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 Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle, for Apples and Pears 

 grown in the northern counties of England. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Geo. Fairbairn, Carlisle, for Dahlias, Sweet Peas, and 

 Carnations. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Mr. C. Webb, of Kendal, for a collection of fruit. 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mrs. Clayton, The Chesters (gr. Mr. Cocker), for Apples and 

 Pears. 



To the Cumberland and Westmorland County Council, for a col- 

 lection of fruits grown in their experimental garden by Mr. Little. 



To Mr. I. R. Airey, of Kendal, for farm-grown Potatos and other 

 vegetables. 



To the Preston Patrick School Gardens, for various vegetables &c. 

 Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Mr. E. S. Fairbairn, Carlisle, for flowers &c. 



To the Lakeland Nurseries, Windermere, for hardy flowers. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Dickson & Robinson, of Manchester, for Onions. 

 To Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, for Apples. 



REPORT OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF AFFILIATED 

 SOCIETIES AND OF THE UNION OF MUTUAL IMPROVE- 

 MENT SOCIETIES. 



September 26, 1913. 



The Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair. 



A very successful Conference of the representatives of Affiliated 

 Societies and Societies in Union was held in the Lecture Room of 

 the Royal Horticultural Hall on September 26, when about one 

 hundred delegates were present, the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., V.M.H., 

 the Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society, occupying the 

 Chair and welcoming those present on behalf of the Council. 



He referred to the changes which must inevitably come to the 

 Society, more particularly with regard to the resignation of the 

 late President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., in 

 April last, who had held office uninterruptedly for so long a period 

 as eight-and-twenty years, and, throughout, with such wisdom, tact, 

 and success. This resignation had been keenly felt by all who 

 are closely associated with the Society's work ; they had, however, 

 in Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., an admirable 



