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lovo and rovorcnco of those who shall como aftor mm as tho leather of the 

 Hall. Sir Trevor Lawrence was bhe saviour of the Society in 1887, and 



he has hoon its presiding genius ever since; Sir Thomas llarihury waH 



tho donor of the Garden ; and the Baron Ls the Father of the Flail. 

 These threo names will ever stand out clearly in tho history of our great 

 Society. Men may come and men may go, hut the Society goes on for 

 ever, and will ever keep in honour the. memory of these three benefactors 

 long after they themselves shall have passed away to a, Society in which 

 we are taught to believe and hope there will be no squabbles, to a, harden 

 where plants experience no blighting frosts or Scorching suns, to a Hall 

 which we are told needs no lighting and whose foundations are of all 

 manner of precious stones. 



Vl<i. (')(). WlHMCY AH IT NOW IH TlIK IJj'I'KIt I'd I/. 



The new buildings, containing the Hall and offices, have been built 

 on the north-east side of Vincent Square;, Westminster, overlooking the 

 playing-fields of Westminster School, an open space of some li> acres in 

 extent. The frontage to Vincent Square is HO feet, and the side frontage 

 to Bell Street about 122 feet. Messrs. (\. E. Wallis k Sons, of Maidstone, 

 were the contractors. (Fig. 01.) 



The buildings, erected from the designs of Mr. IvJwin •). Stubbs, 

 architect, are faced with red bricks and have dressings of Portland stone. 

 The central frontage is occupied by a porch of Portland stone, forming 

 the principal entrance to the Exhibition Hall, flanked on either side l>. 

 the entrances to the administrative portions upon the upper itories. 



In order to obtain the maximum space for the holding of the Society's 

 Flower Shows, the whole of the ground floor, except the [>< rt.ion oeeupii-d 



