NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 
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cannot be disorganized by the sending out of plants at any later time in the year . 
All Fellows who have paid the current year's subscription can participate in the 
annual distribution following their election. 
The Society does not pay the cost of packing and carriage. Owing to the 
railways declining to deliver these parcels any longer, they must now be sent by 
post, the postage being prepaid by Fellows. Directions as to the amount of the 
remittance to be sent will be found on the application form for plants, which 
kindly consult before sending it in. 
Parcels will be addressed exactly as given by each Fellow on the address label 
accompanying his application form. 
Fellows residing beyond a radius of thirty-five miles from London are per- 
mitted to choose double the number of plants to which they are otherwise entitled. 
Plants cannot be sent to Fellows residing outside the United Kingdom. 
No plants will be sent to Fellows whose subscriptions are in arrear, or who do 
not fill up their forms properly. 
10. THE R.H.S. DUTCH BROWN BEAN. 
This Dutch Brown Bean of the Haricot type, introduced to Great Britain by 
the Society and distributed in the Spring of 191 7 has succeeded beyond all 
expectations, both in its cropping qualities and its popularity as a table vegetable 
for the winter months. The harvest secured at Wisley will be distributed to 
Fellows in 191 8 through the usual channel of the Plant and Seed distributicn. 
Fellows are urged to distribute their 191 7 crop to their friends for sowing in ifce 
coming Spring, or to send it to the R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, Surrey, for 
distribution to other Fellows. 
11. A NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE. 
Most gardeners have welcomed the initiation by the Society of a scheme 
whereby a National Diploma in Horticulture may be gained by those who pass the 
Preliminary and Final Examinations. The Diploma is thoroughly " National," for, 
by the consent of H.M. Government, the Department of Agriculture consented 
to co-operate with the Society if the Society would undertake the work of organ- 
izing the Examinations, and authorized the Diploma bearing the following words : 
" Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society under a scheme approved by the 
Board of Agriculture. " 
The Examinations which are held in June are practical, viva voce, and written ; 
the practical part being held in a suitable garden. 
Information may be obtained by sending a directed envelope, stamped, to 
the Secretary, Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, S.W. 1. 
12. EXAMINATIONS, 1918. 
A syllabus of the different examinations can be obtained from the Society's 
Office, Vincent Square, S.W, 1, post free for i\d, 
13. INFORMATION. 
Fellows may obtain information and advice from the Society as to the names 
of flowers and fruits, on points of practice, insect and fungoid attacks, and other 
questions, by applying to the Secretary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, Westminster, 
S.W. 1.* Whereat all practicable it is particularly requested that letters and 
specimens may be timed to reach Vincent Square by the first post on the morn- 
ings of the fortnightly Meetings, so as to be laid before the Scientific or other 
Committees at once. 
14. INSPECTION OF FELLOWS' GARDENS. 
The Inspection of Gardens belonging to Fellows is conducted by a thoroughly 
competent Inspector from the Society, who reports and advises at the following 
cost, viz. : a fee of £2 35. for one day (or ^5 5s. for two consecutive days), 
* See R.H.S. Gardeners' Diary, 1918, page 68 — " How to send Specimens 
for Identification." 
