ex! PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
(Special Notice .) 
In consequence of the Great Exhibition at Bury St. Edmunds opening on the 
16th, the Floral , Fruit , and General Meeting announced for that day will not 
be held. 
Conversazione. 
The Annual Conversazione will be held on Wednesday, July 24th, and will 
be open exclusively to Bellows, holders of transferable tickets, and de¬ 
benture-holders. who will be received from 9 until 11 p.m. 
A carriage ticket is sent to each Eellow with this number of the “ Proceed¬ 
ings,” giving directions for the setting down and taking up of carriages. 
Should anyone wish to have the carriage ticket sent for one Orchard House 
entrance changed for the other (there will be no admission at the south-east or 
Council Room entrance), the exchange will be made on application at the 
Offices, at the Gardens, South Kensington. 
Refreshments—consisting of tea and coffee—will be provided. 
The Gardens will be closed at half-past 12 o’clock. 
Arrangements will be made for taking ladies’ cloaks, but not gentlemen's 
hats. 
Bruit and Blowers. 
Bor the information of new Members, it may be stated that fresh Blowers 
and Bruit can be obtained from Chiswick, either on personal application there, 
or by written order to Mr. Box, South Kensington, W. 
Examination of Gardeners. 
The Royal Horticultural Society’s examination for young gardeners for this 
year will take place on the 3rd and 4th July and on the 30th and 31st December, 
and will be based upon the programme issued by the Society of Arts for the 
present year, the particulars of which can be had on application to the Assistant- 
Secretary to the Society. 
The Council of the Society of Arts report that the following gardeners have 
been judged worthy to receive the prizes offered by the Royal Horticultural 
Society for competition at their final examinations this year, viz.:—The first 
prize in Botany of 51. was awarded to Robt. Creaser Kingston, aged 20, Rich¬ 
mond Parochial Library and Reading Room, gardener ; second prize of 3 1. to 
Richard Lee Keenan, aged 23, Richmond Parochial Library and Reading 
Room, gardener. The third prize in Botany was not awarded, as no other can¬ 
didate satisfied the conditions. In Ploriculture, the first prize was awarded to 
Robt. Creaser Kingston, aged 20, Richmond Parochial Library and Reading 
Room, gardener; second prize of 3/. to William Pritchard Roberts, aged 27, 
Bromley Literary Institute, gardener. In Bruit and Vegetable Culture, first 
prize of 51. to John Charles Higgs, aged 26, Southampton Athenaeum, gardener ; 
second prize of 3/. to George Stanton, aged 26, Slough Mechanics’ Institute. 
Garden Superintendent. 
The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have arranged with the Garden 
Superintendent, Mr. George Eyles, that he shall give to Bellows of the Society 
his advice and assistance in the laying-out and management of their gardens, at 
the rate of one guinea per visit, with travelling expenses. 
Ballot for Plants. 
A Ballot for Plants will take place on Tuesday, July 30th, at 3 o’clock in the 
afternoon. 4-Guinea Bellows, or 40-Guinea Life Members, are entitled to name 
eight lots; 2-Guinea Bellows, or 20-Guinea Life Members, to name four lots. 
It will be sufficient if Bellows will make a mark opposite the numbers of the 
lots they select, and return their lists, with their names and addresses written 
thereon, to the Assistant-Secretary, at the Offices of the Society, South Ken¬ 
sington, W., on or before Monday, the 22nd July. After that date no applica■> 
