CCCVl PEOCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HOKTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



Peas. 1 pint of each early in February.* 

 Cabbages, Savoy. 1 packet of seed of each in March. 

 Potatos, ' mid-season ' and ' late.' Each variety must be labelled as 

 being ' mid-season ' or ' late.* 20 tubers of each to be sent by February. 



If sent by post : The Superintendent, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, 

 Ripley, Surrey. 



If sent by rail : The Superintendent, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, Horsley 

 Station, L. &. S.-W. R., with advice by post to the Superintendent. 



16. THE WISLEY RESEARCH STATION. 



Investigations are now in full swing at the new Research Station and 

 Laboratory at Wisley. All communications relating to them should be 

 addressed to Mr. F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S., Director of the Research Work 

 on Scientific Matters affecting Practical Horticulture, and Lecturer to the 

 Students. 



17. STUDENTS AT WISLEY. 



N.B. There will be a few vacancies for the two years' Course com- 

 mencing on September 25, 1911. Early application should be made to 

 the Secretary of the Society. 



The Society admits young men, between the ages of 16 and 22 years, 

 to study Gardening at Wisley. The curriculum includes not only prac- 

 tical garden work in all the main branches of Horticulture, but also 

 lectures, demonstrations, and elementary Horticultural Science in the 

 Laboratory, whereby a practical knowledge of simple Garden Chemistry, 

 Biology, &c., may be obtained. The Laboratory is equipped with the 

 best apparatus procurable for Students. The training extends over a 

 period of two years, with a progressive course for each year. Students 

 can enter only at the end of September or at the end of March. Selected 

 Students have the advantage of attending certain of the Society's 

 Shows and Lectures in London. 



18. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS PLANTS. 



In a recent Report the Council drew attention to the way in which 

 the annual distribution of surplus plants has arisen. In a large garden 

 there must always be a great deal of surplus stock, which must either 

 be given away or go to the waste heap. A few Fellows, noticing this, 



* Trial of Peas. — It has been pointed out that it is not fair to compare and to 

 adjudicate on the* merits of varieties of Peas sown on different dates ; but that all 

 peas sent for trial ought to be sown on one and the same day. The Council felt, 

 however, that it would not be quite fair on an admittedly late pea to sow it on the 

 same day as an admittedly early one. It has therefore been decided to ask for one 

 pint of seed peas and divide it into three parts, and make sowings of all varieties on 

 three different dates suiting Early, Mid-season, and Late peas, as in this way only can 

 the two difficulties be overcome, 



