JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



Vol. XXII. 1898. 

 Part III. 



CHISWICK. 

 July 4, 1898. 



The President and Council again invited all the members of the 

 Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Committees to 

 luncheon at Chiswick on Tuesday, July 4. The several com- 

 mittees number 188 members in all, and of these 106 accepted 

 the Council's invitation, and ninety-eight actually sat down to 

 lunch. Considering the very great distances from which some 

 of the committee-men have to come, from Scotland, Ireland, 

 Paris, Holland, Baden, Cornwall, the Scilly Isles, and Wales, 

 this was accounted a very representative gathering indeed. 



An excellent luncheon was provided by Messrs. Spiers & 

 Pond. The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., occupied the 

 chair, supported by Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, C.M.G., F.R.S. ; Dr. 

 Masters, F.R.S. ; T. A. Dorien Smith, Esq. ; R. Milne Redhead, 

 Esq. ; Professor Farmer ; Hugo Miiller, Esq., F.R.S., &c:, &c. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle, in noticing the meeting, says : — 

 " It is not necessary to point out to the frequent visitors to the 

 Drill Hall in what the work of the several committees consists ; 

 but for the sake of those at a distance, who are not familiar 

 with the working of the Society, it may be desirable to allude to 



