CCXC PROCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICOLT0RAL SOCIETY. 



40. RULES FOR JUDGING— 1911 CODE. 



The " Rules for Judging, with Suggestions to Schedule Makers and 

 Exhibitors," have been revised, and the new edition is now ready. 

 Special attention is drawn to the amended Rule defining " an amateur," 

 with suggestions for establishing four distinct classes of amateurs to meet 

 the requirements of larger or smaller local Societies. (See also p. 37, 

 " Book of Arrangements.") The "pointing" recommended for fruits and 

 vegetables has also been considerably amended, and the terms " annuals " 

 and " biennials " further explained. The Secretaries of Local Societies 

 are advised to obtain a fresh copy. It will be sent post free on receipt 

 of a postal order for Is. Qd., addressed to the Secretary, Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. 



Exhibitors of vegetables are specially warned that the numbers of 

 specimens to a dish appearing on p. 19 of the 1909 Code of Rules 

 have been still further modified. 



41. SPRAYING OF FRUIT TREES. 



The Report of the Conference on the Spraying of Fruit Trees, held 

 in the R.H.S. Hall on October 16, 1908, may still be obtained at the 

 Society's Offices, Vincent Square, Westminster, price Is. The book 

 deals with the methods of spraying fruit trees for both insect and fungus 

 pests, with information as to washes and spraying machinery, and forms 

 the latest collated information on this subject. 



42. VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



Many people plant fruit trees without a thought of what variety 

 they shall plant, and as a result almost certain disappointment ensues, 

 whilst for an expenditure of 2d. they can obtain from the Society a little 

 16-page pamphlet, which contains the latest expert opinion on Apples, 

 Pears, Plums, Cherries, Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, and Straw- 

 berries, together with Notes on Planting, Pruning, and Manuring, which 

 for clearness of expression and direction it would be impossible to 

 surpass. It has in fact been suggested that no other 16 pages in the 

 English language contain so much and such definite information. At 

 the end of the pamphlet are given the names of some of the newer 

 varieties of fruits, which promise well, but are not yet sufficiently 

 proved to be recommended for general planting. 



Copies of this pamphlet for distribution may be obtained at the 

 Society's Office, Vincent Square, Westminster. Price, post free : single 

 copy, 2d., or 25, 2s. ; 50, 8s. ; 100, 4s. 



43. PLANTS CERTIFICATED. 



The last-published list of " Plants Certificated by the Society " com- 

 menced with the year 1859 and closed with 1899. A further eleven years 

 have now passed and the Council have republished the list up to the end 

 of 1910, constituting a record of all the plants which have received awards 



