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approved by the Council of the Royal 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 will hold an Examination in Cottage Gardening 

 on Wednesday, April 29, 1908. This examination is intended for, and 

 is confined to, Elementary and Technical School Teachers. It is under- 

 taken 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 will be on similar lines to that 

 of the more general examination. 



Medals and Certificates are awarded and Class Lists published in 

 connection with these examinations, and the Syllabus may be obtained 

 on application to the Secretary R.H.S., Vincent Square. 



24. 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, so as to be laid before the Scientific or other Committees at 

 once. 



25. 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. 

 Gardens can only be inspected at the ivritten request of the oioner. 



26. AFFILIATION OF LOCAL 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, no fewer than 200 

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



Secretaries of Affiliated Societies can now obtain on application a 

 specimen copy of a Card which the Council have prepared for the use of 

 Affiliated Societies wishing to have a suitable Card for Certificates, 



