"The Victoria Medal of Honour (\"VMH\") is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special honour by the SocietyThe award was established in 1897 \"in perpetual remembrance of Her Majesty\u2019s glorious reign, and to enable the Council to confer honour on British horticulturists.\" The Society's rules state that only sixty-three horticulturists can hold the VMH at any given time, in commemoration of the sixty-three years of Queen Victoria's reign. "@en .