NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 
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him an unfavourable place he may find the stock of almost all the plants 
he has chosen exhausted. A little consideration would show that all 
Fellows cannot be first, and some must be last, in the Ballot. Applica- 
tion forms received after March I and before April 30 are kept till all 
those previously received have been dealt with, and are then balloted in 
a similar way. Fellows having omitted to fill up their application form 
before April 30 must be content to wait till the next year's distribution. 
The work of the Garden cannot be disorganized by the sending out 
of plants at any later time in the year. All Fellows 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. 
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 permitted 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. 
11. A NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTI- 
CULTURE. 
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 organizing 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. 
N.B. — A Syllabus of the different examinations can be obtained 
from the Society's Office, Vincent Square, S.W. 1, post free for 2\d. 
(See also pages 91 to 94, Book of Arrangements.) 
