C PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. George Barrett-Lennard, of Guildford, Western Australia, for 

 Grapes. 



Messrs. Sounness, of Western Australia, for Apples and Pears. 

 Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 Mr. H. C. Williamson, Melbourne, for four cases of Apples. 

 Hon. J. Cox Fillan, of Wall House, Dominica, for Limes. 

 Mr. A. D. Riviere, Clarke Hall Estate, Dominica, for Limes. 

 Mrs. Sophia Miller, Moyleen, Marlow, for Chutneys. 

 A lecture on " The Future of Cacao Planting in the West Indies " 

 was given by Mr. H. Hamel Smith (see p. 163). 



DEPUTATION TO THE GRAND YORKSHIRE FLORAL 

 EXHIBITION, YORK (JUBILEE YEAR). 



June 17, 1908. 



The Society was represented at the Jubilee Meeting of the old Yorkshire 

 Society at York, on June 17, 1908, by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 K.C.V.O., V.M.H., Sir Albert Rollit, J.P., Messrs. H. B. May, Harry J. 

 Veitch, and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., accompanied by Mr. Arthur J. 

 Gaskell, assistant secretary. The deputation were accorded a reception 

 and hospitality of a typically Yorkshire type in warmth and heartiness. 

 They were entertained at dinner on the evening of June 16 by the 

 chairman of the York Show Committees (Mr. Alderman S. Border) and 

 his sub-chairman, and on the following evening, at a Grand Banquet at 

 the Mansion House, by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of York (Sir 

 Joseph Rymer, Kt.). 



The display of flowers and plants, groups and rockwork was an 

 exceedingly good one, probably the best that has ever been seen in the 

 provinces, and the deputation, acting under the powers conferred upon 

 them by the Council, made the following awards : — 



Gold Medal. 



Mr. W. A. Holmes, Chesterfield, for a group arranged for effect. 



Mr. John Coulthurst, Gargrave House, Leeds, for a ' group of 

 miscellaneous plants. 



Messrs. J. Backhouse, York, for a very fine group consisting of 

 rock work with plants and water. 



Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury, 

 for Orchids. 



Messrs. James Veitch, of Chelsea, for a group of Orchids and rare 

 plants. 



Silver Gup. 



Mr. Joseph Pickersgill, Bardon Hill, Weetwood, Leeds, for a group 

 arranged for effect. 



Mr. J. S. Sharp, Almondbury, Huddersfield, for a miscellaneous 

 group. 



Mr. .liii i ics Blacker, Thorpe Villas, Selby, for a miscellaneous group. 

 Mr. Geo Prince Lon^worth Berks for Roses. 



