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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
10th November. —William Wilshire, Esq, of The Fry the, Welwyn, Herts, 
aged 63. 
16th November.— John Ames, Esq., of Clevelands, Lyme, Dorset, aged S3. 
Fellow of the Society of Arts and Royal Institution, elected a Fellow of the 
Society 20th July 1841. Mr. Ames took always a deep interest in the sciences 
of Botany and Horticulture, and the successful progress of the Eoyal Horti¬ 
cultural Society. Flis garden was made and laid out under his own direction, 
and was chiefly remarkable for its plain, practical arrangements and the 
excellent selection of its fruit trees, and also for the large orchard-house 
lately built. 
18th November.—Captain James Mangles, R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., of Fair- 
field, Exeter, aged 82. Elected a Fellow of the Society 7th April 1857. 
1st December. —Charles Gray Hound, Esq., of University Club, Pall Mall, 
S.W., and Birch Hall, Colchester, aged 71. Elected a Fellow of the Society 
17th April 1827. 
19th December.—Lady Clay, of 91 Eaton Square, S.W. 
28th December.—Mr. James Dickson, of Newton Nurseries, Chester. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES IN UNION WITH THE 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Council offer the following advantages to Provincial Horticultural and 
Floral Societies which may desire to enter into union with the Royal 
Horticultural Society 
1. The Council will transmit free to each Society in union one copy of the 
Proceedings and Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
2. They will insert either in the Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural 
Society or in its Journal, according to the character of the contribution, the 
more important notices or papers the society in union may wish to have pub¬ 
lished. They will also insert in the Society’s almanac the date of shows and 
meetings of the societies in union. 
3. They will transmit to the President or Secretary of the society in union, 
for the use of its members, a transferable ticket, conferring on the bearer 
of it the following advantages :— 
a. The right of free admission to the Gardens whenever they are open. 
b. The right of introducing two friends personally on any day of the "week 
not being show days, when one only can be introduced. 
c. The same right as a Fellow of purchasing tickets at a reduced rate, 
before the day of the show, for the great and special shows. 
4. They will transmit to the President or Secretary 40 orders, each order 
giving admission to South Kensington or to Chiswick to one person. 
5. They will allow to the societies in union a two-guinea Fellow’s chance in 
the ballot for plants for each two-guinea subscription paid. 
6. They will send to the President or Secretary of the society in union, for 
the use of its members, a share of the seeds distributed among Fellows, and 
will procure for the society seeds of the best description at wholesale prices. 
7. They will allow Secretaries of the societies in union to procure for its 
members such cuttings, seeds, &c. as can be spared from Chiswick Gardens. 
8. They will exchange plants and seeds, &c., with the society in union. 
9. The terms of subscription are an annual payment of two guineas, but a 
society may, by payment of two or more two-guinea subscriptions, obtain 
increased privileges in proportion to the subscription paid. 
It is to be understood that these privileges are offered to the society for sub¬ 
scriptions paid by it as a body, and not to individual members of it. 
