THE

JOURNAL OF THE

KEW GUILD AN ASSOCIATION OF MEMBERS OF THE KEW

STAFF

PAST AND PRESENT 1944 (Published 1945) LIST OF OFFICERS. President: 1943-44 :—J. W. Besant, A.H.R.H.S. 1944-45 :—Miss E. M. Wakefield, M.A., F.L.S. Trustees : E. J. Salisbury, C.B.E., D . S c , F R.S., and W. M. Campbell, N.D.H. Hon. Treasurer: L. Stenning, Royal Botanic Gardens, 197, Kew Road, Kew, Surrey. (To whom all remittances should be addressed.) Hon. Secretary and Editor of Journal: A. D. Cotton, Herbarium House, Kew, Surrey. Assistant Editor : H. S. Marshall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

F. B. H. T.

E. F. E. P.

Members of Committee Retire 1945 Retire 1947 N. Howes, Kew Miss E. M. Wakefield, Kew P. Mansfield, New Zealand F. S. Sillitoe, Kew T. R. N. Lothian, Australia Welsh, Hampstead F. G. A. Goldsack, E. Sheen H. Everett, New York A. J. Brooks, Putney Retire 1946 G. Dunk, Kew G. Preston, Cambridge Coward, Richmond Robertshaw, Natal

Foremen and Student Gardeners J. SOUSTER

Retire 1948 M . Free, U.S.A. S. Pearce, Kew F . H . Eul, Bexley Heath T . Sargeant, Ripley W. H. Barker, Liverpool Women Gardeners ; Miss V. PAINE