PROCEEDINGS 
opal Horticultural Society. 
‘It is with deep regret that the Council record in these Proceedings the death of 
Dr. Ілхрівү, so many years Assistant Secretary of the Society, and its most able supporter. 
Announcements by the Council. 
EDUCATION OF GARDENERS. 
REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE 
Appointed by the Council to consider and prepare a scheme for the Improved 
Education of Gardeners 
The Council have had under their repeated consideration the ess i Pia ыру tien 
followi valuabl o them by the Committee on the Improve чаң 9 
ue EOM жие кн f any scheme for the a of young 
men, that a responsible head should reside on the spot, and the difficulty has 
bacis гы: would 
ofice à person oe great practical skill in gardening an and such "inde continuing ^s sek a 
be neces essary to direct the studies of the pupil gardeners. Instead, however, supervise во exten- 
Superintendent who in his own person possesses all all the qualifications 
sive a scheme of education as the following, and at the same time to 
n of choice horticultural objects, the © 
as а gard 
Бань of the gard x d tical gardener, 
garden under a good practical ga М matured, the 
of scientific horticulturists to guide his operations. The organisatio: Te панд will consist of the 
uncil have the satisfaction of laying their decision before the Fellows. 
Вет. M, J, Berkeley, F.L.S., Mr. Thomas Moore, F F.L.S., and Dr. Hogg, F. 
eee ee ee MNA 
; : Decisions o¥ Council. 
Report or COMMITTEE, — 
i 1 Мемвевз оғ COMMITTEE. 
Sir Want" Chester ; Sir Daniel оне Вагі. ; 
То ы Dike, B агі. ; Messrs. John Lee, 
Messrs. SUB, William E Paul; Sir Fesih Paxton; 
Veitch Rivers, Wilson Saunders, James 
; and Andrew Murray, Secretary 
uS The Er MNT to the смеса being to 
colt м port аз to how Chiswick Gardens 
