NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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39. SHIRLEY POPPIES. 



The Secretary will be pleased to send a packet of his 1911 crop of 

 Shirley Poppy Seed to Fellows who like to send to Rev. W. Wilks, 

 Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, a stamped envelope ready addressed to them- 

 selves. The seed should be sown as early as possible in March. This is 

 an offer made by the Secretary in his private capacity, and it causes much 

 inconvenience when requests for seed are mixed up with letters sent to 

 the office in London instead of as above directed. 



40. 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 

 Flower Show in London next spring, as the outcome of a suggestion 

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

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

 and to America for the many similar hospitalities which foreign countries 

 have offered to British horticulturists. 



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

 Royal Horticultural Society is not organizing the Exhibition, nor in any 

 way responsible for anything connected therewith. All responsibility 

 rests with the Directors as in every other public Company. Fellows are, 

 therefore, asked to recognize the Exhibition as being absolutely distinct 

 from the Society, being, in fact, an entirely separate and independent 

 organization. The Society has, however, welcomed the proposal that such 

 an International Exhibition should be held, and it will render the Asso- 

 ciation every assistance in its power. 



The Association, recognizing the importance of securing the great 

 weight of horticultural interest vested in the Society, have approached 

 the Council with a view to establishing a suitable friendly working 

 arrangement between the two bodies, and — 



(a) The Royal Horticultural Society has agreed — 



1. To contribute £1,000 towards the expenses of promoting the 

 International Exhibition ; and 



2. To guarantee a further sum of £4,000 against the contingency 

 of there being an ultimate loss on the Exhibition. 



(6) The Directors of the International Exhibition Association have 

 agreed — 



1. To give to all Fellows of the Society certain special and definite 

 privileges over the General Public in regard to the purchase of 

 tickets for the Exhibition ; and 



2. To allow all such tickets purchased by Fellows of the Society 

 to be transferable. 



The cost of organizing the International will, we understand, reach 

 nearly, if not quite, £25,000 — a very heavy responsibility for the Directors 

 to face ; but they are doing so, relying on the support of all British lovers 

 of gardens, and especially of the Fellows of the Royal Horticiiltural 

 Society. 



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