$1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



It is proposed to hold a similar examination on May 1, 1894, 

 and candidates intending to sit for it should apply to the Secretary, 

 117 Victoria Street, Westminster, some time during March. 



In round numbers £1,600 has been expended at Chiswick 

 this year on the general work, and repairs and keeping up of 

 the Gardens. The receipts from the Gardens by sale of sur- 

 plus produce amount to £430, making the net cost of the 

 Gardens £1,170. 



In conjunction with the Lindley Library Trustees, the So- 

 ciety's Library has received considerable attention. All serial 

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

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

 amongst others, added to the Library, viz. : " Flore Forestiere 

 de la Cochinchine " ; " Silva of North America " ; " Orchids of 

 South Africa " ; Sowerby's " English Botany " (36 vols.); Tri- 

 men's " Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon " ; Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland's " Monographie des Melastomacees " ; " Bibliographical 

 Index of British and Irish Botanists " ; " Index Kewensis " (parts 

 1 and 2), and many others. 



The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick 

 Board and to all the members of the Standing Committee— viz. 

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

 and the Narcissus Committees — for the kind and patient attention 

 which they have severally given to their departments ; also to 

 the exhibitors who have contributed to so great an extent to 

 produce the valuable results of the various meetings. 



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

 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 donors has been prepared, and will be 

 found in the Society's Journal, Vol. XVI. Parts 2 and 3, 

 1894. The Council also wish to express, in their own name 

 and in that of all the 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 published 

 in the Journal* are as follows : — 



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

 reduced prices. For List see " Arrangements, 1894," page 15. 



