DEPUTA1I0N TO THE YORK GALA. 



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Society affiliated (1). — Maldon Horticultural Society. 

 Associate (1). — Frederick GifTord. 



The President presented Veitcli Memorial Medals to Mr. 

 F. W. Burbidge, M.A., of Trinity College Botanic Gardens, 

 Dublin, and to Mr. Malcolm Dunn, Dalkeith Palace Gardens. 



Similar awards for services rendered to Horticulture were 

 made to Mons. H. de Vilmorin, Paris, and to Professor C. S. 

 Sargent of the Harvard University, U.S.A., both of whom were 

 unable to attend. 



Professor George Henslow gave a .Lecture (illustrated by 

 magic-lantern views) on " The Movements of Plants." (See 

 page 34.) 



DEPUTATION TO THE YORK GALA. 



June 17, 1896. 



A deputation consisting of ten members of the Society was 

 appointed by the Council to visit the Great Show at York, with 

 power l,o recommend Awards, &c, in the same way as is done by 

 the other Committees of the Society sitting at Westminster or 

 at Chiswick. 



The deputation was composed of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 President of the Society ; Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 Treasurer; W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., F.E.S., Director 

 of the Koyal Gardens, Kew ; T. B. Haywood, Esq., of Reigate ; 

 Sydney Courtauld, Esq., of Braintree ; Mr. Harry J. Veitch, 

 F.L.S., of the Royal Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea; Mr. H. Self 

 Leonard, of the Hardy Plant Nurseries, Guildford ; Mr. Malcolm 

 Dunn, of the Palace Gardens, Dalkeith ; Mr. James Hudson, of 

 Gunnersbury House Gardens ; and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., 

 Vicar of Shirley, and Secretary of the Society. 



The deputation was received at the railway station at York 

 on Tuesday afternoon by the Lord Mayor, who extended a wel- 

 come to the city, and by Sir Joseph Terry, Chairman of the 

 York Horticultural Committee ; and at 7.30 in the evening the 

 deputation was entertained at dinner by the members of the 

 Committee. 



On Wednesday morning the deputation arrived on the Show 

 ground a little before 11 o'clock, and at once proceeded to 

 inspect all the exhibits. 



