CCXCii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



16-page pamphlet which contains the latest expert opinion on Apples, 

 Pears, Plums, Cherries, Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, and Straw- 

 berries, together with Notes on Planting, Pruning, and Manuring, which 

 for clearness of expression and direction it would be impossible to 

 surpass. It has in fact been suggested that no other 16 pages in the 

 English language contain so much and such definite information. At 

 the end of the pamphlet are given the names of some of ,the newer 

 varieties of Fruits, which promise well, but are not yet sufficiently 

 proved to be recommended for general planting. 



Copies of this pamphlet for distribution may be obtained at the 

 Society's Office, Vincent Square, Westminster. Price, post free : single 

 copy, 2d., or 25, 2s. ; 50, 3s. ; 100, 4s. 



41. NICHOLSON MEMORIAL FUND. 



The Council have been requested to raise a fund for the establishment 

 of a permanent memorial of the late Mr. Geo. Nicholson, V.M.H., F.L.S. 

 With this they most cordially agree. There are few, if any, men to 

 whom the present generation of gardeners owes a deeper obligation than 

 to the author of " The Dictionary of Gardening," a work which "has done 

 more towards the standardization of plant names and developing an interest 

 in horticulture than anything published since Loudon," 1829. 



Mr. Nicholson was for many years a most valued member of the 

 Scientific Committee of our Society. He also took a very active part 

 and keen interest in the re-establishment of examinations by the Society, 

 and himself acted as one of the examiners. It is in view of this last 

 point and after carefully estimating the amount likely to be subscribed, 

 that the Council propose to establish a 11 Nicholson Prize," to be awarded 

 annually to the students at Wisley. 



Subscriptions should be sent addressed " The Nicholson Prize Fund, 

 E.H.S. Office, Vincent Square, London," and cheques and postal orders 

 made payable to " The Royal Horticultural Society," crossed " London 

 and County Bank." A list of the subscribers will be published later, 

 but without the actual amount sent by each. 



42. ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with 

 those who advertise in the Society's Publications the more likely others 

 are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly 

 benefited. 



