NOTICES TO FELLOWS, 
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3. SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
All annual subscriptions are payable in advance on the ist day of January in 
each year. A Fellow, if elected before the ist of July, pays the annual subscrip- 
tion for the current year ; if elected after the ist of July and before the ist of 
October, he pays half a year's subscription ; if elected after the ist of October 
and before the ist of January, he pays one full year's subscription, and no further 
subscription until the following January twelvemonth. To avoid the incon- 
venience of remembering their subscriptions, Fellows can compound by the pay- 
ment of one lump sum in lieu of all further annual payments ; or they can, by 
applying to the Society, obtain a form of instruction to their bankers to pay for 
them every January i. It may be a week or more before the Tickets reach the 
Fellows, owing to the very large number (over 20,000) to be despatched every 
January. Fellows who have not already given an order on their bankers for 
the payment of their subscriptions are requested to do so, as this method of 
payment saves the Fellows considerable trouble. Fellows whose subscriptions 
remain unpaid are debarred from all the privileges of the Society ; but their 
subscriptions are nevertheless recoverable at law, the Society being incorporated 
by Royal Charter. 
In paying their subscriptions, Fellows often make the mistake of drawing 
their cheques for Pounds instead of for Guineas. Kindly note that in all cases 
it is Guineas, and not Pounds. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made 
payable to "The Royal Horticultural Society," and crossed "London County 
and Westminster Bank, Victoria Branch, S.W. 1." 
4. FORM OF BEQUEST. 
I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society, London, the sum of £ to be paid out of such part of 
my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with the payment of such legacy, 
and to be paid free of legacy duty, within six months of my decease ; the receipt 
of such Treasurer to be a sufficient discharge for the same. And I declare that 
the said legacy shall be applied towards [the general purposes of the Society].* 
5. NEW FELLOWS. 
The President and Council hope that existing Fellows will enlist the sympathy 
of all their friends, as, owing to the great increase in work which has fallen upon, 
or been voluntarily undertaken by, the Society, it is now more important than ever 
to fill the places of those who are taken from us. A letter on this subject was sent 
to all the Fellows in December last. Should any Fellow have failed to receive 
it, another copy will be sent on application to the Secretary, R.H.S., Vincent 
Square, London, S.W. 1, 
6. AN APPEAL. 
What has been accomplished for the Society is largely due to the unwearied 
assistance afforded by the Fellows themselves, and as all belong to the same 
Society, so it behoves each one to do what he or she can to further its interests 
especially by : — 
1. Increasing the Number of Fellows. 
2. Presenting Books for the Library at Vincent Square and at Wisley. 
3. Sending new or rare Plants, Seeds, and Roots for the Garden and for dis- 
tribution to Fellows, and for helping to keep the Hospital Camps in France and 
Flanders, &c, furnished. 
* Any special directions or conditions which the testator may wish to be 
attached to the bequest may be substituted for the words in brackets. 
The attention of Fellows is specially called to the Wisley Gardens Endowment 
Trust Fund, the object of which is to make the Gardens self-supporting for ever, 
so that the important work to which they are devoted may go on uninterrupted 
by any fluctuation in the Society's finances. To do this £100,000 is required. 
In 191 4 the Council voted £25,000 towards it as a nucleus. Will not Fellows 
help to complete this sum ? 
