NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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Floioers. 



Cape Pelargoniums. — Two cuttings of each (rooted or otherwise) as 

 soon as possible. See next page. 



Violas. — Six plants of each to be sent in February. 



Bedding Pelargoniums (Geraniums). — Three plants of each in May. 



Montbretias. — Six corms of each in February. 



Kniphofias (Tritomas). — Three plants of each in February. 



Lobelias of the cardinalis, fulgens, and syphilitica sections.— Three 

 plants of each in February. 



Vegetables. 



Vegetable Marrows.— Not less than six seeds of each variety in 

 February. 



Potatos. — -Early and mid-season. Each variety must be labelled as 

 being " early " or " mid-season." Twenty tubers of each by February. 



The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have been asked to 

 endeavour to obtain an agreement on the Nomenclature of what are 

 commonly known as Cape Pelargoniums. The only practical way known 

 to the Council is to invite all growers of these plants to at once send 

 cuttings (rooted or otherwise) with the name known to the sender 

 attached, by post to the Superintendent, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, 

 Surrey. They will be potted up and next year be compared with each 

 other, and with herbarium specimens, and printed records. No Zonals 

 or Show or French Pelargoniums should be sent ; only those known as 



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. 



17. THE WISLEY RESEARCH STATION. 



I 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. 



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

 mencing in March, 1913. Early application should be made to the 

 Secretary. 



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, 



Trial of Cape Pelargoniums. 



' Cape.' 



18. STUDENTS AT WISLEY. 



