11. [iUPPLEMENT.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



[May 25, 1912. 



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OUR PORTRAIT SUPPLEME11T. 



His Grace The Duke of Portland, K.G. 



(President). 



The President of the Royal Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exhibition of 1912 

 ia best known to our readers as the owner 

 of Welbeck Abbey, an English seat which 

 possesses a garden that may be classed 

 with the largest and most important in 

 the British isles. His Grace is not only a 

 liberal patron of gardening, but evinces 



interest in the 



gardening 

 1900 at the 



practical interest in 



charities, and presided in 



annual festival dinner of the Gardeners' 



Royal Benevolent Institution. 



With the Duchess of Portland, his Grace 

 received the foreign guests and other 

 visitors to the Exhibition, at his London 

 residence in Grosvenor Square, on Tues- 

 day evening (May 21), when from 500 to 600 

 ladies and gentlemen attended. During 

 the period of the show the Duke of Port- 

 land has been good enough to place his 

 time and services entirely at the disposal 

 of the Exhibition. 



J. Gurney Fowler (Chairman of the 

 Board of Directors). 



It would be difficult indeed to find any- 

 one better fitted than Mr. Gurney rowier 

 for the office of Chairman of a great under- 

 taking such as the International Show. 



He has been for a long time a member of 

 the Council of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, and is at present Hon. Treasurer 

 of the Society, as well as Chairman of the 

 Orchid Committee. In all that he under- 

 takes Mr. Gurney Fowler displays the ex- 

 cellent business methods which, doubtless, 

 he has acquired as head of the firm of Price, 

 Waterhouse and Co., and many of our 

 readers are familiar with the businesslike 

 financial statements contributed by the 

 Hon. Treasurer at the annual meetings of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. His chief 

 recreation, during a busy life, has always 

 been horticulture, and Mr. Gurney Fowler 

 is at the present time the possessor of a 

 very fine collection of Orchids which was 

 recently the subject of an article in our 

 pages, in the course of which reference was 

 made also to Mr. Fowler's excellent col- 

 lection of Selaginellas. 



He is a keen golfer and motorist, a 



liberal supporter of the gardening 

 charities, and an active participator in the 

 local affairs of his neighbourhood of South 

 Woodford. During the many months of 

 anxious preparation for the great Show, 

 the extraordinary optimism of the Chair- 

 man has never once failed him for a 

 moment ; and his enthusiasm has often in- 

 spired his colleagues at moments when 

 some were apt to become doubtful or faint- 

 hearted. 



Nicholas F. Barnes (Director, and Mem- 

 ber of the Show and Site Committee). 



After serving for a time as foreman at 

 Floors Castle, and at the Royal Gardens, 

 Sandringham, Mr. Barnes was appointed 

 gardener to the Duke of Westminster, 



at Eaton Hall, Chester, in 1892, and he has 

 remained there ever since. His manage- 

 ment of the gardens has produced the most 

 successful results, and his exhibits of 

 fruits, flowers, and vegetables at the 

 principal shows have secured many 

 awards. He exhibits with uncommon suc- 

 cess in the class for decorated tables for 

 dessert, e.g., at the Shrewsbury meetings. 



Edwin Beckett, V.M.H. (Director, and 

 Member of the Schedule and Advisory 

 Committees). 



Mr. Beckett was for 23 years gardener to 

 the late Lord Aldenham, at Aldenham 

 House, Elstree, and he now serves the 

 Hon. Vicary Gibbs in the same capacity. 

 Mr. Beckett has shown great skill in laying 

 out the gardens at Aldenham, in which the 

 rock-bound lake and natural gardens have 

 a charmingly distinct character. In matters 

 of fruit and vegetable culture Mr. Beckett 

 is an authority. He has been awarded 28 

 gold medals, besides a number of cups 

 and other prizes. He was one of the first 

 to insist on the importance of artistic dis- 

 play in the exhibiting of vegetables, and 

 has done much to improve conditions in 

 this direction. * 



He is the author of a first-rate work on 

 the culture of vegetables. 



W. A. Bilney, J. P. (Solicitor). 



He is a good friend of the gardening 

 charities, and will preside at the 

 annual festival of 



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Horticultural 



A member of the Council of the Royal 



Society, and - honorary 

 solicitor to the Gardeners' Royal Benevo- 

 lent Institution, Mr. Bilney is deservedly 

 well known in horticultural circles. Many 

 of our readers were acquainted with the 

 garden at his former place of residence — 

 Fir Grange, Weybridge — which was ex- 

 tremely beautiful, and had been made 

 under his personal supervision. He is now 

 living at Ronneby, Weybridge, and still 

 takes an active interest in horticulture, 

 though his new garden is smaller than the 



old one. 



