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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



11. An invitation has been received and accepted for sending a 

 deputation to ^"isit a Show of Daffodils and other early Spring Flowers 

 and Produce, to be held at Birmingham on April 24 and 25, 1901. 



12. The JouKNAL of the Society has been continued, so as to enable 

 Fellows at a distance to enter more fully into and reap the benefits of 

 the study and work of those actively engaged at headquarters. Vol. xxiii., 

 Part 3, Vol. xxiv., containing a full report of the Hybrid Conference, and 

 Vol. XXV., Parts 1 and 2, were issued during the year ; Vol. xxv.. Part 3, 

 will be ready in March or as soon after as possible. 



13. An Examination in the Principles and Practice of Horticulture 

 was held on April 25, concurrently in different parts of the United 

 Kingdom, a centre being established wherever a magistrate, clergyman, 

 schoolmaster, or other responsible persons accustomed to examinations 

 would consent to act on the Society's behalf, in accordance with the 

 rules laid down for its conduct. No limit as to the age, position, or 

 previous training of the candidates was imposed. 236 candidates pre- 

 sented themselves for examination. The names and addresses of those 

 who succeeded in satisfying the examiners, together with the number of 

 marks assigned to each, will be found in the Society's Journal, Vol. xxiii., 

 p. 299. 



14. It is proposed to hold a similar Examination in 1901, on 

 Wednesday, April 24. Candidates wishing to sit for the Examination 

 should make application during February to the Secretary, R.H.S. Office, 

 117 Victoria Street, Westminster. 



15. Valuable books have been presented to the Society during the 

 past year by the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, Dr. Maxwell 

 Masters, F.R.S., Messrs. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., J. Wright, V.M.H., 

 J. Veitch & Sons, A. P. Haig, H. J. Hooper, Mrs. Holman, and others, 

 to all of whom the best thanks of the Society are due. A full list will 

 be published in March, 1901, in the Society's Journal, Vol. xxv.. Part 3. 

 The Council desire to draw the attention of Fellows possessing Horti- 

 cultural or Botanical books to the admirable method adopted by Mr. 

 Elwes for enriching the Society's Library without at the same time 

 unduly depleting his own. It is fully explained on p. 338 of Vol. xxiii. of 

 the Society's Journal. 



16. The thanks of the Society are due to all the Members of the 

 Standing Committees — viz., the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the 

 Floral, the Orchid, and the Narcissus Committees — for the kind, patient, 

 and often laborious attention which they have severally given to their 

 departments. Many of the members of these Committees have to travel 

 long distances to attend them. The thanks of the Society are especially 

 due to all who are so good as to serve under these conditions. 



17. The Society has also to thank all those who have so kindly 

 presented plants or seeds to the Gardens. A list of the donors has 

 been prepared, and wdll be found in the Society's Journal, Vol. xxiii., 

 p. 340. 



18. The Council wish to express, m their own name and in that of 

 the Fellows of the Society, their great indebtedness to all who have 

 contributed, either by the exhibition of plants, fruits, flowers, or vege- 

 tables, or by Lectures or Papers, to the success of the Fortnightly Meetings 



