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THE annual general meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society was held on Tuesday, February 12, at the offices, 117 Victoria Street, S. W. The Society is to be heartily congratulated on the great improvement which has taken place in its affairs since it quitted the Gardens at South Kensington this time last year. From the Report of the Council, and the speech of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., President, in moving its adoption, we glean the following particulars. During the past year 657 Fellows have joined the Society, 81 have resigned, and 48 died, the total number of Fellows on the books being now 1636. The total income from all sources, independent of the “Donation”account (£1125 5s) was £3617 8s. 6d.; the total expenditure, £3412 14s. 4d., showing a surplus of £2O4 14s. 2d. On January 1, 1888, there was a debit balance of £1152, which has been cleared off by the transfer of of £755 7S. 6d. from the “Donation” account, and £396 12s. 6d. from current revenue. The total expenditure on the maintenance cf the Society's Gardens at Chiswick was £1501 6s. 8d., the receipts from the sale of produce, £737 7s. 6d., brought up by minor items to £810 4s. 3d., making the net cost of the Gardens to the Society £691 2s. 5d. The income for 1889 is estimated at £3000, and the expenditure at £2950. The President referred to the great value to the Society of the services of Mr. Dyer, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and Mr. H. Veitch, who were retiring from the Council owing to the pressure of other engagements, and of Mr. Wilson, F.R.S., and Dr. Hogg, who were retiring after having served the Society well and faithfully during very many years. He also paid a well-deserved tribute to the energy, ability, judgment, and devotion to their duties, of the Honorary Secretary, the Rev. W. Wilks, and the Treasurer, Mr. D. Morris, Assistant-Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. During the past year numerous very interesting exhibitions have been held in connection with the fortnightly meetings of the Society in the Drill Hall of the London Scottish Volunteers, James's Street,Buckingham Gate. A magnificent show was held on May 17 and 18, in the Gardens of the Inner Temple, by the permission of the Treasurer and Benchers, in which, for the first time in the history of such displays, attention was drawn to the excellent horticultural work being done by the market growers of the London district. A conference on apples and pears, held at Chiswick from October 16 to 20, attracted great attention, and the papers read and the discussions raised as to the circumstances and, conditions requisite for the successful cultivation of these fruits in, the British Isles were of great value. The Society propose to hold this year, in addition to a great show in the Temple Gardens on May 30 and 31, and its usual bi-monthly exhibitions, a national rose conference and show on July 2 and 3, a great vegetable conference on September 24, 25, and 26, and a chrysanthemum centenary conference on November 5 and 6, —all at Chiswick. There will be at the bi-monthly meetings a short lecture and discussion on the plants exhibited, such as was in former years very popular under, the guidance of Dr. Lindley. The Society will revive the publication of its periodical Journal and Proceedings, and carry on at Chiswick extensive trials of various classes of flowering plants, ferns, vegetables, and artificial manures.
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The Royal Horticultural Society . Nature 39, 382–383 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039382a0
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