Mr. Bilney was originally appointed a 

 director of the International Exhibition, 

 but resigned in order to act as the Direc- 

 tors' solicitor, in which capacity he has 

 rendered valuable services. 



E. A. Bowles, M.A. (Director). 



Mr. Bowles is a member of the Com- 

 mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 Chairman of the Narcissus and Tulip Com- 

 mittee, and Vice-chairman of the Scientific 

 Committee. In this latter capacity he 

 usually officiates in place of the chairman. 

 His knowledge of garden plants is excep- 

 tional. 



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The gardens of his residence, Myddelton 

 House, Waltham Cross, are extremely in- 

 teresting, being especially rich in the rare 

 hardy plants, bulbs, and rock plants. 



Mr. Bowles is a trustee of the Lindley 

 Library, and his w T ide knowledge is of the 

 utmost value in this connection. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., J.P., D.L., 

 V.M.H. (Director and Honorary Trea- 

 surer). 



Those who attended the preliminary 

 meeting of horticulturists held last year 

 at the Mansion House in connection with 

 the arrangements for the International 

 Exhibition, at which the Lord Mayor (Sir 

 T. Vezey Strong) presided, will long re- 

 member Sir Jeremiah Colman's lucid 

 and vigorous speech, which did so much 

 to increase the enthusiasm of the pro- 

 moters of the scheme. Since that time 

 he has spared no efforts to ensure success. 

 He is a keen horticulturist, and the beauty 

 of the gardens at Gatton Park is well 

 known. He is also a successful Orchid 

 raiser, his collection of Orchids being one 

 of the best in the country. 



the Gardeners' Royal 

 Benevolent Institution on June 25 next. 



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W. Cuthbertson, J. P. (Director). 



Mr. Cuthbertson, of the firm of Dobbie 

 & Co., Edinburgh, is a keen enthusiast 

 on the subject of florists' flowers, especially 

 Sweet Peas, Aquilegias, Dahlias, and 

 Marigolds. He devotes much time and 

 thought to the subject of the improvement 

 of strains. 



Mr. Cuthbertson is a member of the 

 Scientific and Floral Committees of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, and contrives 

 to be present at most of the principal 

 horticultural gatherings, notwithstanding 

 the long railway journey from Edinburgh. 



C. R. Fielder (Director, and Member of 

 the Schedule Committee). 



Mr. Fielder was formerly gardener to 

 Mrs. Burns, of North Mymms Park, Hat- 

 field. Here he began to make a name for 

 himself, being extremely successful with 

 Hippeastrums : he was, in fact, the first to 

 raise a good white specimen of the modern 

 type. 



On leaving North Mymms, in 1911, Mr. 

 Fielder was appointed gardener to Miss 

 Willmott, at Warley Place, Essex. 



He is a Director of the International Ex- 

 hibition, as w T ell as a member of the Sche- 

 dule Committee ; he is also a member of 

 the Floral Committee of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, one of the examiners for 

 the Public Parks Examinations, and in- 

 spector of gardens for the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



John Green (Director, and Member of 

 Show and Site Committee). 



Mr. Green is well known as the head of 

 the horticultural department of Hobbies, 

 Ltd., and a director of the firm. At his 

 nurseries at Dereham, in Norfolk, Mr. 

 Green has been particularly successful 

 with Dahlias, Roses, Chrysanthemums, 

 Sweet Peas, and many other plants. He is 

 a member of the Floral Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, Hon. Trea- 

 surer of the National Dahlia Society and 

 of the National Chrysanthemum Society, 

 and a member of the Horticultural Trade 

 Association. 



Hubert J. Greenwood, J.P., L.C.C. 



. (Director). 



Mr. Greenwood, being a member of the 

 London County Council, has been able to 

 assist the International Directorate in 

 matters pertaining to building, lighting, 

 and draining, and such operations as have 

 to be sanctioned by the local and other 

 authorities. 



Frederick Janson Hanbury (Director, 

 and Member of the Finance Com- 

 mittee). 



Mr. Hanbury is a director of the well- 

 known firm, Allen and Hanbury's, Ltd., 

 and was formerly an examiner of the 

 Pharmaceutical Society. He has contri- 

 buted several papers to the Journal of 

 Botany i principally on the subject of the 

 botany of north Britain, notably the 

 British Hieracia, of which he has dis- 

 covered and described many new species. 





