NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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May 14, at 9 a.m. — Committee will continue their work. At 11 a.m., 

 private exhibitors and two members of each exhibiting firm will be 

 admitted, but no one else. At i p.m., R.H.S. Fellows will be admitted 

 by their tickets, and the public on payment of is. 



3. A full collection of standard varieties of May flowering varieties 

 will be brought from Holland for comparison. 



4. All British growers are invited to send blooms. 



Trial of Horticultural Sundries. 



The Council will continue the Trial of Sundries in 1915, and 

 Sundriesmen are again invited to send their specialities (not more 

 than three articles in any one year). Full particulars, with Entry 

 Form, can be obtained from the Director, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, 

 Ripley, Surrey, upon receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. 



17. SAXIFRAGE CONFERENCE, 1915. 



In consequence of the War the Conference on Saxifrages announced 

 for April 28, 1915, will be postponed. 



18. A NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTI- 



CULTURE. 



Most gardeners will welcome the initiation by the Society of 

 a scheme whereby a National Diploma in Horticulture may be 

 gained by those who pass the Prehminary and Final Examina- 

 tions which will be required. The Diploma will be thoroughly 

 National," for by the consent of H.M. Government, the Department of 

 Agriculture, after being approached on the matter, consented to co- 

 operate with the Society if the Society would undertake the work of 

 organizing the Examinations, and authorized that the Diploma should 

 bear the following words : " Awarded by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society under a scheme approved by the Board of Agriculture." 



The Examinations will be practical, viva voce, and written. The 

 practical part will be held in suitable gardens at convenient centres in 

 the country. A Preliminary Examination, the first, was held in June 

 1914, and will be held annually. The first Final Examination will be 

 held in June 191 5 about the same time as the second Preliminary. The 

 Final is open only to those who have passed the Preliminary the 

 year before and can produce a Certificate showing they have been 

 employed regularly for not less than six years in the Practice of . 

 Horticulture. 



Among those for whose benefit the Diploma is established are 

 the following : — Florists, Fruit Growers, Gardeners, Horticultural 

 Inspectors, Horticultural Instructors (not School Teachers giving 



