Vi PEOCEEDI^^GS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



pleasure in announcing that they have secured the services of Mr. George 

 S. Saunders, F.L.S. (son of that staunch supporter of the Society, the 

 late Mr. Wilson Saunders, F.R.S.), to take over the superintendence of 

 this part of the Society's work. 



11. Pamphlets. — The second edition of that most useful pamphlet 

 on " Rules for Judging and Hints to Schedule Makers," which was 

 first published in 1896, having become exhausted, a third and greatly 

 amended edition has been issued. A newly revised edition of the popular 

 pamphlet on " Varieties of Fruits for Cottagers, Small Farmers and 

 Private Gardens " has also been published with additional Notes on 

 Root-pruning &c., and the whole has been brought up to date. A new 

 edition of the list of Orchid Awards given by the Society from 1859 

 to December 31, 1905, has also been prepared and Fellows can be 

 supplied with it on application at a cost of 5s., which is much less than 

 the cost of production. 



12. Examinations. — The Society's Thirteenth Annual Examination 

 in the Principles and Practice of Horticulture was held on April 12, 1905, 

 when 160 candidates entered, and the result will be found in the Journal 

 (Vol. xxix. pp. 688 -692). The continued popularity of this Examina- 

 tion will be seen from the subjoined table of results since its first 

 establishment in 1893 : — 



Year 



1st Class 



2nd Class 



3rd Class 



Failures 



Total 



1893 



12 



36 



74 



82 



204 



1894 



11 



37 



45 



33 



126 



1895 



12 



37 



73 



47 



169 



1896 



16 



53 



49 



34 



152 



1897 



87 



54 



28 



12 



181 



1898 



87 



61 



36 



6 



190 



1899 



80 



50 



30 



5 



165 



1900 



141 



61 



30 



4 



236 



1901 



109 



85 



25 



6 



225 



1902 



97 



98 



28 



6 



229 



1903 



15 



62 



111 



10 



198 • 



1904 



35 



93 



62 





190 



1905 



20 



67 



71 



2 



160 



This Examination will be again held on Wednesday, March 28, 1906, 

 at as many centres as may be necessary to suit the convenience of 

 candidates. 



The Examination in Cottage and Allotment Gardening for Elementary 

 and Technical School Teachers only, which was held for the first time in 

 1904, was repeated on April 5, 1905, when 139 entries were received 

 as against 124 in 1904. The results will be found in the Journal 

 (Vol. xxix. pp. 693-6). In order to further encourage the candidates 

 in this examination the Council have decided that those who pass in the 

 first class, and desire to become Fellows of the Society, shall be exempted 

 from the payment of the entry fee, a privilege hitherto confined to work- 

 ing gardeners earning their living thereby, and Fellows permanently 

 resident outside the United Kingdom. This examination will again take 

 place in London and at other centres in the provinces on Wednesday, 

 April 11, 1906. 



