IV 



PEOCEEDINGS OF THE liOYAL UORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Chiswick students, one has taken a First Class in Honours in Science and 

 Art, one a First in Advanced Botany, two a First in Elementary Botany, at 

 South Kensington ; one has been appointed Curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens at Antigua ; one is a Botanical Collector for the London School 

 Board; eleven have taken a First Class in the R.H.S. Examination in 

 Horticulture ; five have set up in business for themselves ; four have 

 obtained positions at the Royal Gardens, Kew ; one at Kensington 

 Gardens ; two at large private gardens ; six in large nursery gardens ; 

 one is studying at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington ; one 

 is Editor, and another is on the editorial stall" of a garden paper. Mr. 

 Wright reports to the Council : " The demand for energetic trustworthy 

 young men from Chiswick is rapidly increasing ; there is no difficulty in 

 placing such in good situations, our supply being unequal to the demand, 

 but they must all be workers. During the past year applications were 

 received for twenty- eight head gardeners, three single-handed- gardeners, 

 six foremen, and ten journeymen." 



5. At Westminster, twenty-four Fruit and Floral Meetings have been 

 held in the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Victoria Street, besides the larger 

 Shows in the Temple Gardens on May 2B, 24, and 25 ; at Richmond on 

 June 27 ; and at the Crystal Palace on September 27, 28, and 29. 

 Lectures and demonstrations have been delivered at twenty of the 

 meetings. 



6. The number of awards granted by the Council, on the recom- 

 mendation of the various Committees, will be saen from the following 

 table : — 



1 



1 



"a 



Affl iatcd 

 Societies 



o 



o- . 



O o 



Crystal Pulace 

 Fruit Show , 



On Recommendation of 





Award 



Trovinci 

 Show 



Temple SI 



Sherwood 

 Competiti 



Fruit 

 Committee 



Floral 



Orchid 

 Committee 



Narcissus 

 Committee 



Total 



Gold Medal 



2 





5 





2 



2 



4 



3 





18 



Silver Cap 







21 



1 













22 



Hogg Memorial Medal 



1 







1 



2 











4 



Silver-gilt Flora 



2 





21 









21 



4 





48 



Silver-gilt Kni,?htian ... 







2 





2 



16 









20 



Silver-gilt Banksian ... 



2 









2 





31 







35 



Silver Flora 



3 



11 



17 









58 



27 



3 



119 



Silver Knightian 



1 





3 



2 



1 



19 









26 



Silver Banksian 



3 



39 



8 







14 



90 



20 



4 



178 



Bronze Flora. 





13 











15 







28 



Bronze Knightian 























Br nze Banksian 





23 . 











19 



1 





43 



First-claiss Certificate... 



2 





6 







8 



14 



34 



4 



6S 



Award of Merit 



1 





32 







39 



159 



61 



11 



303 



Botanical Certificate ... 







4 









6 



44 







54 



Cultural Commendation 







2 







27 



1 



16 





46 



Total ... 



17 



86 



121 



4 



9 



125 



418 



210 



22 



1012 



In addition to the above, a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded to Miss^ 

 E. Welthin Winlo for having passed first in the Society's examination. 

 Ninety-five Bronze Banksian Medals have also been granted to Cottagers' 

 Societies. 



