xii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Ladies' Committee, County Presidents, County Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurers, Secretaries, &c., will be issued with the March number of 
the Journal, together with a list of subscribers up to the end of the 
year. Besides His Most Gracious Majesty The King, the Fund has the 
patronage of Her Majesty The Queen, Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, 
His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Russia, Her Imperial Majesty 
The Empress of Russia, His Majesty The King of the Belgians, Her 
Majesty The Queen of the Belgians, The President of the French 
Republic, and The Prince Regent of Serbia. 
26. Obituary. — It is with great regret that the Council have to 
record the death of the following Fellows amongst others : — Lord 
Addington ; Viscount Alverstone ; Mr. Atlee Burpee, one of the 
leading Horticulturists of the United States ; Sir Arthur Church, 
F.R.S., K.C.V.O. ; Mr. A. D. Darbishire, a great authority on Genetics ; 
The Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. ; Dr. Hugo Muller, F.R.S., Ph.D., 
LL.D. ; Sir George Nares, K.C.B. ; Capt. Savile Reid, R.E., an expert 
in Lilies ; Mr. T. A. H. Rivers ; and the Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, for 
many years a Vice-President of, and great benefactor to, the Society. 
The Council also deeply regret to record the sudden death, in the last 
month of the year, of the Hon. John Boscawen, for many years 
himself a member of the Council, and at all times a most active and 
willing helper in matters Horticultural. 
27. Numerical Position. — The following table shows the Society's 
position with regard to numerical strength during the past year :• — 
Loss by Death in 191 5. Fellows Elected in 1915. 
£ d. 
Life Fellows . 8 . 000 
4 Guineas . 3 . 12 12 o 
2 „ 70 . 147 o o 
1 84 . 88 4 o 
165 £247 16 0 
£ 
5. 
d. 
4 Guineas . . 
3 • 
12 
12 
0 
2 
307 • 
644 
m 
0 
1 
363 ■ 
381 
3 
0 
Associates 
52 . 
27 
6 
0 
Affiliated Societies 9 . 
9 
9 
0 
Commutations . 
6 . 
= £172 4s. od. 
740 £1,075 4 
o 
Loss by Resignation &c. 
Loss . 1,726 4 o 
£ 
5. 
d. 
4 Guineas . 2 
8 
8 
0 
2 „ . 384 
806 
8 
0 
1 ,, • • 574 
602 
14 
0 
Associates . 48 
25 
4 
0 
Affiliated Societies 34 
35 
14 
0 
1,042 
£i,478 
8 
0 
Total Loss 1,207 
£1,726 
4 
0 
Net Decrease in Income £651 
Deaths and Resignations . 1,207 
New Fellows &c. . . . 740 
Numerical Loss . . . 467 
Total on December 31, 191 4 14,404 
Total on December 31, 1915 !3,937 
The Council deeply regret having to record that, for the first time 
since the year 1887, there has been a decrease, on the previous year, 
in the total number of Fellows. 1915 is the only year, in the long 
series of twenty-eight years, in which the number of New Fellows 
