cclii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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 w r ill 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 contrilmtion, the 
more important notices or papers the society in union may wish to have pub¬ 
lished. They wall 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 the 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 tw T o or more tw r o-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. 
EXHIBITION OF IMPLEMENTS. 
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A limited space will be set apart for Horticultural Erections 
and Implements, Vases, Pots, and other Garden Requisites, and 
will be charged Is. per foot, 8 feet deep. Ho Erections will be 
provided. Applications for space must be made on or before the 
16th of June ; and all Implements must be upon the ground on or 
before the 14th of July. 
