X 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Council are glad to be able to announce that they have 
appointed the Rev. George Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., F.L.S., &c., 
to be Professor of Botany to the Society, and Professor Henslow 
has kindly undertaken to give addresses at a number of the 1898 
meetings, drawing attention to interesting points connected 
with some of the plants, &c., exhibited. The Council are con¬ 
fident that these “ Demonstrations ” will be greatly appreciated 
by the Fellows. 
The Council have the sad duty 'of recording the death of 
fifty-three Fellows during the year, and among them they regret 
to find the names of Dr. Robert Hogg, one of the most staunch 
and energetic supporters of the Society, and the leading 
authority in Fruit nomenclature, James Bateman, the pioneer 
of Orchid culture in this country, and author of the “ Orchi- 
dacese of Mexico and Guatemala,” Lady Ducie, Lady Matheson, 
Sir Thomas Parkyns, Rev. F. C. Cass, Sir George Meyrick, 
Marchioness of Drogheda, Dowager Lady Fortescue, Sir John 
Thurston, Colonel Trevor-Clarke, William Head, Robert Owen, 
Lady Fitzhardinge, James Cocker, George Rennie, Sir James 
Maitland, Francis Fell, and one whom all gardeners loved, the 
Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck. 
The following Table will show the Society’s progress in 
regard to numerical strength during the past year:— 
Deaths 
IN 
1897. 
Fellows Elected, 
1897. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Life Fellows. 
16 , 
. 0 
0 
0 
4 Guineas . 1 ... 
... 4 
4 
0 
4 Guineas. 
4 
. 16 
16 
0 
2 „ . 97 ... 
...203 
14 
0 
2 „ . 
16 , 
. 33 
12 
0 
1 ..315 ... 
...330 
15 
6 
1 „ . 
17 
. 17 
17 
0 
Associates. 1 ... 
10 
0 
Affiliated Societies 9 
12 
12 
0 
53 
£68 
5 
0 
Commutations 5 ... 
1 
— 
— 
= £120.155. 
f 
428 
£551 
15 
6 
Deduct Loss. 
. 134 
8 
0 
Resignations. 
4 Guineas 
2 
1 
£ s. d. 
0 . 0 0 0 
13 . 27 6 0 
37 . 38 17 0 
50 £66 3 0 
Net Increase in Income £417 7 6 
New Fellows, &c. 428 
Deduct Resignations and 1 , n o 
Deaths. ] 
Total Loss 103 £134 8 0 
Numerical Increase. 325 
A scheme for the affiliation of Local Horticultural Societies 
