January 6, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



17 



i}{ the old lime avenue, alternating with 

 groups of trees an<l shrubs. 



Jt need hardly be said that as complete 

 arrangements as possible liave been made 

 tor refreshments; one large tent will oc- 

 cupy a fairly central position, and a tea- 

 house is to be provided in the E-anelagh 

 Gardens. Garden architecture will find a 

 place, and at least two large fountains are 

 to be erected. A great feature of the ex- 

 hibition will be its illumination at night, 

 and the provision of excellent music dui-ing 

 the whole of each day. 



To meet the heavy expenses of this great 

 undertaking a guarantee fund of £16,000 

 has been raised, including £4,000 from the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society ; and subscrip- 

 tions have been received amounting to a 



CohnaUj Bart. , treasurer, while Mr. J . 

 Gurney Fowler and Mr. W. A. Bilney are 

 respective!}^ chairman and solicitor^ witli 

 Mr. Edward White, hon. munaging direr- 

 tor; Mr. T. Geoffrey Henslow, secretary; 

 and Mr. G. J. Ingram, finajicial secretary. 

 The other directors are Sir Albert lloHit 

 and Messrs. N. ¥. Barnes, K. Beckett, K. 

 A. Bowles, W. Cuthbertson C. 11. Fielder, 

 J. Green, F. J. Haubury, A. G. Jackman, 

 A. Kingsmill. H. B. May, C. G. A. Nix, 

 George Paul, C\ Harman Payne, ]\, 

 Hooper Pearson, T. A. H. Rivers, N. A. 

 Sherwood, A. W. Sutton, Harry J. Vcitoh, 

 and R. Wallace. Mr. Harry J. Veit-cli is 

 the onlv gentleman on the Board who had 

 anything to do with the management of 

 the exhibition of 186G. The offices are at 



of fungus, insect, and other garden pests. 

 Demonstrations with the microscope are 

 being arranged. The Science and Kduca- 

 tion Committee, with the Right Hon. A. 

 H. Dyke Ackland as cliairman, and Mr. 

 F. j/ Chittenden as secretary, have very 

 properly limited their programme to the 

 consideration of two important questions, 

 i.e., legislation at Homo and Abroad for 

 the Prevention and Suppression of Plant 

 Pests, and the absorbing one of Horticul- 

 tural Fxlucati<m. The Conference for the 

 consideration of these questions will, it is 

 l)elieved, take place in one of the large 

 rooms at the Hospital, and, by the way, 

 visitors should, as far as is allow- 

 able, see the beautiful chapel at the Hos- 

 pital^ tlie Great Hall, and the Cloisters. 



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large sum. 



In this connection it is 7 



interesting to notice that the expenses of 

 the great international horticultural exhi- 

 bition of 1866 amonnted to a little over 

 tl2,000, and resulted in a profit of £3,500. 

 The admission charges for 1912 are very 

 iugh for the earlier days of the exhibition, 

 and have given rise to a good deal of ad- 

 verse comment. 



Their Majesties King George, Queen 

 Mary, and Queen Alexandra have 

 their patronage to the exhibition, as also 

 have many other members of the Koyal 

 tamily. This of itself ensures a large mea- 

 sure of succeas, while the Kings promise 

 to open the exhibition at noon on May 22 

 should, weather permitting, be sufficient to 

 make that day a record one in the annals of 

 British horticulture. 



The mainagement of the exhibitiotti is 

 vested in a CJouncil of Directors. The Duke 



Victoria. Street, Westminster, and from 

 thence can be obtained the schedule of 428 

 classes. Applications for space for non- 

 competitive exliibits must be sent in on or 

 before Januarv 13, and entries in the 

 classes under the schedule shouM be sent 

 on or before February 1. There is no stint 

 of prizes, and cups and medals have been 



given 



offered by traders, amateurs, and so<neties ness on this occasion, 

 in a most jrenerous fashion. aii<l tliere is a been to Paris, Ghent, 



Turin, etc., during recent vea'rs 



The date and hour of the Conference have 

 not yet been decided, but two days will 

 be needed to fully discuss the questions 

 raised. 



Entertainments will be on a lavish scale, 

 as British horticulture owes a great deal in 

 this respect to Continental horti<'uTture, 

 and will endeavour to re<luee that indebted- 



Those who have 

 Haarlem . Ham- 



cup offered by the King which ought to 

 bring out a strenuous competition. At the 



of Portland is president, and Sir Jeremiah 



moment a movement is on toot among 

 County Committees which has in view the 

 presentation of a cup from eacli county, 

 or group of counties, and it is receiving 

 very favourable consi<ler-iti()iK 



In addition to the exhibition of flowers, 

 fruits plants, vegetables, etc., one large 

 tent IS to be set apart for exhibits of a 

 purely educational and scientific character, 

 i.e. those of service in the identification 



b u r g , '1' u r 1 n , etc . , u u r i n g r ec en t y e 

 know liow splendidly has been the enter- 

 tainment offered to judges and pressmen. 

 Here is the opportunity to rec-ipiwate, 

 and surely no one knows better how to 

 make the neci>ssary arrangements than Sir 

 A'bert liollit, who presides over 

 tertainmetit Committee. It 



f:n- 



the 



pro'babl 

 will 



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that the National Rose iSociety 

 tually open the proceedings by giving a 

 dinner at the Westminster Palace Hotel 

 to the foreign rosarians on the eve of the 



