X PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



failed to obtain 100 marks were not classed. The names and 

 addresses of the successful candidates, together with the number 

 of marks assigned to each, will be found in the Society's Journal, 

 Vol. XIX., Part 1, 1895, page 1. 



It is proposed to hold a similar examination on Wednesday, 

 May 6, 1896, and candidates intending to sit for it should 

 apply to the Secretary, 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, during 

 March. 



Acting in conjunction with the Lindley Trustees, the Council 

 have devoted considerable attention to the Library. All serial 

 publications have been kept up to date, a large number of valu- 

 able volumes have been bound, and the following new books, 

 amongst others, added to the Library, viz. : Sargent's " Forest 

 Flora of Japan," M. C. Cooke's " Introduction to the Study of 

 Fungi," Miller's " Figures of Plants," Edwards' "Exotic and 

 British Flowers," " Flore de l'ile de la Eeunion," " Flore de 

 l'Algerie," Miss Amherst's " History of Gardening," &c. 



A sum of £120 has been received for the Catalogue Fund, 

 which was started in 1894, and the MS. for the Catalogue is 

 almost ready for the press. 



The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick 

 Board and to all the members of the Standing Committees — viz., 

 the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, and the 

 Orchid Committees, for the kind and patient attention which 

 they have severally given to their departments. 



The best thanks of the Society are also due to all those who y 

 either at home or abroad, have so kindly and liberally presented 

 books to the Library or plants or seeds to the Gardens. A list of 

 the donors has been prepared, and will be found in the Society's 

 Journal, Vol. XIX., Part 3, 189G. 



The Council wish to express in their own name and in that 

 of all Fellows of the Society, their great indebtedness to all 

 who have so kindly contributed, either by the exhibition of 

 plants, fruits, flowers, or vegetables, or by the reading of papers, 

 to the success of the fortnightly meetings in the Drill Hall. 



The papers read at these meetings, which have been, or will 

 shortly be, published in the Journal,* are as follows : — 



* Several back numbers of the Journal can still be purchased at reduced 

 prices. For List, see " Arrangements, 1890," page 14. 



