IV 



PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



among the students. During the last three years of our Chiswick 

 students one has taken a First Class in Honours in Science and Art, 

 one a First in Advanced Botany, two a First in Elementary Botany, 

 at South Kensington; one has been appointed Curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens at Antigua ; one is a Botanical Collector for the London School 

 Board ; one has been appointed to conduct an important series of experi- 

 ments with land and crops ; thirteen have taken a First Class in the 

 R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture ; four have obtained positions at 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew ; one is a Botanical Demonstrator at Owens 

 College, Manchester ; one is editor of a garden paper ; one is fruit 

 growing and farming in Ireland, and another in Canada. Mr. Wright 

 reports to the Council : " The demand for energetic, trustworthy young 

 men from Chiswick is rapidly increasing ; there is no difficulty in placing 

 such in good situations, our supply being unequal to the demand ; but they 

 must all be workers. During the past year applications were received for 

 thirty-four head gardeners, nine single-handed gardeners, six foremen, 

 eight journeymen, and several miscellaneous men, such as landscape 

 gardeners, propagators, &c." 



(>. At Westminster twenty-two Fruit and Floral Meetings have been 

 held in the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Victoria Street, besides the 

 larger Shows in the Temple Gardens on May 22, 23, and 24 ; at the 

 Crystal Palace on October 10, 11, and 12 ; and at Chiswick on July 16 

 and 17 on the occasion of the Conference on Lilies. Lectures or 

 Demonstrations have been delivered at almost all of the Meetings. 



7. The number of Awards granted by the Council, on the recom- 

 mendation of the various Committees, will be seen from the following 

 table : — 







>> 



| 





On Reoommendation of 









f « » 



o 

 ja 



*a o 































Award 



Provinc 

 Show 



Purchase 

 Affiliati 

 Societi 



Temple S 



Crystal Pi 

 Fruit Sh 



Fruit 

 Committee 



Floral 

 Committee 



Orchid 

 Committee 



Narcissus 

 Committee 



Total 

 y 



Gold Medal 







8 



2 



4 



9 



j 





25 



Silver Clip 







21 



1 











22 



Hogg Memorial Medal 









3 



1 









4 



Silver-gilt Flora 



... 1 





1 







29 



ii 



1 



52 



Silver-gilt KnigbtUn ... 









4 



11 









16 



Silver-gilt lianksian 



1 





9 



3 





27 







40 



Silver Flora 



1 



IS 



16 







47 



35 



5 



122 



Silver Knight ian 







3 



~2 



17 









22 



Silver Banksian 



4 



40 



25 



2 



20 



94 



19 



1 



205- 



Bronze Flora 





1_ 4 





_ 





17 







81 



Bronze Knight ian 

 Bronze lianksian 











1 









1 





21 







1 



1 



2 



1 i 



33 



First-cla*s Certificate ... 



1 





3 





4 



12 



31 



B 



56 



Award of Merit 



1 





29 





32 



L60 



65 





300 



Botanical Certificate ... 













1 



12 





13 



Cultural Commendation 



:: | _ 





2 





21 



4 1 



14 





41 



Total 



9 



93 J 



12G 



17 1 



112 



408 



191 



27 | 



983 



In addition to the above : — A Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded to Miss 

 E. M. Watkinfl for having passed first in the Society's Examination. 



