vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



have no control, the Summer Show of 19 11 will not be held at Holland 

 House but at Olympia, Kensington, on July 4, 5, and 6. 



9. Affiliated Societies Challengre Cup. — This Cup, competed for 



by exhibits of apples and pears from our Affiliated Societies, was won 

 by the East Anglian Horticultural Society. It will be offered for com- 

 petition on October 10, 1911, the winners of the last two years being 

 excluded from again taking the Challenge Cup. Should, however, the 

 winners of 1909 or 1910 exhibit again, and either of them be again 

 adjudged first in order of merit, the Council will award to such Society 

 a smaller silver cup, instead of the medal offered as second prize. 



10. The Vegfetable Show. — This Show having been fixed for a 

 late date, to avoid clashing with another similar Show, was not an 

 unqualified success. In 1911 it w411 be held on September 26; the 

 schedule will be enlarged in some directions, and modified in others, 

 to accord more nearly with the wishes of exhibitors. 



11. Autumn Fruit Show. — The Autumn Fruit Show attracted the 

 usual admirable display of British-grown fruits, there being hardly any 

 noticeable falling off, in either the number or the quality of the entries, 

 as a result of the distinctly unfavourable fruit season of 1910. The 

 Council regret the comparatively small number of Fellows visiting this 

 Show. In 1911 they have fixed Tuesday and Wednesday, October 10 f 

 and 11, for the Show, instead of the Thursday and Friday on which j 

 it has been hitherto held, hoping that the habitual Tuesday attendance 

 of Fellows will bring more visitors to the Hall. 



12. Colonial Fruit Show. — The Colonial Fruit Show was an un- ^^ 

 precedented success, both in the magnificence of the display and the 

 number of visitors. The Eight Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., H.M.; 

 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, opened the Exhibition. The! 

 large orchestral platform, which rises in many tiers to a height ofj 

 15 feet or more, was entirely covered, from one side of the Hall to the| 

 other, with boxes of splendid apples from British Columbia. Thisj 

 Exhibit was of such a unique character that the Council voted it a Gold 

 Hogg Memorial Medal, this being the only occasion on which such an 

 award has been made. A full report of the Show will appear in the 

 Journal. (See vol. xxxvi., p. ccxxix.) ... '] 



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13. Masters Lectures. — The third and fourth Lectures in memoryi 

 of the late Dr. Masters were delivered by Mr. A. D. Hall, F.E.S., onj 

 February 22 and March 22. His subject was The Adaptationj 

 of the Plant to the Soil " (see E.H.S. Journal, vol. xxxvi., part 1). j 



Mr. G. F. Scott-Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S., will deliver the 191lj 

 lectures on February 28 and March 14: — Subjects, " Eecent Worl^ 

 in Seed Selection " and " The Origin of Varieties." j 



14. Lawrence MedaL — The third Lawrence Gold Medal has beeil 

 awarded by the Council to Messrs. James Veitch for a series of highh 



