ixxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
together with all out-of-pocket expenses. No inspection may occupy more than 
two days, save by special arrangement. Fellows wishing for the services of an 
Inspector are requested to give at least a week's notice and choice of two or three 
days, and to indicate the most convenient railway station and its distance from 
their Gardens. Gardens can only be inspected at the written request of the owner. 
15. AFFILIATION OF LOCAL SOCIETIES. 
One of the most successful of the many branches of the Society's work is the 
affiliation of local Horticultural Societies to the R.H.S. 
Numerous requests for help having recently reached the Secretary from the 
Allotment and Cottagers' Societies now springing up all over the Kingdom, the 
President and Council have responded by revising and extending the benefits 
offered to Affiliated Societies. It is hoped that all Societies will by Affiliation 
become united with the parent Society and through it with each other. Such 
a unity cannot fail to be attended with good and progressive results. 
16. R.H.S. GARDENERS 1 DIARY. 
The R.H.S. Gardeners' Diary for 1918 contains a considerable quantity of 
new information and is compiled more especially for the single-handed gardener. 
Fellows may obtain it from the R.H.S. Office, Vincent Square, London, S.W. 1 ; 
bound in art paper covers, without pencil, is. 3d., in cloth similar to the 1917 
Edition, with pencil, is. gd., in leather, 2s. 3^. ; post free. 
17. RULES FOR JUDGING— 1914 CODE. 
The " Rules for Judging, with Suggestions to Schedule Makers and Ex- 
hibitors," have been revised. Secretaries of Local Societies are advised to obtain 
a fresh copy. It will be sent post free on receipt of a postal order for is. gd., 
addressed to the Secretary, Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, S.W. n 1 
18. R.H.S. FOOD PRODUCTION PUBLICATIONS FOR THE 
ASSISTANCE OF COTTAGE AND ALLOTMENT 
GARDEN SOCIETIES. 
To assist the rapidly growing army of Allotment Holders and Cottage Gardeners 
the Society has had the following publications prepared : — 
Post free. 
s. d. 
Rules and Regulations for Allotment Societies . . . 2 
Rules for Judging Cottage and Allotment Gardens .... 2 
Companion Judges Sheet for ditto ...... 3 
Rules for Allotment and Vegetable Exhibitions .... 2 
Vegetable Bottling and Fruit Preserving without Sugar, by Mr. and Mrs. 
Banks (including valuable recipes for Jams and Jellies) . . .12 
Printed lectures, illustrated with lantern slides, have been prepared for the 
use of Societies of Allotment Holders. For particulars apply to the Secretary, 
R.H.S. Vincent Square, S.W. 1. 
19. R.H.S. POPULAR PRACTICAL PAMPHLETS. 
The following pamphlets can be ordered from the Royal Horticultural Society, 
Vincent Square, London, S.W. 1. They have been prepared with a view of 
meeting the needs of the present urgent times and will be found eminently practical 
and useful. The enormous increase in the cost of paper and printing has 
entailed a revision of the price of these Pamphlets which until further notice 
will be as follows :— 
Single Copy, $d. ; 25, 7s. 6d.\ 50, 14s.; 100, 26s., post free. 
Food Pamphlets : — 
(e) Vegetables and How to Grow Them. 
(/) Vegetables from Seed sown in July and August, 
(q) The Cultivation and Manuring of the Garden. 
(r) Potatos in Gardens and Allotments. 
