cclxxviii PROCEEDINGS OE THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Fruit and Floral Meetings and Shows will take place, as follows, viz.: 
Tuesday, January 19 
„ February 16 
„ March 2 and 16 
„ April 6 and 20 
„ May 4 and 18 
„ June 1 and 15 
„ July 6 and 20 
,, August 3 
Tuesday, August 17 
„ September 7 
>> » 21 
,, October 5 
„ „ 19 
,, November 16 
„ December 21 
Fellows are requested to note that the above dates are the first and third 
Tuesday, or the third Tuesday, of each month. 
Each Fellow’s ticket admits the bearer and two friends, and Orders are also 
available. 
Band every Tuesday during May and June. 
The flowers can be seen at 2, provided the Committees have finished their 
labours ; General Meeting and Lecture at 3. During the London season the 
admission to the public on Tuesdays (not being show-days) will be 2s. 6d. 
On Saturdays a Fellow’s ticket admits two persons besides the bearer, and 
Orders are not available. The charge for admission to the public is 2s. 6d. 
A Promenade and Show of Flowers or Fruit, from the Society’s Gardens at* 
Chiswick, on every Saturday throughout the year. 
On Sundays each Fellow’s ticket admits two persons besides the bearer. 
Orders are not available. 
Due notice will be given of the date of the conversazione. 
The fullest information is contained in the Society’s Almanac, which, with 
the Orders for admission, can now be had at the Offices at South Kensington. 
Each 2-Guinea Fellow is entitled to 20 Orders ; each 4-Guinea Fellow to 40 
Orders. Each Order admits one person, but requires the signature of the 
Fellow giving it to make it available. 
Examination of Gardeners. 
Meetings for the examination of Gardeners will be held at South Kensington 
on the following dates—viz., Tuesday, July 13, and December 7. 
Garden Superintendent. 
The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have to announce that they 
have arranged with the Garden Superintendent, Mr. Geo. Eyles, that he should 
give to Fellows of the Society his advice and assistance in the laying-out and 
management of their gardens, at the rate of one guinea per visit, with travelling 
expenses. 
Ballot for Plants. 
A Ballot for Plants, Bulbs, Tubers, and Cuttings of Fruit Trees, will take- 
place on Tuesday, 16th February, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. 4-Guinea 
Fellows, cr 40-Guinea Life Members, are entitled to name six lots ; 2-Guinea 
Fellows, or 20-Guinea Life Members, to name three lots. It will be sufficient 
if Fellows will make a mark opposite the numbers of the lots they select, and 
return their lists, with.their names and addresses written thereon, to the 
Assistant-Secretary (James Richards), at the Offices of the Society, South 
Kensington, W., on or before Tuesday, the 9th February. After that date no 
applications can he attended, to. The result of the Ballot will be communicated 
in the “Proceedings,” and the Plants, &c. which the Fellows may obtain by it 
will be forwarded immediately. The List of Plants is enclosed with this 
number of the “ Proceedings.” 
Annual Distribution of Seeds. 
The usual packets may be obtained by application at the Offices in the 
Exhibition Road, from February 20 to March 25. If required to be sent by 
post, 4 penny postage stamps should be enclosed with the application. 
