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HOKTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT HAMBURG. 



May to September, 1897. 



The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society having been 

 requested by the authorities of the Great Hamburg 1897 

 Exhibition to appoint a Committee in England to further the 

 interests of the Exhibition, the following gentlemen were 

 nominated, with power to add to their number : — 



English Committee. 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Chairman. 

 Baron Schroder, F.R.H.S. 



W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., F.R.S., &c. 



Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., &c. 



Dr. Morris, C.M.G., F.L.S., &c. 



Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., Secretary. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



Charles Shea, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



H. Self Leonard, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



W. Marshall, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S. 



T. Francis Rivers, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



George Bunyard, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



Owen Thomas, Esq., F.R.H.S. 



Steps have been taken to make the Exhibition known in the 

 Colonies ; the Secretary of State has written to the Agents- 

 General commending it to their sympathy and support. 



The Exhibition will be open from the beginning of May to 

 the end of September ; but special Competitive Shows will be 

 held May 1 to 7, May 30 to June 3, July 2 to 0, July 30 to 

 August 3, August 27 to September 5, September 17 to 30. 



It is necessary that all plants to be planted out of doors 

 should be entered before January 1, 1897. 



Besides Flowers, Fruits, Plants, Trees, and Vegetables, all 

 manufactured articles and implements and art objects having 

 relation to Horticulture are invited. 



The Union Steamship Company and A. Kirsten's Line of 



