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'Rpy^L iNtERN^lf lONylL 

 HoKfl CULTtJiyiL EXHIBlf ION 



1912 



t 



the GROUNDS of the ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, May 22nd to May 30th, 1912 



PLAN 



AND 



' The plan of the great exhibition to be 

 opeiietl at Chelsea on Wednesday, May 22, 

 '.y His Majesty the King, is given in the 

 nVesent issue, and the scope of the exlubi- 

 ■1011 is to demonstrate the high position 

 iiorticulture has attained, display the finest 

 ^' iH'oducts of the gardening art from 

 ,j, Many countries^ and to indicate what 

 enormous advances have been made 

 J. tinoe the International Horticultural 

 j" Exhibition held at South Kensington 

 ' in 1866. 



A glance at the ground plan *\\ill 

 pj. show that one huge erection of wood, 

 .^teel, and canvas will cover an aiea 

 ,T, of 3i acres, or, in other words, it will 

 \^ cover a spa-ce al)out twnce as hig as 

 the Olympia at Addison Road, it is 

 y OGOft/long and 4oft. high, ai-ranged 

 in five spans and w^ell ventilated. In 

 • if) the exhibition was contained in 



with 



\ s 



wood and canvas erection. 



of 



seven spans, covering an area 

 nearly 3| acres ; the exact mea- 

 surements appear to have been 563ft. 

 [n- hy 300ft. This year the great build- 

 he is mucli larger on one side than 

 OS- the other, the shorter side being 

 )e. aliout 4-)0ft. lonu; and the extreme 

 3 1 readth a little under 300ft. So far 

 of »i'S the main building is concerned, 

 therefore, we show^ little, if any, ad- 

 vance on 1866, save that the struc- 

 ture is higher and composed of fewer 

 ^pans. 



l^ut this is only part of the ex- 

 ope ^ Inhition. Three tents, each l40ft. by 

 tof Soft., are set apart for exhibits from 

 ^*^lgium, Holland, and France. The 

 ^■nt flower tent is 600ft. long by 40ft. 

 ^■kIo, and another marquee attached 

 to the big tent measures 470ft. by 

 ;^^*ft. Orchids will occupy a specially 

 [ J^ated tent, 250ft. by 70ft., ^^hile 



baits and vegetables will he housed 

 1'} a tent 140ft. by 70ft. The recep- 

 tion pavilion near the Chelsea Em- 

 l^ankment entrance, the staff offices, 

 •and the two big refreshment tents 

 take up a large amount of 



i r I '_i y-i 1 4-, 



. fore 



thi^ shrubs. And all this is in the park-like ex- 



''S 'f'" ii"'^strations of tlie big tent, and one 



^iei Uu ^"^"^^^ exhibition. The 



lii lir ^^^^ reprothired from the Gar- 



i tlif V,.]^'^'^ -^^AGAzixE of that year. 



arul'v. "^^ Yvonne i>s tnVned to account, 

 ant- here will be kiosks for horticultural 



lost- 



room , 



^ _ , and 



"I to the covered space a consider- 

 ai^le area will be devoted to trees and 

 wbs. An<3 all this is in the parkdike ex- 

 f;!"'';, between the Hospital buildings and 

 yifl Kither Thames. AVe sive herewith 



SCOPE 



OF 



THE 



EXHIBITION 



publications, and groups of choice hardy 

 trees and shrubs. In the Ranelagh Gardens 

 the exhibits for the Science and Education 

 Spotinii will be housed in a large tent, and 



experts as Messrs. James Carter and Co., 

 Messrs. Pulham and Son and Messrs. R. 



Large 



Wallace and Co., among others, 

 sums of money have been spent on these 

 displavs, and it is probable that the honours 



one very long tent along the northern end displays, and it ,s prooaoie tna^ xae nunou.. 

 ofthe gardens is devoted to horticultural of the exhibition, so far as pubhc apprccia- 



SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN, Bart., V.M.H. 

 Treasurer of the Royal International 



Horticultural Exhibition. 



sundries, while sundries of a less perishable 

 nature will be arranged all along the length 

 of the gardens next to the Chelsea Bridge 

 Road. Further, in various parts of the 

 gardens the leading exhibitors will taste- 

 fully dispose hardy trees and shrubs, hei- 

 baceous plants, etc. If the weath^^^L^e 

 fine the lower part of the Ranelagh Gar- 

 dens will prove to be one of the nw«^"^ 

 tractive parts of the exhibition Hut 

 some wonderful rock, water, aud Japanese 

 gardens have been designed some ot 

 them on a large and life-size scale, by such 



tion goes, will be divided pretty 

 equally between this section and the 

 orchid" tent, where Lieut. -Colonel Sir 

 George Holford, Sir Jeremiah Col- 

 inan, Messrs. Charlesworth, Sander. 

 S. Low, J. Cypher, Armstrong and 

 Brown, Hassali, and many othei .s will 

 provide a display of exquisitely 

 graceful and gorgeously beautiful 

 flowers, such as has never before been 

 brought togetlier. It may be noted 

 that there are 30 classes for orcliids 

 out of a total of 428, so that orchids 

 have not been unduly favoured. We 

 feel sure that hybrid orchids, and 

 wdiat may be calle<l the rock and 

 water garden section will serve more 

 than anvthing else to make the exlr- 

 bition of 1912 quite distinct from 



that of 1866. 



The schedule is divided into 13 sec- 

 tions as follows: Stove and green- 

 house plants, groups and specimens 

 53 classes; palms and cycads, 11 

 classes ; orchids, 30 classes ; ferns and 

 selaginellas, 24 clixsses ; greenhouse 



azaleas, begonias, pelargo- 

 niums, eU-.. 73 classes; rose.s. 26 

 classes; carnations and pinks. !■> 

 classr.s; hanlv plants. inc!n<lMig roek 

 and ali).ne gardens. 164 classes : new 

 plants. 16 ri;isses ; fruits, 45 cla.sses ; 

 vet^etabU'.s. 35 < lasses; and a miscei- 

 la.reous swtion for non-competitive 



di>pl;ivs. n 1 



We shall see anv quantity ot hnely- 

 <rrown pot plants next week, hut 

 there will be nothing like the number 

 of giant specimens that were on view 

 in 1866, when enormous specmien 

 stove plants, huge heaths, azaleas, 

 and roses; and big pelargoniums 

 present in quantity, and large 

 specimen orchids, such as are rarely 

 seen to-<lav. were then <lisi)laye<l by 

 Mr Robert" Warner, Mr. Wm. Marsliall, 

 V M H (whom we all hope to see re- 

 covered sufbeiently from his recent ill- 

 ness to be nre<em v.vxt week). Mr John 

 vTed Mr. Pinnv, Mr. B. S. WdHams. Mr. A. 

 Tunier, and MV. Wm. Bull. The orchnl. 



then were all introdue(><l spe- 

 varieties of species, a few 

 ],een raised, but jirobabiv 



dozen had flowered. 



plants 



were 



nIiowu 



cies or 

 hybrids had 

 not more than 



a 



