REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



.Vll 



19. Information. — The Council note with much satisfaction that the 

 number of Fellows seeking information from the Society's Officers is 

 rapidly increasing, and some thousands of answers have been given to 

 inquiries of every description. They would remind Fellows that the 

 Officers and the Scientific Committee are always ready to afford every 

 assistance in their power to Fellows as to the identification of plants and 

 fruits, and on doubtful matters of practice and on other similar questions. 



20. Committees. — The Council again point out to the Fellows the 

 great obligation the Society is under to the members of the standing 

 Committees for their prolonged labours for the benefit of the Society and 

 of the science it represents. They would also take this opportunity of 

 expressing publicly the special thanks of the community to the Rev. 

 Professor Henslow, V.M.H., for his unremitting labours as Secretary of 

 the Scientific Committee since 1880, which he is now, amid the universal 

 regret of his colleagues, relinquishing on account of his change of 

 residence. 



21. Awards. — The number of awards granted by the Council, on 

 the recommendation of the various Committees, will be seen from the 

 following table : — 



Awards 



Gold Medal 



Silver Cup 



Silver-gilt Hogg Medal 

 Silver-gilt Lindley Medal 

 Silver-gilt Flora 

 Silver-gilt Knightian . . . 

 Silver-gilt Banksiun ... 



Silver Hogg 



Silver Lindley 



Silver Flora 



Silver Knightian 

 Silver Banksian 



Bronze Flora 



Bronze Knightian 

 Bronze Banksian 

 Silver Gilt... ] Affiliated ( 

 Silver ... ,- Society's 

 Bronze ... J Medal ( 

 First-class Certificate ... 



Award of Merit 



Botanical Certificate ... 

 Cultural Commendation 



Total 



7 



20 

 44 

 49' 



9 

 27 



1 



15 

 1 

 11 



18 

 2 

 16 



13 



12 



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Fruit She 



Show of Col 

 grown Fruit 

 Preserved 1 



Fruit 

 Committee 



Floral 

 Committee 



Orchid 

 Committee 



Narcissus 

 Committee 





2 



4 



I 



3 3 



8 



1 

 1 





3 



_ 



1 — 





3 







26 



(j — 

 1 25 



16 



1 



5 



1 



4 



g 





I 





1 











4 

 13 



2 













1 





7 









80 



49 



9 





1 



1 



14 









4 



1 



1 



15 



86 



42 



7 



I 







1 

 ■ 



19 











1 



9 







37 

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 4 

 I 



74 

 15 

 49 

 3 

 1 



175 

 18 

 196 

 20 

 1 

 19 

 20 

 44 

 49 



129 121 93 20 





1 



17 



30 



3 



58 





18 



128 



63 



25 



263 







2 



20 





24 





25 



5 



13 



3 



48 



13 



91 



400 



242 



51 



1169 



In addition to the above a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded to Miss 

 F. M. Verrall for having passed first in the Society's Examination in 

 Horticulture, held on April 20, and a similar medal was awarded to Mr. 

 Montagu W. Dance for having passed first in the Examination in Cottage 



