72 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [ March, 
the Committee of the International Horticultural Exhibition has generously applied the 
whole of its remaining] surplus funds to the acquisition of a library, to be held in trust for 
the use of the Society and others ; and that the claim put forward by the Council for the 
recognition of Mr. R. Thompson’s important services to horticulture, has resulted in a 
subscription which at present amounts to £360. Viscount Sandon, Mr. Wentworth W. 
Buller, and the Rev. Joshua Dix retire from the Council, and are succeeded by Mr. John 
Clutton, Mr. J. Russell Reeves, F.R.S., and Mr. William Marshall, of Enfield. 
-Che Societe Eoyale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand liolds 
its eighth International show from March 29th to April 5th. The schedule 
of prizes extends to 241 classes. The Royal Flora Society of Brussels 
intends to organise each year, a Special International Competition for some 
particular group of plants. This year a special exhibition of Orchids will he held at 
Brussels from the 26th to the 28th of April inclusive. Amateurs and professional cultivators 
of all nations are earnestly invited to take part in the competition. While this special 
display of Orchids is going on, a General Exhibition will also be held. 
-- Che Royal Horticultural Society’s Examinations of Gardeners, in 
December last, yielded the following results. We are glad to notice that 
the number of candidates was larger than on any previous occasion ; and 
while we heartily congratulate those whose labours have been crowned with 
success, we recommend those who have fallen short of the highest distinctions to persevere, 
and carry off honours hereafter. 
Fruit and Veg. 
Culture. 
Floriculture. 
Fruit and Veg. 
Culture. 
Floriculture. 
Cert. 
Marks. 
Cert. 
Marks. 
Cert. 
Marks. 
Cert. 
Marks. 
W. Spinks, Chis- 
M. Middleton, 
wick. 
1st 
1225 
1st 
1080 
Kew. 
3rd 
590 
2nd 
675 
B. Wynne, Chis- 
R. Inglis, Kew .. 
3rd 
525 
Wiclt . 
1st 
1135 
1st 
1070 
J. J. Bull, R.B.G., 
Regent’s Park .. 
F. W. Burbidge, 
455 
1st 
950 
Chiswick . 
Ext. 2nd 
960 
1st 
1070 
J. H. Hart, Ben- 
ham Park, New- 
F. Hardesty, Chis- 
wick. 
Ext. 2nd 
975 
2nd 
830 
bury. 
3rd 
580 
1st 
1080 
W. Stewart, Chis- 
C. Roberts, Eridge 
•wick. 
2nd 
845 
2nd 
740 
Castle. 
2nd 
750 
1st 
1020 
J. M’Ardle, Chis- 
A. Bradley, El- 
wick. 
2nd 
795 
2nd 
770 
tham . 
Ext. 2nd 
1080 
R. L. Keenan, Kew. 
Ext. 2nd 
1005 
1st 
1080 | 
J. Williamson, 
A. Stormont, Kew. 
Ext. 2nd 
1085 
2nd 
860 
Battersea Park.. 
• • 
190 
2nd 
700 
—« Che theory of Annual Rings in respect to the Formation of Wood, 
is at least open to occasional misinterpretation, as appears from the evidence 
of a stem of Wellingtonia recently exhibited by Mr. McNab before the 
Botanical Society of Edinburgh. In this specimen, it was remarked that 
from five to ten apparent woody rings, were visible on what is well known to 
he an annual growth. Several of the known annual growths averaged, and 
in some cases exceeded, half an inch in breadth ; while in a piece of wood, 
direct from California, not less than twelve distinct prominent rings or 
markings were visible over half an inch of surface. These trees, it was ob¬ 
served, are most successfully transplanted in summer. 
(©bttuarg* 
- Mu John Stevenson, who had been gardener to the Earl of 
Durham at Lambton Castle for the last quarter of a century, died on the 
21st of January, in the 58th year of his age. 
