REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



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Hall, Norfolk, has been placed in charge of this department, and the 

 Council have full confidence that under his superintendence it will 

 soon be an object of interest and instruction to the Fellows. 



3. School of Horticulture and Laboratory.— The valuable 



practical and scientific educational -work being conducted at Wisley is 

 becoming more and more widely recognized. Its position is in some 

 respects unique, there being in many places too great a tendency to 

 look upon information about gardening as the one thing to acquire, 

 instead of a knowledge of gardening. The Council are convinced that 

 the young horticulturist, to be started on the right lines for his future 

 developmxcnt, should both be equipped with (1) a sound knowledge of 

 the scientific principles underlying his craft, and also have acquired 

 (2) a considerable degree of and appreciation for technical skill, which 

 can only be derived from the actual and continual performance of the 

 various operations. The more closely these two are connected with 

 one another in time and place the more capable each is of aiding the 

 other, and this is the aim of the Student's Course inaugurated at 

 Wisley in 1907. 



During the past year Sir Albert Eollit, as a Member of the Senate 

 of the University of London, and also a Member of the Council of 

 our Society, has been endeavouring to secure the University's recog- 

 nition of our School of Horticulture at Wisley. The matter has made 

 considerable progress and hopes are entertained of its reaching a suc- 

 cessful issue, though as yet it is too soon to speak at all confidently. 



The increased demands upon the time of the Director, and the 

 necessity for his constant presence at the gardens to watch experi- 

 mental work, has necessitated both the appointment of an Assistant 

 Lecturer — Mr. Arthur S. Horne, B.Sc, F.G.S. — and also the building 

 of a house on the spot for the Director. 



4. Diploma in Horticulture. — The Council have requested the 

 following gentlemen to act as a committee to inquire into the de- 

 sirability of establishing a National Diploma in Horticulture, and if 

 it is thought desirable, to recommend what steps should be taken for 

 the purpose : — 



The Eight Hon. A. H. Dyke Acland (Chairman), Mr. W. Bateson, 

 M.A., V.M.H., F.E.S., Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., Mr. F. J. Chitten- 

 den, F.L.S., Professor J. B. Farmer, D.Sc, F.E.S., Mr. C. E. 

 Fielder, V.M.H., Mr. W. Hales, Mr. J. Hudson, V.M.H., Professor 

 Keeble, Sc.D., Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., V.M.H., Lieutenant- 

 Colonel D. Prain, D.Sc, F.E.S., Sir Albert Kaye Eollit, D.C.L., 

 Litt.D., Mr. H. J. Veitch, V.M.H., and Mr. Walter P. Wright. 



5. Shows, 1911.— The Spring Bulb Show, and the Temple Show 

 were as successful as ever. Notwithstanding the very dry summer, 

 the Vegetable Show proved a decided advance on the first one, held 

 in 1910, the date being more suitable. The autumn Fruit Show, 



