VI 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
application to any particular soil. The Council wish to draw 
particular attention to two points, viz :— 
(i.) That Fellows desiring an analysis must follow explicitly 
and exactly the directions laid down in the book of arrange¬ 
ments 1898, and 
(ii.) That Fellows who are in anyway commercially in¬ 
terested in any Artificial Manure Trade or Horticultural business 
cannot claim Dr. Voelcker’s assistance as Fellows; but if they 
wish to consult him, must do so in the ordinary way of business. 
The Society’s Great Show held (by the continued kindness 
of the Treasurer and Benchers) in the Inner Temple Gardens, 
was as successful as ever, and it is a matter of satisfaction to the 
Council to find that this Meeting is now universally acknow¬ 
ledged to be the leading Horticultural Exhibition of this country. 
The best thanks of the Society are due to all who kindly brought 
their plants for exhibition, or otherwise contributed to the 
success of this Show. 
The Exhibition of British Grown Fruit held by the Society 
at the Crystal Palace on September 80, October 1 and 2, was, 
considering the season, eminently satisfactory. Full particulars 
will be found in vol. xxi., part 3 of the Journal , which will be 
issued in the course of a few w’eeks. 
A certain amount of dissatisfaction has arisen from the fact 
that whereas classes have been provided specially for amateurs 
and gentlemen’s gardeners, and also for nurserymen, there have 
been no classes in which growers for market could properly 
exhibit. This will in future be avoided by the addition of a 
division for growers for market only. 
As an object-lesson in British Fruit cultivation this Annual 
Show stands unrivalled, and is of national importance. The 
Council invite Fellows and their friends to support it, for it 
cannot be too widely known that the continuance of the Show 
is absolutely dependent on at least £100 being raised by sub¬ 
scription each year towards the Prize Fund. The Show involves 
the Society in a very large expenditure without the possibility of 
any return. The Council have therefore established the rule 
that they will not continue it unless sufficient interest in it is 
taken by Fellows and their friends to raise £100 towards the 
Prize Fund. Subscriptions for this purpose should be sent at 
once to the Secretary, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster ; and if 
