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The President read the following names of the proposed new 

 Members of Council, Vice-Presidents and Officers. These having been 

 duly proposed and seconded, and the list circulated in accordance with 

 bye-law 74, and no alternative names having been proposed, were declared 

 by the President to be duly elected, viz. — 



As new Members of Council. — Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 V.M.H., Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., V.M.H., Mr. Geo. Bunyard, 

 V.M.H. 



As Vice-Presidents. — The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the Right 

 Hon. the Earl of Ducie, the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Leopold de 

 Rothschild, Esq., C.V.O., Baron Sir Henry Schroder, Bart., V.M.H., 

 Sir John T. Dillwyn-Llewelyn, Bart., V.M.H. 



.4s Officers.— Six Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H. (President), 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., J.P. (Treasurer), Rev. W. Wilks, M.A. (Secretary), 

 A. C. Harper, Esq. (Auditor). 



Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., were each 

 presented with the Veitch Memorial Medal. 



The Victoria Medal of Honour in Horticulture was presented to Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., and Mr. Charles Ross. 



Mr. E. M. Holmes, F.L.S., proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 

 which was seconded by Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., and carried with 

 acclamation. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1908. 



The One Hundred and Fifth Year.— The past year, though 

 unmarked by any very important Horticultural events, has been a year of 

 quiet, steady progress for our Society. 



Wisley Gardens. — The Wisley Gardens continue to increase in 

 favour with the Fellows of the Society. All branches of work are showing 

 good results, and improvements are being made as time and opportunity 

 allow. The new laboratory is proving of great assistance to the Educational 

 work of the Society, and the result of the first year's work by the students 

 is highly satisfactory, and well repays the Council, the Laboratory 

 Director, the Superintendent of the Gardens, and the other Officers, for 

 the time and labour they have devoted to it. The following report has 

 been received from His Majesty's Inspector : — 



Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W. : 



September 10, 1908. 



Wisley School of Horticulture. 



Rev. Sir, — I am directed to transmit the following Report of H.M. 

 Inspector for the year 1907-8 on the above-named school : — 



" Provision is made for the training annually at this scnool of about 

 thirty young men as scientific gardeners, and a diploma of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society is awarded to the successful students at the end of 

 the period of training. 



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