iv PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



lower meadow has been fenced, in order to protect the newly planted 

 trees and shrubs from damage. 



A large and valuable gift of Orchids received from J. B. Field, Esq., 

 together with others from the Hon. Mrs. Henry Gladstone, Colonel 

 Eippon, Mrs. Davies Evans, and our Treasurer, have emphasized the 

 necessity for a new Orchid house, which it is hoped may be built during 

 the coming year. 



The value of the Eesearch and Experimental work carried on in our 

 laboratory at Wisley can hardly be over-estimated. The School of 

 Horticulture is also making most satisfactory progress. The results of 

 the 1909 Examinations have been highly encouraging. Diplomas having 

 been gained by eight out of the nine Students who left at the end of the 

 summer, as follows: — 



Diploma Examination (in order of merit) : — ■ 



A. Simmonds (Diploma and Demonstratorship of £40 for one 

 year), W. G. Kent (Diploma and Prize), J. Eidley (Diploma and Prize), 

 H. W. Abbiss (Diploma and Prize), G. A. S. Brooks (Diploma), S. B. 

 Gorringe (Diploma), H. L. Eobson (Diploma), N. A. Phillips (Diploma). 



Nicholson Prize for Observation : — 

 A. Simmonds. 



General Examination : — 



J. W. McCaig (Scholarship, £25 a year for two years. Silver-gilt 

 Medal, Certificate, and Prize), W. Miles (Certificate and Prize), W. G. 

 Kent (Certificate and Prize), H. L. Eobson (Certificate and Prize), 

 A. Simmonds (Certificate and Prize). Certificates were also awarded 

 to twelve other Students. 



These Awards were distributed on October 6 by Harry James Veitch, 

 Esq., V.M.H., who was accompanied by other Members of the Council, 

 together with the Eight Hon. Arthur C. Dyke-Acland, ex-Minister of | 

 Education, who gave a short address. Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H., 

 also gave advice arising from a lifelong experience as a practical and 

 scientific gardener. 



It was not a little gratifying to find a Wisley Student, Mr. McCaig, 

 placed first in the General Examination, of 291 Candidates from all 

 parts of the Empire, thereby becoming entitled to the two years' 

 Scholarship of £25 a year offered by the Society and the Worshipful 

 Company of Gardeners alternately. For the second year in succession 

 this distinction has been won by a Student of the Society. 



The prize of £5 given by Mr. Hudson, V.M.H., as a memento of his 

 having passed the Society's Examination in Horticulture just 40 years 

 ago, deserves a very pleasant acknowledgment. The amount was 

 devoted to prizes awarded to those students who have successfully 

 passed the Society's General Examination. 



In 1910 Diplomas are again offered by the Council for the Students, 

 the following prizes being also available for award, viz. : Mr. Arthur 



