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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



accommodating twenty-four young men. The Students' training has thus 

 been extended and improved, with a definite syllabus, and a time-table 

 apportioning their work between the Gardens for practical work and the 

 Laboratory for Scientific Study. The curriculum has received the approval 

 of the Board of Agriculture, of the Science and Art Department, South 

 Kensington, and of the Surrey County Council, who have asked the 

 Society to co-operate with their efforts to afford horticultural education 

 in the County, they themselves offering a certain number of Scholarships 

 in the Society's Gardens to lads from the Elementary and Secondary 

 Schools of the County. The Laboratory is recognised by the Board 

 of Education as a Technical School for Grant, in conformity with whose 

 Regulations Messrs. W. A. Bilney, J.P., E. A. Bowles, M.A., W. Marshall, 

 V.M.H., Harry J. Veitch, V.M.H., and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., have 

 been appointed Managers. 



The question of the association of the Society in its Educational and 

 Research work at Wisley with the University of London has, at the 

 request of the Council, been brought before the Authorities of the 

 University by Sir Albert Rollit, who is a member both of the Council 

 of our Society and also of the Senate of the University, and, at the 

 suggestion of the latter, the consideration of the subject has been 

 adjourned for the moment, pending the appointment by the University 

 of a Professor of Biology. 



3. Donations, Prizes, and Scholarships.— The Council acknow- 

 ledge with heartiest thanks the receipt of the £100 offered by Mr. Arthur 

 W. Sutton, J.P., V.M.H., to inaugurate a Prize Scheme for the Students 

 at the Gardens ; and also the gift of an excellent photographic outfit for 

 use at Wisley from Mrs. Hornby Lewis. 



AVith reference to the Prize Scheme, which has not yet been definitely 

 formulated, it is hoped that further donations will be forthcoming sufficient 

 to secure an annual income of £15 to £20, so that the books or apparatus 

 given as prizes may be worth working for, and serve as a real stimulus 

 to the young men. The Council would also welcome the foundation of 

 Scholarships. 



Whilst on the subject of Donations, it should be mentioned that the 

 Royal Dutch Bulb Growers' Society at Haarlem have kindly placed at the 

 disposal of the Council a series of Prizes, ranging from £2 2s. to £8 8s., 

 for forced Hyacinths, to be competed for at the Society's Exhibition on 

 March 31, 1908. There are to be six classes, three for Amateurs and 

 Gentlemen's Gardeners and three for Nurserymen. Full particulars will 

 be found in the Book of Arrangements for 1908. 



4. Wisley Gardens. — The new Garden, which was so generously 

 purchased for the Society's use by Sir Thomas Hanbury, V.M.H., K.C.V.O., 

 is gradually being brought into thorough working order. Much, however, 

 still remains to be done. Various trials of flowers and vegetables have been 

 carried out, and Mr. George Massee, V.M.H., has conducted some original 

 research work. 



Contributions of Orchids have been presented to the Gardens by Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., V.M.H., K.C.V.O., Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., 

 Lieut.-Colonel Holford, CLE., C.V.O., W. A. Bilney, Esq., J.P., P. Ralli, 



