ex PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOYAL HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



been doing a great work in bringing together the products of the various 

 Colonies of the Empire and exhibiting them here in London. This has 

 not only given British people a fair knowledge of the conditions in their 

 great Empire, but has had the tendency to bring all the people together 

 also, and I am sure that much instruction has been afforded by these 

 exhibitions, and the whole Empire owes a debt of gratitude to the able 

 President for the work that he has done in connexion with this impor- 

 tant Society." 



The President, in reply, after thanking the visitors for honouring 

 the Society with their presence that day, said that with regard to what 

 Mr. Turner had suggested about himself, it was quite a mistake to 

 suppose that the prosperity of the Society had anything to do with 

 individuals ; it was due to their having at heart the spread of the love 

 of horticulture throughout the length and breadth of the Empire, which 

 of recent years has been almost phenomenal. 



GENEEAL MEETING. 

 July 18, 1911. 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (39). — H. Aveling, Lady Beaumont, W. Beer, Miss 

 D. M. Bigg, Mrs. Borradaile, E. M. Bovill, Lady Butler, Mrs. "W. Y/. 

 Clements, Eev. A. P. Curtis, M.A., Miss Dempsey, J. H. Downey, 

 G. H. Dudman, Mrs. Durnford, P. D. Eades, Mrs. E. Fletcher, Miss 

 J. A. Glover, Mrs. C. Grabham, Mrs. B. Hannen, Eev. J. Hunter, 

 M.A., Mrs. P. Lucas, D. E. Marshall, Mrs. Maynard, Lord Montagu 

 of Beaulieu, Mrs. Patterson, W. E. Paull, Captain A. H. Eoyds, 

 Mrs. C. P. Scudamore, J. Shelmerdine, Mrs. E. M. Slade, J. Smith, 

 M. Spicer, E. G. W. Sprules, J. P. Stone, A.C.P., S. J. Toms, Mrs. 

 P. Vaughan-Morgan, J. Walker, C. J. Weir, Mrs. F. H. Weldon, 

 Mrs. G. Wyndham. 



Fellows resident abroad (2). — A. G. E. Prickard (Transvaal), E. H. 

 Wilson (Mass., U.S.A.). 



A lecture on " Irises " was given by Mr. W. Eickatson Dykes, 

 M.A. 



DEPUTATION TO THE NOETH OF ENGLAND HOETIGUL- 

 TUEAL SOCIETY'S SHOW AT HAEEOGATE. 



August 15, 1911. 



A Deputation, consisting of Sir Albert Eollit, D.L., LL.D., Litt. D., 

 and Messrs. E. A. Bowles, M.A., G. Bunyard, V.M.H., J. Hudson, 

 V.M.H., and H. B. May, V.M.H., attended the Harrogate Show of the 

 North of England Horticultural Society held on August 15th, 1911. 

 It was the first show of the Northern Society under canvas, and it 



