The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hich will be appreciated by allwho know the value of Mr. Barrons services tohorticulture, made the presentation, and , speaking as one of the ^eitchTrustees, briefly thanked the President, and ex-plained the motives which had actuated theTrustees in their proceedings. The AeitohianMedals are usually given for plants or fruitsshowing excellence of cultivation, but inawarding it on this occasion to a horticultu-rist, the Trustees and the Council of theRoyal Horticultural Society followed pre
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hich will be appreciated by allwho know the value of Mr. Barrons services tohorticulture, made the presentation, and , speaking as one of the ^eitchTrustees, briefly thanked the President, and ex-plained the motives which had actuated theTrustees in their proceedings. The AeitohianMedals are usually given for plants or fruitsshowing excellence of cultivation, but inawarding it on this occasion to a horticultu-rist, the Trustees and the Council of theRoyal Horticultural Society followed precedent,Mr. Sedkn, the expert hybridist and famouscultivator, having received a similar award in1885, on the occasion of the first Orchid Con-ference. Orchids.—We have much pleasure in givingpublicity to the following letter, dated May 29,1889 :— The Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew,is willing to assist cultivators of Orchids in namingtheir plants in cases where difficulty arises in theircorrect nomenclature. For this purpose specimens 7: CJ ca i5 O • pa O I- m rr:c > > o 1/1. cr- > O m zm (/).O XX) o z CDCDCD JoNE 1, 1889.] THE GABDENEBS GHBONICLE 689 should be sent in boxes sufficiently strong to protectthem in passing throiigli tlie post. These may beaddressed either to tlte Director, or to the Keeper ofthe Herbarium, and should be marked with the words Orchids outside. It is particularly requestedthat specimens should not be addressed to individualmembers of the start*. The specimens should be ascomplete as possible, and should always comprise asmuch of the inflorescence as can be spared con-veniently, as well as a leaf. They be packedwith damp paper, but cotton wool should not beused. Gardeners Orphan Fund.—It is satisfactoryto learn that as the result of the recent Floral Fifein Coveut Garden Market, the Fund will be enrichedby about £200. And from the exhibition of Orchidsat Blenheim Palace Gardens, Woodstock, there willbe over £70 handed over to
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