the 

 Colonies. A full report was issued in the Journal, vol. xxxvii. part 2, 



16. Transactions. — At the last Annual Meeting it was suggested 

 that, in addition to the present Journal, " Transactions " should be 

 issued from time to time, devoted exclusively to scientific matters, and 

 sent to those only of the Fellows who would like to subscribe an 

 additional £1 Is. a year for the purpose. A communication was there- 

 fore sent to all the Fellows of the Society setting forth the proposal, 

 but as less than 60 favourable replies were received out of 12,000 

 Fellows, the Council have decided to allow the proposal to stand over, 

 at least for the present. 



17. Special Shows in 1912. — Several special exhibitions are to be 

 held in 1912. That for forced Spring Bulbs is fixed for March 5 

 and 6. On April 16 and 17 a Daffodil Show will be held; and the 

 Vegetable and the Fruit Shows on September 24 and October 10 

 and 11 respectively. A two-days' show of Orchids will also be held 

 on November 5 and 6, in order to demonstrate the autumn blooming 

 possibilities of many of these beautiful and interesting plants. 



18. International Horticultural Exhibition, May 22-30, 



1912. — Most of the Fellows of the Society will have already heard that 

 an Association has been formed to organize an International Flov/er 

 Show in London next Spring, as the outcome of a suggestion, made 

 by the Council in their Eeport for the year 1909, that such a courtesy 

 on the part of Great Britain was due (or indeed overdue) to the Con- 

 tinent and to America for the many similar hospitalities which foreign 

 countries have so frequently offered to British horticulturists. 



It must be fully understood and constantly borne in mind that our 

 Society is not organizing this Exhibition, nor are we in any way respon- 

 sible for anything connected therewith. All responsibility rests with 

 the Directors, as in every other regularly constituted Limited Liability 

 Company. Fellows are, therefore, asked to recognize the Exhibition 



