CCVlll PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



CONFERENCE ON ROSES, 1902. 



By the kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Ilchester, the Society 

 will hold a Conference on and Show of Roses in the grounds of Holland 

 House, Kensington, on June 25 and 26 (the Coronation permitting). 



The schedule is now ready and can be obtained on application at the 

 Society's office. 



WILL YOU PLANT AN OAK? 



Would you like to plant an Oak-tree to celebrate the new century ? The 

 Rev. W. Wilks, Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, has collected a large number 

 of acorns of a magnificently foliaged Oak (Quercus rubra), and he will be 

 very happy to send four or six acorns of it to any Fellow of the Society 

 who likes to send him a small cotton bag about 4 inches by 3, together 

 with a ready- strung and directed and stamped (!<'/.) label. There must 

 be nothing left for him to do but to put the acorns in and tie round the 

 neck of the bag with the string attached to the label. He cannot reply 

 to communications which do not comply with this direction. N.B. — In 

 planting the acorns, do not plant too deep, half an inch below the surface 

 is ample ; lay the acorn on its side, not on any account upon its base ; 

 guard from mice ; remember, in choosing a spot, that it will in time grow 

 into a very large tree, larger or at least taller than our common Oak, 

 although the acorns are so much smaller. 



JOURNAL WANTED. 



The Secretary would be very greatly obliged to any Fellows who 

 having no further use for Vol. XXV., Part 3, April 1901, would send it 

 to him at 117 Victoria Street, S.W. 



POPPY SEED. 



The Secretary will be jpleased to [send a packet of his 1901 crop of 

 Shirley Poppy Seed to any Fellows who like to send to Rev. W. Wilks, 

 Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, a stamped envelope ready addressed to them- 

 selves. The seed should be sown as early as possible in March. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with 

 those who advertise in the Society's Publications the more likely others 

 are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly 

 benefited. An Index to the Advertisements will be found on page 34. 



