NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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equal, the Council reserve to themselves the right to decide which of them 

 shall be presented to the Scholarship. 



2. The Society also held an Examination in Cottage Gardening 

 on Wednesday, April 27, 1910. This examination is intended for, 

 and 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 of such competence. The 

 general conduct of this examination is on similar lines to that of the 

 more general examination. Questions on Elementary Chemistry and 

 Biology are now added to this examination. 



3. The Society will hold an examination in the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Hall, Vincent Square, S.W., on Monday, January 16, 1911, for gardeners 

 employed in Public Parks and Gardens belonging to County Councils, 

 City Corporations, and similar bodies. Entries close on January 2, 1911. 



Medals and Certificates are awarded and Class Lists published in 

 connection with these examinations. The Syllabus may be obtained 

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



25. INFORMATION. 



Fellows may obtain information and advice 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. 



26. 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 ^3 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 gardens. 

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



27. 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 

 local Horticultural Societies by a scheme of affiliation to the K.H.S. 

 Since this was initiated no fewer than 200 Societies have joined our 

 ranks, and the number is steadily increasing. 



The Parent Society offers annually a Silver Challenge Cup to be 

 competed for by Affiliated Societies. (See " Book of Schedules," under 

 date October 13 and 14.) 



