PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



24. Examinations. — An examination in the principles and practice 

 of Horticulture was held on April 22, concurrently in different parts of 

 the United Kingdom, a centre being established wherever a magistrate, 

 clergyman, schoolmaster, or other responsible person, accustomed to ex- 

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

 with the rules laid down. No limit as to the age, position, or previous 

 training of the candidates was imposed. One hundred and ninety- eight 

 candidates presented 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. xxviii. p. 119. It is proposed to hold a similar examina- 

 tion in 1904, on Wednesday, April 20. Candidates wishing to enter for 

 the examination should make application during February to the Secretary, 

 K.H.S. Office, 117, Victoria Street, Westminster. 



25. The Council have also consented to hold an Examination on 

 Tuesday, June 21, 1904, in Cottage and Allotment Gardening. It is 

 intended for, and will be confined to, Elementary School Teachers, and 

 has been undertaken in view of the increasing demand in Country 

 Districts that the School Teachers shall be competent to teach the 

 elements of Cottage and Allotment Gardening, and of the absence of any 

 test whatever of such capacity. The general conduct of the Examination 

 will follow the lines of the more general one, save in obvious points to 

 which they would not apply. 



26. The Library. — 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., Rev. Professor Geo. Henslow, V.M.H., 

 Miss W 7 illmott, Mrs. Langridge, the Trustees of the British Museum, 

 Rev. W. Wilks, Mr. A. D. Hall, and others, to all of whom the best 

 thanks of the Society are due. A full list will be published in March 

 1904 in the Society's Journal, Vol. xxviii. Part 3. 



27. Committees. — 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 and Tulip Com- 

 mittees, 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. The thanks of 

 the Society are especially due to all who are so good as to serve under 

 these conditions. 



28. Plants, Seeds, &C. — The Society has also to thank all those who 

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

 has been prepared, and will be included in the next issue of the Society's 

 Journal. 



29. Journal. — The reception which has been accorded to the Society's 

 Journal during the past years not only by the great mass of the Fellows, 

 but also by various scientific bodies and individuals, both at home and 

 abroad, competent to speak with authority on such subjects, has been 

 exceedingly gratifying to the Council. The Fellows may be proud of 

 their Journal, and feel that they are issuing a periodical which will 

 compare not unfavourably with that of any other scientific society. At 

 the same time it must not be for one moment forgotten how very deeply 



