SATURDAY, JUNE 27. 
Visits TO WOBURN AND ROTHAMSTED. 
AT the invitation of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G., 
a party of Delegates and Members visited the Experimental 
Fruit Farm at Ridgmont, and subsequently inspected the 
work of the Rothamsted Experiment Station at the invitation 
of the Trustees of the Lawes Agricultural Trust. 
The party left London at 10.5 a.m., and proceeded by rail 
to Flitwick Station, whence they motored through a part of 
Woburn Park to the Duke of Bedford’s Experimental Fruit 
Farm at Ridgmont. 
The party were here received by the Director, Mr. Spencer 
Pickering, F.R.S., who conducted them over portions of 
the Farm and explained the work carried on and the experi- 
ments in progress. 
After being entertained at luncheon, a short visit was paid 
to the adjoining Experimental Station of the Royal Agricul- 
tural Society, where the experiments in progress were 
described by the officer in charge. 
From Ridgmont the party motored via Dunstable to 
Rothamsted, where they were received and entertained at tea 
by Dr. E. J. Russell. The laboratories and portions of the 
Rothamsted Experiment Station, conducted by the Lawes 
Agricultural Trust, were visited, and the nature of the experi- 
ments was explained by Dr. Russell and the staff of the 
Station. 
The party subsequently returned by train from Harpenden 
to London, which was reached at 7.35 p.m. 
Visiz TO KEw GARDENS. 
At the invitation of the Director a party of Delegates and 
Members visited the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 
the afternoon. They were received by Mr. A. W. Hill, 
Assistant Director, Dr. Otto Stapf, Keeper of the Herbarium ; 
and Mr. J. M. Hillier, Keeper of Museums, by whom they 
were shown round the Gardens. The party was subsequently 
entertained at tea. 
