REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE ON GENETICS. 69 
After dinner Monsieur Tivadar Nachéz performed on the violin. 
1. Reverie . : ; : : 5 . Vieuxtemps 
9, [4 Preislied . : : : : . Wagner 
* Lb. Humoreske : ‘ : : . Dvorak 
Poéme de la Puszta . ; F ; . Nachéz 
Pianist, Mr. S. Liddle. 
THe Loyat Toasts. 
The President, rising to propose the toast of ‘“ His Gracious Majesty 
the King,” said :—My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—I ask you to drink to 
the health of His Gracious Majesty King Edward VII. His Majesty has 
always taken a warm interest in all that belongs to gardeners and gardens, 
and he was graciously pleased to come to this Hall two years ago and 
open it on the oceasion of the first gathering we held in it, and His 
Majesty was so good as to describe it as “this magnificent Hall” ; but I do 
not think I have ever seen it look so magnificent as it does to-night when 
so many of the most eminent scientific men of Europe and of America 
are assembled in it. I ask you to drink the health of His Gracious 
Majesty King Edward VII.—a toast which appeals to us on all occasions 
when Englishmen gather together, and in which, I am confident, all our 
foreign guests will join as cordially as we ourselves who have the 
privilege and happiness, to be His Majesty’s most loyal subjects. 
The toast having been enthusiastically honoured, the President rose 
to give the toast of “‘ Her Gracious Majesty Queen Alexandra and the rest 
of the Royal Family.” He said :—My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—The 
Queen has endeared herself to the hearts of all Englishmen, but especially 
to all gardeners, for I think I may say that Her Majesty is herself one of 
Nature’s own flowers. She lives also in the hearts of all of us, she is the 
type of everything that is gracious and delightful, and I am sure that she 
and all the members of the Royal Family will always so live in our hearts. 
I have been asked, in addition to proposing the toast of our own Royal 
Family, to mention the fact that this day is the birthday of Her Majesty 
Queen Emma of Holland. We have the advantage of the presence here 
this evening of several eminent Dutch men of science, and I am sure that 
you will join with me in saying that, after our own Royal Family, there 
is hardly anyone for whom we entertain a greater admiration than for 
Queen Emma. I ask you to couple with the toast the health of Queen 
Emma of the Netherlands. 
The double toast was cordially honoured. 
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS, 
The President :—My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—Before we proceed 
further with the toast list I have the very pleasant task of presenting 
some medals which I am bold to say have been earned many, many 
times over by those who are to receive them. In the first place, there 
are four Veitchean medals (founded to perpetuate the memory of the late 
Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea, and in recognition of his many benefits to 
horticulture): these medals are awarded from time to time to gentlemen 
