REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1916. 
Xi 
28. Committees &c— The Society owes a constantly recurring 
debt to the Members of the Standing and Special Committees, Chair- 
men, Judges, Writers of Papers for the Journal, Compilers of Extracts, 
Reviewers, Lecturers, and the several Examiners, who, during the past 
twelve months, have done so much to contribute to the Society's 
national usefulness and to help to maintain its high standing among 
the practical and scientific institutions of the world. 
The Council desire cordially to acknowledge their obligations to 
their staff and also to the Press for their invaluable assistance in 
reporting upon, and calling attention to, the work of the Society. 
By Order of the Council, 
W. WILKS, 
Secretary. 
Royal Horticultural Society, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W, 
January I, 1917. 
