CCXXii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



than is the case across the border in the Southern and Western 

 Counties of Scotland. 



The Congress was held on each of the three days of the exhibition, 

 when several valuable papers were read by acknowledged experts in 

 fruit culture, and a keen interest was evidently taken in them by those 

 who were cultivators either for home consumption or for market 

 supplies. Demonstrations of spraying appliances were conducted on 

 the second day in very inclement weather. 



The Eev. J. Bernard Hall deserves every credit for his painstaking 

 endeavours to render this new departure in Northern fruit-growing a 

 success, and it succeeded admirably. During each day he was as 

 indefatigable in his efforts for the furtherance of the Congress as 

 he had previously been in the less exciting but even more necessary 

 work of preparation for it. 



The President and Council of the E.H.S. desire to record their 

 thanks for the kind and ungrudging hospitality extended to the 

 members of the deputation. 



W, WiLKS, Secretary. 



Awards. 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 



To King's Acre Nursery, Hereford, for collection of hardy fruits. 

 To Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, for collection of hardy fruits. 



Silver Hogg Medal. 

 To Messrs. Elvers, Sawbridgeworth, for orchard house fruits. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Eobson, Hexham, for fruit and shrubs. 



To Messrs. Fairbairn, Carlisle, for flowers and decorations. 



To Mr. J. Millican, Scotby, for hardy fruits. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. W. Fell, 'Hexham, for fruit, &c. 



To Messrs. Michie, Alnwick, for hardy fruits. 



To the Cumberland and Westmorland C.C., for hardy fruits. 



To Mr. Walter A. Voss^ Eayleigh, for hardy fruits. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. Wm. Lawrenson, Newcastle, for fruit and flowers. 

 To Mrs. N. G. Clayton (gr. Mr. Cocker), Hexham, for Apples and 

 Pears. 



To Mr. W. A. Alexander, Hexham, for Apples. 



To Chadwick Memorial Schools, for fruits, vegetables, and flowers. 



To Messrs. Clark, Carlisle, for hardy fruits. 



To the Hon. C. A. Parsons (gr. Mr. Dixon), Wylam, for Pears. 



