xviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Horticultural Society. In case of two or more eligible students being 

 adjudged equal, the Council reserve to themselves the right to decide 

 which of them shall be presented to the Scholarship. 



3. The Society holds an Examination in Cottage and Allotment 

 Gardening in April. This examination is confined to Elementary and 

 Technical School Teachers. It is undertaken in view of the increasing 

 demand in country districts that the Schoolmaster shall be competent to 

 teach the elements of Cottage Gardening, and the absence of any test 

 whatever of such competence. The general conduct of this examination 

 is on similar lines to that of the more general examination. 



27. STUDENTS. 



The Society admits a limited number of young men to study Gardening 

 in their Gardens at Wisley. These Working Students have also the 

 advantage of attending most of the Society's meetings and Shows at the 

 Royal Horticultural Hall and elsewhere. 



28. INFORMATION. 



Fellows may obtain information and advice free of charge from the 

 Society as to the names of flowers and fruit, on points of practice, insect 

 and fungoid attacks, and other questions by applying to the Secretary, 

 R.H.S., Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. Where at all practicable, 

 it is particularly requested that letters and specimens may be timed to 

 reach Vincent Square by the first post on the mornings of the Fortnightly 

 Meetings (see p. ix), so as to be laid before the Scientific or other Com- 

 mittees at once. 



29. INSPECTION OF FELLOWS' GARDENS. 



The Inspection of Gardens belonging to Fellows is conducted by a 

 thoroughly competent Inspector from the Society, who reports and 

 advises at the following cost, viz. a fee of £S. 3s. for one day (or £5. 5s. 

 for two consecutive days), together with all out-of-pocket expenses. No 

 inspection may occupy more than two days, save by special arrangement. 

 Fellows wishing for the services of an Inspector are requested to give at 

 least a week's notice and choice of two or three days, and to indicate the 

 most convenient railway station and its distance from their garden. 



30. AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



One of the most successful of the many new branches of work under- 

 taken since the reconstruction of the Society in 1887 is the unification of all 

 local Horticultural, Floral, and Gardening Societies by a scheme of 

 affiliation to the R.H.S. Since this was initiated, more than 200 

 Societies have joined our ranks, and the number is steadily increasing. 



Secretaries of Affiliated Societies can now obtain application a 

 specimen copy of a new Card which the Council have prepi ed for the use 

 of Affiliated Societies wishing to have a Card for Certificates, Commenda- 



