NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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extensive scale. The idea is to obtain the best possible positions and 

 soils for the different plants to grow in, the growth and well-being of 

 the plants being considered to be of even greater importance than the 

 artistic effect of the rockwork. In a Horticultural Society's Garden 

 every single detail should teach something, so that Fellows visiting it 

 may be able to take away an idea of how best to do this or that, or 

 where best to plant this or that. The construction of the Rock 

 Garden is completed, and the planting is proceeding, but it will be 

 at least two years or more before the plants on it can be seen at 

 their best. 



An Alpine House has been built above the Rock Garden, chiefly 

 for the purpose of growing rock plants to perfection which blossom 

 too early to withstand our wet winters and late spring frosts. In 

 this House Fellows may see such plants in flower from February 

 onwards. 



15. STUDENTS AT WISLEY. 



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

 mencing in September 191 4. Early appHcation should be made to 

 the Secretary. 



The Society admits young men, between the ages of sixteen and 

 twenty-two years, to study Gardening at Wisley. The curriculum 

 includes not only practical garden work in all the main branches of 

 Horticulture, but also Lectures, Demonstrations, and Horticultural 

 Science in the Laboratory, whereby a practical knowledge of Garden 

 Chemistry, Biology, &c., may be obtained. 



16. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS PLANTS. 



A few years ago 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, 

 asked for plants which would othenvise be discarded j and they valued 

 what was so obtained. Others hearing of it asked for a share, until the 

 Council felt they must either systematize this haphazard distribution 

 or else put a stop to it altogether. To take the latter step seemed 

 undesirable. Why should not such Fellows have them as cared to 

 receive such surplus plants ? It was, therefore, decided to keep all 

 plants tiU the early spring, and then give all Fellows alike the option of 

 claiming a share of them by Ballot. 



Fellows are, therefore, particularly requested to notice that only 

 waste and surplus plants raised from seeds or cuttings are available for 

 distribution. Many of them may be of very little intrinsic value, and it 

 is only to avoid their being absolutely wasted that the distribution is 

 permitted. The great majority also are, of necessity, very small, and 

 may require careful treatment for a time. 



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