REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE ON GENETICS. 29 
THE CONVERSAZIONE. 
THE Conference opened with a Conversazione in the Society’s Great 
Hall on Monday evening, July 30, when the foreig guests of the 
Society were received by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., V.M.H., K.C.Y.O., 
President of the Royal Horticultural Society, and were introduced to 
their British confréres. 
Tables were set all round the hall (the centre being left open save 
for trophies of palms and flowers), and on them were numerous most 
interesting exhibits bearing on the subject of the Conference. A 
description of the most remarkable of these exhibits will be found a few 
pages further on. 
Refreshments were served in the two annexes. 
BILL OF FARE. 
Sandwiches. 
Ham. Chicken. Foie Gras. 
Cress. Anchovy. Tongue. 
Pastries. 
Mirletons a la Favorite. 
Chocolat Eclairs. Tartlets. 
* Surprise ” Cutlets. Maids of Honour. 
Currant Cakes. Plain Cakes. 
Madeira Cakes. 
Seed Cakes. 
Chocolate Cakes. Sponge Cakes. 
Fancy Biscuits. 
Tea, Coffee, Hock Cup, Claret Cup, Lemonade. 
Strawberry, Lemon, and Vanilla Ices. 
At intervals during the evening the band of His Majesty’s Royal 
Artillery, under the conductorship of Cavaliere L. Zavertal, M.V.O. 
R.A., performed the following programme of music :— 
1 Marc . ; . “Pomp and Circumstance”. Elgar 
2. OVERTURE ; - ; “Ruy Blas ” : . Mendelssohn 
3. Menuet anp Faranpoue (L’Arlésienne) . ; : E Bizet 
4. SELECTION 5 : : * Lohengrin ”’ : : Wagner 
en BERAZECAMT a) © y's : : eso Sylvie ? : Delibes 
6. “Bolero” . é : : : 3 ; : . Moszkowski 
fife “ Berceuse de Jocelyn”’ . : : : Godard 
8. Masque . ‘ i : “As you like it’”’ ; . Ed. German 
3) (a), “In a Trance’™ . : : i : : : ies 
a “Murmurs of the Sile”’ é : | fe eee 
10. “Danza DELLE Orr” from ‘La Gioconda”’ : - Ponchiella 
11. SrLEctrion : c C “Ta Traviata ”’ E ; Verdi 
12. “Toréador et Andalouse”’ . E ; : : : Rubinstein 
13. Sone (Cornet Solo) : a MeAdieue on. ; : Schubert 
14. SELECTION . ; : - { Dindrah’2” ~ ; 3 Meyer beer 
