NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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Seeds sent for Trial other than those Invited in the 

 above List. 



1. Seeds, &c, of plants not included in the Annual Trial List will 

 also be received and grown, as far as possible. 



2. The Superintendent is instructed, in the case of all seeds thus sent 

 and grown, to procure seeds of the already best existing similar varieties, 

 and grow them alongside of the newly sent seeds. 



8. The resulting plants, &c, will be from time to time (as convenient) 

 submitted to the Committee meeting at Wisley, but the only awards 

 made to such unsolicited plants will be "Commended" and "Highly 

 Commended." 



4. Any plants thus grown and tried will have perfect freedom to be 

 retried whenever a regular fixed trial of their congeners takes place, 

 which will, as far as practicable, be at intervals of two or three years. 



14. THE WISLEY RESEARCH STATION. 



The new Eesearch Station and Laboratory at Wisley is now completed 

 and work is in progress there. Mr. F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S., has been 

 appointed Director of the Eesearch Work on Scientific Matters affecting 

 Practical Horticulture, and Lecturer to the Students. By the completion 

 of this station a long-felt want has been met. In the United States, 

 where so much good work has been done in this direction, all is paid 

 for by the Government, but in this country we have to fall back on 

 private individuals or on Societies. 



15. STUDENTS AT WISLEY. 



The Society admits young men, under 22 years of age, to study 

 Gardening at Wisley. The curriculum now includes not only practical 

 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 

 only enter at the end of September and at the end of March. Selected 

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

 Shows and Lectures in London. 



16. 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 



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