ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



V 



1859 to January 1893. The Council commend these two volumes 

 to the attention of the Fellows. 



The Exhibition which the Society promoted at Chiswick on 

 July 11 was not supported with the local enthusiasm which the 

 Council had been led to expect, nor was it such a success as to 

 warrant a repetition. But it is proposed to hold a Conference 

 in the Gardens on September 25, 1894, on the subject of Abori- 

 culture, and in connection therewith to devote the meeting at 

 the Drill Hall on June 12 to the subject of Hardy Flowering 

 Trees and Shrubs. Any information touching these subjects 

 would be welcome, especially as to hardiness, or otherwise, of 

 any of the rarer Flowering Trees and Shrubs. 



The Great Autumn Show, held at the Agricultural Hall on 

 August 29 to September 1, was, from a horticultural point of 

 view, an unrivalled success, there probably never having been a 

 finer display of combined Autumn Flowers and Fruits seen in 

 the Metropolis. The Council can but regret that the number of 

 visitors was comparatively small, but as the Agricultural Hall 

 Company reserved to themselves the sole right of advertising 

 the Show, the Society is in no way responsible for this dis- 

 appointment. 



An examination in the principles and practice of Horticulture 

 was held on May 4, concurrently at different parts of England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland, a centre being established wherever a 

 magistrate, or clergyman, or schoolmaster, or other responsible 

 person accustomed to examinations would consent to superintend 

 one on the Society's behalf, and in accordance with the rules 

 laid down for its conduct. No limits as to the age or position 

 or previous training of the candidates was imposed, and the 

 examination was open to both sexes. Two hundred and four 

 candidates presented themselves for examination, and the papers 

 were divided into Higher and Lower Grades. In the Higher 

 Grade seventy-six entered, with the result that six were placed in 

 the First Class, twenty in the Second Class, thirty-six in the 

 Third Class, and fourteen, failing to obtain 100 marks, were not 

 classed. In the Lower Grade six candidates were placed in the 

 First Class, sixteen in the Second Class, thirty-eight in the Third 

 Class, and sixty-eight 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. XVI. 

 Part 1, page 151. 



