NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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EXAMINATIONS. 



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

 of Horticulture will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 1904. Candidates 

 should send in their names not later than the 1st of March. 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 1902 

 (price Is., or 5s. a dozen) may also be obtained from the office. The 

 Society is willing to hold an examination wherever a magistrate, clergy- 

 man, schoolmaster, or other responsible person accustomed to examina- 

 tions will consent to supervise one on the Society's behalf. 



2. The Society will also hold an Examination in Cottage Gardening 

 on Tuesday, June 21, 1904. This examination is intended for, and will be 

 confined to, Elementary School Teachers. It has been undertaken in view 

 of the increasing demand in country districts that the Schoolmaster shall 

 be competent to teach the elements of Cottage Gardening, and the existing 

 absence of any test whatever of such competence. The general conduct of 

 this examination will be on similar lines to that of the more general 

 examination. 



FIG TREES FOR SALE. 



In consequence of the removal of the Gardens to Wisley, it has been 

 decided to dispose of some of the largest of the Pot Figs. Anyone wishing 

 to secure them should apply to the Superintendent, K.H.S. Gardens, 

 Chiswick, London, W. 



ESSAY ON COTTAGE GARDENING. 



The President and Council of the Royal Horticultural Society offer 

 a prize of £10 for the best essay on Cottage and Allotment Gardening. 

 The essay must not exceed 5,000 words, and all unnecessary technical 

 expressions should be avoided. Notice must be taken of Vegetable, Fruit, 

 and Flower cultivation. The essay must have as an appendix (not in- 

 cluded in the 5,000 words) a list of reliable but inexpensive books on the 

 subject, which could be recommended to a Cottager. The prize essay to 

 become the sole and absolute property of the Society. The essays must 

 reach the Secretary of the Society, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., 

 before January 1, 1904. Each essay must be signed with a motto, and 

 a sealed envelope must be enclosed bearing the same motto on the out- 

 side and the writer's name and address inside. These envelopes will not 

 be opened until the Judges shall have decided on the motto winning the 

 prize. If any illustrations are added, they should be of the simplest and 

 plainest outline description. The essay winning the prize will be subse- 

 quently published. 



POPPY SEED. 



The Secretary will be pleased to send a packet of his 1903 crop of 

 Shirley Poppy Seed to any Fellows who like to send to . Rev. W. Wilks, 

 Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, a stamped envelope ready addressed to 



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