8 KOTHAMSTED. 



a granite memorial with a suitable inscription, to be erected 

 in front of the Laboratory at Harpenden ; (2) illuminated 

 addresses of congratulation to Sir John Bennet Lawes and 

 Dr Gilbert ; and (3) such other presentations as funds per- 

 mitted. An influential executive committee was appointed, 

 and very soon a sum of over £700 was raised by 447 sub- 

 scribers. The committee were thus enabled, in addition to 

 providing the granite memorial and addresses, to commission 

 Mr Hubert Herkomer, E.A., to paint Sir John Bennet 

 Lawes' portrait for presentation to him. The illuminated 

 addresses were signed by H.E.H. the Prince of Wales on 

 behalf of the subscribers. 



The various presentations were made, and the com- 

 memorative granite boulder was formally dedicated, at a 

 meeting of the subscribers held at Harpenden, on Saturday, 

 July 29, 1893. The Eight Hon. Herbert Gardner, M.P., 

 President of the Board of Agriculture, presided, and there 

 was a large attendance of leading agriculturists, scientists, 

 and others. 



The granite memorial consists of a huge monolithic boulder 

 of irregular shape obtained from the Shap Granite Com- 

 pany's quarries in Westmoreland. Its total weight is eight 

 tons, and it rests upon a base of granite taken from the same 

 source. The boulder, which is represented opposite, stands 

 on a grassy slope in front of the Presentation Laboratory at 

 Harpenden, and. a polished panel facing the roadway bears 

 the following inscription, viz. : — 



TO COMMEMORATE 

 THE COMPLETION OF 



FIFTY YEAES 



OF CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENTS 



(THE FIRST OF THEIR kind) 



IN AGRICULTURE 



CONDUCTED AT 



ROTHAMSTED 



BY 



Sir JOHN BENNET LAWES 



AND i 



JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT 



A.D. MDCCCXCIII. 



The presentation portrait of Sir John Bennet Lawes is a 

 life-sized three-quarter length, representing Sir John stand- 

 ing in a characteristic attitude, facing the spectator. A brass 

 plate at the foot contains the following inscription : — 



Presented by Subscription to Sir JOHN B. LAWES, Bart., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.R.S., to Commemorate the Jubilee of the Rothamsted Experi- 

 ments, July 29th, 1893. 



