viii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
class ; 37 gained between 150 and 200 marks in the second 
class ; 40 gained between 100 and 150 marks in the third 
class ; and 33, having failed to obtain 100 marks, were not 
classed. The names and addresses of the successful candidates,, 
together with the number of marks assigned to each, will be 
found in the Society's Journal, Vol. XVII., 1894, page 67. 
In connection with this examination, it is satisfactory to 
record that Mr. W. N. Sands and Mr. G. F. Tinley were appointed 
to the two Scholarships, value £39 a year, and tenable for two 
years, kindly given to the Society by Baron Schroder, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. 
It is proposed to hold a similar examination in May 1895, 
and candidates intending to sit for it should apply to the Secre- 
tary, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, during March. 
In round numbers, £'1,900 has been expended at Chiswick 
this year on the general work and repairs and keeping up of 
the Gardens. The receipts from the Gardens by sale of surplus 
produce amount to £400, making the net cost of the Gardens 
£1,500. 
The Council, acting in conjunction with the Lindley Trustees, 
have devoted considerable attention to the Library. All serial 
publications have been kept up to date, a large number of 
valuable volumes have been bound, and the following new books, 
amongst others, added to the Library, viz. : " The Natural His- 
tory of Plants," " The Forester " (6th Edition), " The Diseases of 
Trees," The Genus MasdevaUia," Flowers of the Enga- 
dine," "The Gardens of the Sun," " Les Orchidees Exo- 
tiques," "Schneider's Book of Choice Ferns," ''European 
Ferns," " Index Kewensis " (Part 3), &c. 
At the last annual meeting of the Society a wish was- 
expressed that a Catalogue of the Library should be pubhshed. 
A fund to meet the expense was accordingly opened, and a sum 
of X'80 has been received up to the present. The Catalogue is 
already partly advanced, although this sum will not be sufficient, 
but it is hoped that many Fellows, seeing that the matter is 
actually in hand, will now come forward with donations, however 
small they may be. 
The liearty thanks of the Society arc due to the Chiswick 
Board and to all the members of the Standing Committees — 
viz. the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the 
