clii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



9. THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY. 



The increasing enjoyment and instruction which Fellows derive 

 from the Gardens is indicated by the fact that the number of Fellows 

 visiting Wisley has been greater this year than in any previous year. 



The work in hand, which includes the making of a fernery to 

 contain the collection presented by Mr. W. B. Cranfield, and the 

 formation of a large pond in the seven-acre field, is making good 

 progress. Both this work and the building of the Laboratory, which 

 should have been completed during the present year, has been 

 delayed. It is hoped that it will be ready for the accommodation of 

 the staff early in the coming year. 



Of the present staff and past and present students upwards of 

 sixty-three have joined His Majesty's forces. Mr. Harold Page, 

 Chemist on the Wisley Staff, is still at the Front, and Professor 

 Lefroy, who held the post of entomologist, has undertaken, at the 

 urgent request of the Secretary of State, an important inquiry in 

 India. Inasmuch as this inquiry involved a year's absence from 

 England the Council was compelled, with great reluctance, to accept 

 the resignation which Professor Lefroy tendered on accepting the 

 appointment. 



The Gardens are open daily to Fellows and others showing 

 Fellows' Transferable Tickets, from 9 a.m. till sunset, except on 

 Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Exhibition Days. Each 

 Fellow's Ticket admits three to the Gardens. The Public are not 

 admitted at any time. 



The Gardens are about 3 J miles from By fleet, 3 J miles from 

 Horsley, and 5 J miles from Weybridge, all stations on the South- 

 western Railway, with frequent trains from Waterloo and Clapham 

 Junction. Carriages to convey four persons can be obtained by writing 

 to Mr. D. White, fly proprietor, Ripley, Surrey ; the charge being, 

 to and from Weybridge, waiting two hours at the Gardens, 8s. ; or 

 waiting three hours, 10s. ; or to and from Horsley, or Byfleet, ys. 

 Motor cars will be found at Byfleet Station, ys. 6d. the return 

 journey. Accommodation and refreshments can be had at the Hut 

 Hotel, close to the Gardens, and also at the Hautboy, Ockham. 



10. ROCK GARDEN AT WISLEY. 



In response to the interest taken in what are popularly called 

 " Alpines," or " Rock Plants," the Council have constructed a Rock 

 Garden at Wisley on a somewhat extensive scale. The idea is to obtain 

 the best possible positions and soils for the different plants to grow in, 

 the growth and well-being of the plants being considered to be of 

 even greater importance than the artistic effect of the rockwork. 

 In a Horticultural Society's Garden every single detail should 

 teach something, so that Fellows visiting it may be able to take 



