JOUENAL 



OF THE 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



Vol. XXI. 1897. 

 Part I. 



THE VICTORIA MEDAL OF HONOUR IN 

 HORTICULTURE, 1897. 



In commemoration of the sixtieth year of the reign of Her 

 Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, 

 Patron of the Society, the Council of the Koyal Horticul- 

 tural Society asked permission of Her Majesty to establish 

 a medal, to be awarded solely Honoris causa, for good work 

 done in the domain of horticulture. 



Her Majesty graciously assented to the proposal of the 

 Council, and gave permission that the medal might be 

 known as " The Victoria Medal." 



The Council have therefore caused a new medal to be 

 struck in gold, and have decided to confer it upon sixty 

 horticulturists who have rendered eminent service in 

 different branches of horticulture. 



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