CCXii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



successor, who was throwing himself, heart and soul, into the work, and 

 he had asked the Chairman to express his regret that his necessary 

 attendance upon the King at the Army Manoeuvres prevented his 

 being with them that afternoon. 



The Chairman also expressed the appreciation by the Council of 

 the good work being done by the different Societies for Horticulture 

 in their respective districts. The R.H.S. had them constantly in 

 mind with a view of giving such assistance as was in their power. 



The circulating Lectures, and especially those with lantern slides, 

 were proving very popular and were much sought after. Three 

 new lectures (with slides) have been added to the already long list 

 of those available, namely : 



(1) The Vegetation of the Island of St. Leger in Lake Maggiore. 



(2) Vegetables for Allotment Gardens. 



(3) The International Exhibition. 



It having come to the knowledge of the Council that in some 

 country places the slides illustrating the various lectures could not be 

 used for want of a lantern and sheet to show them with, an oil lantern 

 had been purchased for this very purpose and would be lent without 

 charge to societies requiring it, who would only have to pay the carriage 

 each way, and for any damage sustained. 



Further, a sum of about £50 had been spent in securing a set 

 of forty self-coloured lantern slides of views in the Society's Gardens. 

 These slides, which were thrown on to the screen, were much admired 

 and showed a considerable advance on the ordinary black-and-white 

 lantern slides. They may be had on hire for ys. 6d. an evening, but 

 a guarantee must be given by the Society hiring them that an expert 

 operator will be engaged, who will always use a lantern with a water- 

 bath cooler, and that they will pay 25s. for any slide scorched or broken. 



The following results of the 1913 Challenge Cup for Fruit were 

 announced : — 



Affiliated Societies' Challenge Cup for Fruit : — 

 1913. Ipswich placed 1st, but given a R.H.S. Cup as not eligible 

 for the Affiliated Societies' Cup which they won in 1911. 

 Colchester placed 2nd. Won Cup in 1912, so were given 



a S.G.B., the 2nd prize under the Schedule. 

 East Anglian placed 3rd, won the Affiliated Societies' Cup, 

 as the two Societies placed 1st and 2nd were ineligible on 

 account of previous winning. 



The Chairman reported that not a single competitor had entered 

 for the Affiliated Societies' Summer Cup for Herbaceous Flowers, 

 which only asked for thirty bunches — that is, two varieties of each 

 of fifteen kinds, to be staged at the Holland House Show. He 

 hoped that the Committees of the various Societies would at 

 once look into this matter with a view of growing sufficient plants 

 amongst their members to meet this Competition. 



