CXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



DEPUTATION TO CHESTER SHOW. 



August 5, 1896. 



The Committee of the Chester Horticultural Show having in- 

 vited the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society to visit their 

 exhibition, the following gentlemen were appointed a deputation 

 for the purpose : — 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., President, R.H.S. 



Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, Treasurer, R.H.S. 



Charles E. Shea, Esq., Member of Council. 



Thomas Statter, Esq., Member of Council. 



George Bunyard, Esq., Member of Council. 



F. W. Burbidge, Esq., M.A., F.R.H.S. 



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



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



Mr. James Mclndoe, F.R.H.S. 



Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., Secretary, R.H.S. 



The deputation reached Chester on Tuesday afternoon, 

 August 4, and was received at the railway station by the Sheriff 

 of the city; J. Wynne-Ffoulkes, Esq., Hon. Sec. of the Chester 

 Committee ; George Dickson, Esq. ; and other leading members 

 of the ancient city. Carriages were in waiting to convey the 

 deputation to the Grosvenor Hotel, with the exception of the 

 President, who was to be the guest of the Duke of Westminster 

 at Eaton. 



At 6 o'clock the Chester Committee entertained the deputa- 

 tion at dinner, the Mayor of the city presiding, in the unavoidable 

 absence of the Duke through illness. 



At 7.30 a conference was held at the Town Hall, the Mayor 

 again kindly presiding in the Duke's absence. The papers read 

 at the conference by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., the Very Rev. 

 the Dean of Rochester, and F. W. Burbidge, Esq., M.A., Curator 

 of the Botanic Gardens of Trinity College, Dublin, will be found 

 on page 77 ct seq. 



On Wednesday morning the deputation assembled at the 

 showground on the Roodeye at 9.45, and by 10 o'clock all was 

 ready for them to begin their work. The awards made will be 

 found below. 



