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Railway Commission, whose deliberations are suspended for the time 

 being owing to the War. The Committee has also had under careful 

 consideration the proposals introduced last spring at the International 

 Congress at Rome (a) to prevent the spread of plant pests from one 

 country to another, and (b) to provide for co-operation in fighting them 

 where they occur. As it is thought that the proposals may in some 

 respects hamper important branches of the Horticultural trade, the 

 Council have referred the matter to the Parliamentary Committee for 

 consideration. 



19. Hours of Closing Fortnightly Meetings. — In response to 

 applications received from the City it was decided to keep the Fort- 

 nightly Meetings of the Society open for an hour later during 1914, 

 but the sparse attendance after the usual hour led to a protest from 

 Exhibitors. Consequently the times of opening and closing in 1915 

 will revert to the former use, viz. : — 1 to 5 in January, November, and 

 December, and 1 to 6 from February to October, inclusive. 



20. Deputations. — A Deputation attended the Bournemouth 

 Horticultural Society's Show on November 10. The Show at Carlisle 

 fixed for August, which the Council had arranged to visit, was post- 

 poned on account of the War. 



21. The Lawrence Medal. — The Lawrence Medal for 1914 has 

 been awarded to Sir Everard Hambro, Bt., for the excellent cultiva- 

 tion and staging of Saxifrages and Rock Plants, on March 10. 



22. Victoria Medal of Honour.— The Victoria Medal of Honour 

 has been conferred upon the following : — Mr. Joseph Cheal, of Crawley ; 

 Mr. W. Cuthbertson, of Edinburgh ; Captain W. Stackhouse C. 

 Pinwill, of Cornwall ; and Mr. James Whytock, Dalkeith Gardens. 



23. Use of " F.R.H.S." — From time to time report has been con- 

 veyed to the Council that certain unscrupulous persons were advertising 

 themselves to the public as Fellows of the Society by appending to their 

 names the letters " F.R.H.S." when they either never had been Fellows 

 or had ceased to be so. 



A case of this kind was recently brought to the notice of the Council, 

 and the offender on being remonstrated with first of all refused to desist 

 and then became abusive, but when legal proceedings were threatened 

 he undertook to discontinue the use of the letters " F.R.H.S." 

 altogether. 



After the lapse of several months, however, he was found still to be 

 making use of the letters for business purposes. The Council there- 

 upon at once applied for and obtained an injunction against him in 

 the Chancery Division of the High Court restraining him from using 



