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MOST ESTEEMED SOCIETY — 



The Horticultural Society of Prussia takes this opportunity 

 of offering you its most hearty congratulations on the day 

 on which, in the presence of His Majesty the King, Her 

 Majesty the Queen, and other members of the Royal Family, 

 you will open your own Home, your Royal Horticultural 

 Hall, as a celebration of your Centenary, 



The foundation of your Society served as an example for 

 the formation of our Society in the year 1822, and also for 

 the inauguration of similar Societies in other countries* 



As one of the oldest of these, our Society has always 

 followed with admiration the actions of your, [Society in^the 

 course of its many decades. You 'have courageously advanced 

 in the face of many difficulties, and now that horticulture has 

 attained to such preeminence in Great Britain, you may 

 justly claim that you have contributed to this proud position 

 in'an exceptional manner. 



To-day you have gained one of your highest aims — the 

 acquisition of a Home ! "We rejoice heartily with you in 

 your good fortune, the more so because we too are endeavour- 

 ing to secure our own Home, though this at present looms 

 in the far distance. 



May the grand achievements of your Society shine with 

 a still brighter light in the new Hall, and may the new 

 century prove as fortunate for you, and as beneficial to the 

 horticulture of the whole world, as has been that which is 

 closed ! 



These are the most hearty wishes of the Horticultural 

 Society of Prussia. 

 Signed — 



The Director, BARON VON CRAMM, Acting Privy Coun- 

 cillor, Excellency, Minister of the Duchy of Brunswick, 

 and its representative in the Bundesrath. 



The Secretary-General, Prcfesscr Dr. L. WITTMACK, Priw 

 Councillor. 



Presented by Dr. Maxwell Masters, F.R.S. 



