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are permitted to choose double the number of plants to which they are 

 otherwise entitled. 



Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United 

 Kingdom. 



No plants will be sent to Fellows whose subscriptions are in arrear, 

 or who do not fill up their forms properly. 



11. SPRING AND SUMMER SHOWS. % 



The Great Spring Show will be held at the Royal Hospital 

 Gardens, Chelsea, on May 23, 24, and 25. The arrangements 

 generally will be similar to those of past years. 



The Summer Show will be held at Holland House, Kensington, 

 on July 4, 5, and 6. 



It must be borne in mind that any of the Meetings of the Society 

 may possibly be over-ruled by the exigencies of the times, in which 

 case as long a notice as possible will be given in the Press, but it will 

 be impossible to notify each Fellow individually. 



12. A NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



Most gardeners have welcomed the initiation by the Society of a 

 scheme whereby a National Diploma in Horticulture may be gained 

 by those who pass the Preliminary and Final Examinations. The 

 Diploma is thoroughly " National," for, by the consent of H.M. 

 Government, the Department of Agriculture consented to co- 

 operate with the Society if the Society would undertake the work 

 of organizing the Examinations, and authorized the Diploma bearing 

 the following words : " Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society 

 under a scheme approved by the Board of Agriculture." 



The Examinations, which are held in June, are practical, viva 

 voce, and written ; the practical part being held in a suitable garden. 



Information may be obtained by sending a directed envelope, 

 stamped, to the Secretary, Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent 

 Square, S.W. 



13. INFORMATION.* 



Fellows may obtain information and advice from the Society as to 

 the names of flowers and fruits, on points of practice, insect and fungus 

 attacks, and other questions, by applying to the Secretary, R.H.S., 

 Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. Where at all practicable it is 

 particularly requested that letters and specimens may be timed to reach 

 Vincent Square by the first post on the mornings of the fortnightly 

 Meetings, so as to be laid before the Scientific or other Committees at 

 once. 



* See R.H.S. Gardeners' Diary, 1916, page 60. " How to send Specimens 

 for Identification." 



