REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1894-95, 
vii 
Deaths in 1894. 
£ s. d. 
Life Fellows ... 8 0 0 0 
4 Guineas 3 12 12 0 
2 „ 16 83 12 0 
1 „ 14 14 14 0 
41 £60 18 0 
Eesignations. 
£ s. d. 
2 Guineas 24 50 8 0 
1 „ 98 102 18 0 
122 £153 6 0 
Total loss 163 £214 4 0 
Fellows Elected 1894. 
£ s. d. 
4 Guineas 5 ... 21 0 0 
2 „ : 90 ...189 0 0 
1 „ 231 ...242 11 0 
Associates 3 ... Ill 6 
Affiliated Societies 10 ... 11 11 0 
339 £465 13 6 
Deduct loss 214 4 0 
Net increase in income £251 9 6 
New Fellows &c 339 
Deduct resignations and deaths 163 
Numerical increase 176 
The Journal 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. Vols. XVI., Parts 2 and 3, and Parts 1 and 2 of 
Vol. XVII. were issued during the year, and Vol. XVIII., con- 
taining the Eeports of the Conferences on Trees at Chiswick, 
and on British Fruits at the Crystal Palace, is now ready for 
issue. The Council would like to remind Fellows of two very 
valuable volumes published in 1893, of which a few copies are left, 
viz. : (i) " A Monograph on Bulbous Irises," by Professor Michael 
Foster, Joint Secretary of the Royal Society ; and (ii) " A Com- 
plete List of Certificates to Plants, Flowers, Ferns, Orchids, 
Fruits, Vegetables, &c.," granted by the Society from the year 
1859 to January 1893. 
An examination in the principles and practice of Horticulture 
was held on May 1, concurrently in different parts of the United 
Kingdom, a centre being established wherever a magistrate, a 
clergyman, or schoolmaster, or other responsible person accus- 
tomed to examinations would consent to superintend one on the 
Society's behalf, and in accordance with the rules laid down 
for its conduct. No limit as to the a^e, position, or previous 
training of the candidates was imposed, and the examination 
was open to both sexes. One hundred and twenty- six can- 
didates presented themselves for examination, and were 
divided into three classes. Eleven of -the candidates gained 
200 marks and more out of a possible 300 in the first 
