NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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every provision has been made for the illustration and delivery of 

 Lectures. 



Any Fellows willing to Lecture, or to communicate Papers on interest- 

 ing subjects, are requested to communicate with the Secretary. 



29. "THE MASTERS LECTURES." 



Fellows will remember the intimate connection with the Society of 

 the late Dr. Masters, F.R.S., who did much for horticulture by drawing 

 constant attention to the various ways in which scientific discovery and 

 research might be made serviceable to gardening ; and it will also be 

 remembered that a fund was established by subscriptions to perpetuate 

 his memory in connection with the Society and to carry on in some 

 degree his work of science in relation to gardening. 



"The Masters Lectures" have accordingly been founded, and the 

 first two are to be given during 1909 by the well-known Professor Hugo 

 de Vries, of Amsterdam, on (a) " Masters' 1 Vegetable Teratology ' " 

 (June 22), and (b) " The Production of Horticultural Varieties " 

 (September 28). 



30. EXAMINATIONS, 1909. 



1. The Society will hold an examination on Monday, January 11, 

 1909, specially intended for gardeners employed in Public Parks and 

 Gardens belonging to County Councils, City Corporations, and similar 

 bodies. This examination will be conducted in the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. The entries close on 

 January 1, 1909. 



2. The Society's Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice 

 of Horticulture will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 1909. The 

 examination has two divisions, viz., (a) for Candidates of eighteen years 

 of age and over, and (b) for Juniors under eighteen years. Candidates 

 should send in their names not later than March 31. Full particulars may 

 be obtained by sending a stamped and directed envelope to the Society's 

 offices. Copies of the Questions set from 1893 to 1907 (price 2s. post 

 free) may also be obtained from the Office. The Society is willing to 

 hold an examination wherever a magistrate, clergyman, schoolmaster, 

 or other responsible person accustomed to examinations will consent to 

 supervise one on the Society's behalf. 



The Society is prepared to extend this examination to residents in the 

 Colonies ; and, at the request of the Government of the United Provinces 

 of India, arrangements have been made to hold this examination in 1909 

 — altered and adapted to the special requirements of India — at Saharanpur. 



In connection with this examination a Scholarship of £25 a year for 

 two years is offered by the Society to be awarded after the 1909 

 examination to the student who shall pass highest, if he is willing to 

 accept the conditions attaching thereto. The main outline of these con- 

 ditions is that the holder must be of the male sex, and between the 



