CCviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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 subscription for the current year ; if elected after the 
ist of July and before the ist of October, he pays half a year's subscrip- 
tion ; 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 inconvenience 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." 
4. FORM OF BEQUEST. 
I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being of the Royal 
Horticultural 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. 
* Any special directions or conditions which the testator may wish to be 
attached to the bequest may be substituted for the words in brackets. 
