EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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GRAND SUMMER SHOW, 1889. 



The Grand Summer Show of the Society for 1880 was, 

 by permission of the Treasurer and Masters of the Bench, held 

 in the gardens of the Inner Temple on Thursday and Friday, 

 May 30 and 31. 



As regards the site on which it was held, as well as the 

 special objects of the show, the following appeared in the official 

 programme : — 



The Temple Gardens, in which the Summer Show of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society is held, are "beautifully green retreats " in the midst 

 of the noise and smoke of City life. Historically they are of great 

 interest. Shakespeare has made them famous (Henry VI., Act ii., 

 Scene 4) by his description of the origin of the Wars of the Roses. 

 Plantagenet and his followers here gathered the Yorkist White Rose, 

 while Somerset and his followers gathered the Lancastrian Red Rose. 

 There are no Roses nowadays in the Temple Gardens (albeit they are 

 celebrated for their annual display of Chrysanthemums) except when 

 brought here, as on the present occasion, with other beautiful 

 flowers to brighten early summer days in towm by their beauty and 

 fragrance. 



The aim of the Royal Horticultural Society on such an occcasion 

 as this is to bring together rare and beautiful plants of the highest 

 excellence as regards growth and culture, and at the same time 

 give a vivid representation of the progress of horticultural art in this 

 country. 



In the several tents will be found collections of Orchids, Roses, 

 Azaleas, Palms, Ferns, Tulips, Violas, &c, contributed by members of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society and their friends, supplemented by 

 plants from several well-known horticultural establishments. Exhibits 

 have also been sent by the market growers and salesmen from Covent 

 Garden, illustrating the latest development of the culture of plants for 

 decorative purposes, as well as vegetables and fruit. 



The Summer Show of 1889 was acknowledged on all hands 

 to have been one of the most successful of any held by the 

 Society. Great credit was due to the generous assistance 

 afforded to the Society by the officers of the Inner Temple, and, 

 indeed, without such help it would have been impossible to have 

 made suitable arrangements for the crowds of interested visitors 

 who thronged the tents and grounds during the whole time the 

 show was open. 



It is impossible to give a detailed account of the whole of the 



