lxxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Tlie Fruit and Floral Meetings and Shows will take place as follows, viz.: — 
Tuesday, January 15 
,, February 19 
„ March 5 
„ April 2 
„ May 21 
„ June 18 
„ July 16 
„ August 6 
Tuesday, August 20 
„ September 3 
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,, October 1 
>5 J j lb 
,, November 5 
December 3 
Fellows are requested to note that the above dates are the first and third 
Tuesday of each month, or the first or third. 
Each Fellow’s ticket admits the bearer and two friends, and Orders are also 
available. 
Band at the Tuesday Shows at 4 o’clock, from 1st May to 30th June. 
The flowers can be seen at 2, provided the Committees have finished their 
labours ; General Meeting and Lecture at 3. During the London season the 
admission to the public on Tuesdays (not being great or special show-days) 
will be 2s. Gd. 
On Saturdays a Fellow’s ticket admits one person only besides the bearer, 
and Orders are not available. The charge for admission to the public is 2s. Gd. 
A Promenade and Minor Show of Miscellaneous Plants, Flowers, and Fruits, 
on every Saturday during the months of May and June; and Show of Flowers 
and Fruit, from the Society’s Gardens at Chiswick, on every Saturday through¬ 
out the year. 
On Sundays each Fellow’s ticket admits two persons besides the bearer. 
Orders are not available. 
Due notice will be given of the date of the conversazioni. 
The fullest information is contained in the Society’s Almanac, which, with 
the Orders for admission, can now be had at the Offices at South Kensington. 
Each 2-Guinea Fellow is entitled to 20 Orders ; each 4-Guinea Fellow to 40 
Orders. Each Order admits one person, but requires the signature of the Fellow 
giving it to make it available. 
Examination of Gardeners. 
The Council, on the report of the Examiners of the Society, have much 
pleasure in announcing the result of the late examination. 
The following have been admitted to be associate members of the Society:— 
E. C. Kingston, Boyal Gardens, Kew, W. 
George Stanton, Ben 
y Hill Gardens, Taplow, 
Maidenhead. 
The following certificates have been conferred :— 
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Alexander Eobinson . 
• • • • • 
2nd 
2nd 
William Spinks . 
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1st 
1st 
Brian Wynne 
'■■Chiswick Students 
. 2nd 
— 
Thos. Wright 
■ • • • • 
1st 
2nd 
Henry Hannam 
• • . • 
1st 
2nd 
George M.. Woodrow, JR. Gardens, Kew, W. 
1st 
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John M. Henry, E. Gardens, Kew, W. 
2nd 
2nd 
Frederick Thompson, E. 
Gardens, Kew, W. 
1st 
2nd 
A. Jamieson, E. Gardens, Kew, W. 
1st 
— 
John Stapley, Ivoonden, Biddenden, Staplehurst. 
1st 
2nd 
Thomas Waddington, Millfield House Gardens. Cobliam 1st 
2nd 
To Mr. George Stanton was 
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also awarded the Medal of the Society for having 
gained the highest number of marks in Practical Gardening. 
Garden Superintendent. 
The Council of the Poj'al Horticultural Society have to announce that they 
have arranged with the Garden Superintendent, Mr. George Eyles, that he shall 
