iv PEOCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 
one at Kensington Gardens ; two at Messrs. Veitch's ; one at Messrs^ 
Low's ; three in other large nurseries ; and one is editor, and another 
is on the editorial staff of a garden paper. Mr. Wright reports to the 
Council : " The demand for energetic, trustworthy young men from 
Chiswick is rapidly increasing : there is no difficulty in placing such in 
good situations, our supply being unequal to the demand ; but they musP 
all be workers.'" 
At Westminster twenty-one fruit and floral meetings have been held 
in the Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, besides the larger Shows 
in the Temple Gardens on May 31, June 1 and 2, and at the Crystal 
Palace on September 28, 29, and 30. An International Conference on 
Hybridisation was held at Chiswick and Westminster Town Hall on 
July 11 and 12. Lectures and demonstrations have been delivered at 
nineteen of the meetings. 
The number of awards granted by the Council, on the recommendation^ 
of the various Committees, will be seen from the following table : — 
On Recommenclatiou of 
X3 _ 
^ a; 
1 
o 
Award 
Provlnc 
Show 
Purchasei 
Societi( 
Templa S 
Hybrid 
Oonferei 
Crystal Ti 
Fruit Sh 
Fruit 
Committee 
Floral 
Committee 
Orchid 
Committee 
Narcissus 
Committee 
Total 
Gold Flora Medal 
— 
1 
1 
R.H.S. Gold Medal ... 
2 
5 
5 
1 
8 
1 
22 
Silver Cup 
21 
1 
I 
1 
24= 
Hogg Memorial Medal 
1 
1 
Silver-gilt Flora 
1 
15 
3 
21 
6 
2 
28 
Silver-gilt Knigbtian ... 
Silver-gilt Banksian ... 
4 
8 
16 
23 
12 
1 
3 
14 
I 
34 
Silver Flora 
2 
16 
2 
53 
20 
4 
97 
Silver Knightian 
3 
18 

21 
Silver Banksian 
1 
39 
18 
7 
4 
10 
59 
34 
3 
170' 
Bronze Flora 
10 
10 
20- 
Bronze Knightian 
3 
3 
Bronze Banksian 
z 
22 
14 
6 
44 
First-class Certificate... 
9 
1 
9 
11 
33 
65- 
Award of Merit 
26 
47 
124 
84 
10 
291 
Botanical Certificate ... 

2 
14 
16. 
Cultural Commendation 
z 
4 

15 
6 
17 
42 
Highly Commended ... 
5 
1 
2 
Commended 
1 
1 
Total 
11 
87 
113 
~2r 
126 
216 
22 
931 
In addition to the above : — One Silver-gilt Flora has been awarded to- 
Mr. H. H. Eaton for having passed first in the Society's Examination. 
Ninety-four Bronze Banksian Medals have also been granted to Cottagers" 
Societies. 
The Council desire to draw the attention of Fellows of the Society to 
the more extended use which the Scientific Committee might be to them 
if they availed themselves more freely of their privileges in submitting 
instances of diseases of or injuries to plants caused by insects or other- 
wise. The Scientific Committee is composed of gentlemen qualified to 
