clxxvi PEOCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



34. RECOGNITION OF DILIGENT INTEREST 



IN PLANTS. 



The Council have founded a card of " Eecognition of Diligent Interest 

 in Plants." Issued in response to frequent applications by school 

 authorities for some token of encouragement of work with plants amongst 

 scholars, it is to be awarded to the boy or girl (or both) who, in the 

 yearly school competitions in plant cultivation, or garden plot keeping, 

 or Nature study, has secured the first prize. The cards are 12 inches 

 by 8 inches, and may be had on application to the Secretary, R.H.S., 

 Vincent Square, London, S.W. (price Qd. each), and signed by the head 

 master or mistress and a member of the education authority concerned. 

 The application should contain information as to (a) the nature of the 

 competition, (h) the number of competitors, (c) the judges, [d) the number 

 of prizes awarded in the competition, (e) the full name of the first prize 

 winner. The Council of the R.H.S. will at their own absolute discretion 

 grant or withhold this "recognition." 



35. MS. FOR JOURNAL. 



The Editor is always glad to receive suitable articles for issue in the 

 Journal from corresponding and other Fellows of the Society. It is 

 thought that much more might be done in this direction to disseminate 

 valuable botanical and horticultural information, and to publish 

 records of work and research conducted by other than actual official 

 members of the Society. The Journal is received by the best libraries 

 in the world, and is regularly sent to all the 12,000 Fellows of the 

 Society. 



36. ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with 

 those who advertise in the Society's Publications the more likely others 

 are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly 

 benefited. 



37. SHIRLEY POPPIES. 



The Secretary will be pleased to send a packet of his 1911 crop of 

 Shirley Poppy Seed to Fellows who like to send to Eev. W. Wilks, 

 Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, a stamped envelope ready addressed to them- 

 selves. The seed should be sown as early as possible in March. This is 

 an offer made by the Secretary in his private capacity, and it causes much 

 inconvenience when requests for seed are mixed up with letters sent to 

 the office in London instead of as above directed. 



38. ANONYMOUS GIFT. 



The Secretary of the Society wishes to thank some kind friend, who, 

 in October sent him (without any name or address beyond the word 



