NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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Cabbages, Savoy. 1 packet of seed of each in March. 



Potatos, * mid-season ' and ' late.' Each variety must be labelled as 

 being ' mid-season ' or ' late.' 20 tubers of each to be sent by February 



If sent by post : The Superintendent, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, 

 Eipley, Surrey. 



If sent by rail: The Superintendent, E.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, Horsley 

 Station, L. &. S.-W. R., with advice by post to the Superintendent. 



16. THE WISLEY RESEARCH STATION. 



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. 



17. STUDENTS AT WISLEY. 



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

 mencing on March 12, 1912. 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, 

 Biology, &c., may be obtained. The Laboratory is equipped with the 

 best apparatus procurable for Students. The training extends over a 

 period of two years, with a progressive course for each year. Students 

 can enter only at the end of September or at the end of March. Selected 

 Students have the advantage of attending certain of the Society's 

 Shows and Lectures in London. 



18. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS PLANTS. 



In a recent Report 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 otherwise be discarded ; 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 till 

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

 a share of them by Ballot. 



however, that it would not be quite fair on an admittedly late pea to sow it on the 

 same day as an admittedly early one. It has therefore been decided to ask for one 

 pint of seed peas and divide it into three parts, and make sowings of all varieties on 

 three different dates suiting Early, Mid>season, and Late peas, as in this way only can 

 the two difficulties be overcome. 



