. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ld the office for 25years. During all that time the Rev. W. Wilkshad entered heart and soul into the work of theSociety. His good tact and temperament in deal-ing with problems that required these qualitieswere known to most of them. He had plea-sure in stating that the Council were having aportrait of Mr. Wilks prepared, and the testi-monial fund, limited to one guinea subscription,had already reached the sum of £500. In addi-tion, a silver salver, which he (the president)had pleasure in handing to
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ld the office for 25years. During all that time the Rev. W. Wilkshad entered heart and soul into the work of theSociety. His good tact and temperament in deal-ing with problems that required these qualitieswere known to most of them. He had plea-sure in stating that the Council were having aportrait of Mr. Wilks prepared, and the testi-monial fund, limited to one guinea subscription,had already reached the sum of £500. In addi-tion, a silver salver, which he (the president)had pleasure in handing to Mr. Wilks, wouldserve further to remind him of his many friendsof the Sir Trevor Lawrence next referred to his ownconnection with the Society as president fornearly 29 years, and stated that his associationwitli them had been one of his greatest passed four-score years, he wished nowto retire, but he had allowed his name to beDrought forward again as president, so that theCouncil might have plenty of time to look outfor a successor. Sir Trevor concluded his remarks. MR. W. H. DIVERS, V (See Report cf Annual Meeting). by offering the thanks of the Society to the per-manent staff and the members of the variouscommittees. The treasurer, Mr. Gurney Fowler, secondedthe adoption of the report, and took the oppor-tunity to refer in detail to certain items of thebalance-sheet. They had made a profit of £9,194on the year, which was £739 more than on anyprevious occasion. The receipts from annua)subscriptions showed an increase of £1,037, andreceipts from hall lettings were £684 more thanlast year. Exhibitions showed a loss of £1, adoption of the report was carried unani-mously. At this stage the Rev. W. Wilks rose to ex-press his thanks for the testimonial and expres-sions of goodwill voiced by the president. Fromwhat had transpired recently he felt sure thatevery Fellow possessed feelings of friendship forhim. The great honour of h
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