March 3, 1897.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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training; of the candidates was imposed, and the examina- 

 tion was open to both sexes. One hundred and fifty-two 

 candidates presented themselves for examination. The 

 names and addresses of those who succeeded in satisfying 

 the examiners, tog-ether with the number of marks assigned 



English history. Some of these proposals were for one 

 reason or another found to be impracticable, others were 

 found to involve a far larger expenditure of money than 

 the Society can command or could reasonably hope in so 

 short a period to collect. They have, therefore, after most 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



Fig. 11. — Pyrus occidentalis.— See page S6. 

 2. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 3. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



Cross-section of a fruit, enlarged. 



to each, will be found in the Society's Journal, vol. xx., 

 part 1, 1896, page 58. 



The Council have had before them various proposals for 

 celebrating the attainment, by Her Most Gracious Majesty 

 the Queen, patron of the Society, of the longest reign in 



careful consideration decided, with Her Majesty's gracious 

 permission, (1) to strike a special medal or medallion, to 

 be called the Victoria Medal of Horticulture, and to be 

 awarded honoris causa in the domain of horticulture. They 

 will also (2) join in the celebration of the event which is to 



