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made so soon after the signing of the Armistice, it was far from certain in those 
early days what success it would be likely to meet with, and how far possibilities 
of tenting and labour, and indeed, of exhibits also, would permit of the Show 
being held. But never in the experience of any Member of the Council can a 
Meeting be remembered which left behind it such a sense of solid success. Not 
only was the tenting to be had, but exhibitors responded magnificently with 
exhibits. The weather was perfect, the attendance was large, and the Show 
paid its way. The new Scientific Section proved to be such a source of un- 
failing interest that the special tent devoted to Education was filled from morn- 
ing until night with Fellows and others studiously examining the several exhibits 
with a manifest and encouraging interest. The lectures, also, were excellent 
and were very well attended. 
10. Extra Fruit Meetings. — The Council have arranged to devote consider- 
able space to Fruit exhibits on March 9 and August 24, 1920. In March specimens 
of late-keeping Apples and Pears are invited, and on August 24, Plums and 
early varieties of Apples and Pears. They have invited the Canadian and 
South African Governments to exhibit any fruits in season on these two dates. 
The Council would also welcome a display of Australian, Tasmanian, and New 
Zealand fruits in their season. 
A new Division (Division VI.) has been added to the great Autumn Fruit 
Meeting on October 5, in order to encourage the smaller amateur growers to 
exhibit. The rules will be found in the " Book of Arrangements " under date 
October 5, page 61. 
1 1 . Cardiff Show. — It is nearly thirty-five years since an attempt was made 
by the Society to hold a Meeting in the Provinces. The last effort at Liverpool 
was so great a financial loss that the Council have always feared to reintroduce 
a Provincial Meeting, so that the Society's educational exhibition work has 
been confined to London as a centre combined with the sending of deputations 
to provincial societies. Responding, however, to an invitation from the Lord 
Mayor of Cardiff, repeated by the Cardiff and County Horticultural Society, 
it has been decided to hold a great Meeting in that city on July 6, 7, and 8. 
Fellows' tickets will, of course, admit. It is hoped that exhibitors — amateur 
and trade — will rally round the old Society on this occasion so as to make the 
Meeting a success in every sense of the word, and one worthy of the Society's 
reputation. With such co-operation it cannot fail to be an influence for good 
in manifold directions. 
12. The London Children's Gardens. — The London Children's Gardens 
were again inspected by two members of the Council, Mr. Bilney, J. P., and Mr. 
Hudson, V.M.H., and a most satisfactory and encouraging Report has been 
issued. 
13. Examinations. — The Society has held the following examinations this 
year, viz. : The National Diploma Examinations ; The General Examinations 
in Horticulture (Seniors and Juniors) ; The Teachers' Examinations in School 
and Cottage Gardening (Preliminary and Honours) ; and The Examination of 
Student-Teachers for the Glamorgan County Council. The arrangements 
under the new Board of Examiners, established in 191 8, have worked well, 
and the Examinations have been considerably advanced in the standard of the 
practical knowledge they require. 
14. Pritzel. — The typing on cards of all the references in the original Pritzel 
and also in the Kew Supplement was finished in May, the total number of cards 
being about 200,000. Several voluminous works which had purposely been 
excluded from the Kew Supplement (e.g., Engler and Prantl's Pflanzenfaniilien, 
and the Pfianzenreich) have also been gone through for the inclusion of the 
figures contained in them, with the result that many thousand more references 
have been added. Concurrently with this work the cards have been sorted 
according to the periodicals or books to which they refer : this was finished 
in September. 
In order to make the new Index as complete as possible, the Kew library 
has been systematically searched for omissions in the original Index and casual 
oversights of a later date, about 700 titles of books or periodicals being noted 
down for inclusion. As many of these titles cover several volumes, the number 
