NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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Kensington High Street, and the only Exit by the Gate leading into 

 Melbury Road, where carriages may be ordered to wait. 



To avoid crowding at the Gate, the public are earnestly requested to 

 obtain their tickets on or before Monday, July 9, from the Society's 

 Offices, Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. 



21. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 

 PLANT BREEDING. 



Very successful Conferences on Plant Breeding, whether by hybridisa- 

 tion or by cross-fertilisation, have been held already, one in London under 

 the Society's auspices in 1899, and a second in New York under the 

 auspices of the Horticultural Society of New York, U.S.A., in 1902. 

 A third has now been arranged to take place in London, commencing 

 on July 30, and concluding on August .3, 1906. 



The programme, as far as at present arranged, is as follows : 



Monday, July 30. 



9 p.m. to 10.30. Conversazione in the Society's Great Hall. 



9.30. Address of Welcome by the President of the Society, Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., &c. 



10 to 10.30. Lantern slides of various hybrids. The loan of any 

 interesting slides would be greatly esteemed. 



Refreshments will be served during the evening. 



The price of tickets for the Conversazione will be, to Fellows, 2s. 6d. 



Tuesday, July 31. 

 10.30 a.m. to 1. First Session of the Conference. Opening Address 

 by W. Bateson, Esq., F.R.S., President of the Conference. 

 1.15. Light luncheon. 



2.80 to 5. Second Session of the Conference. 



6.30. Dinner at the Hotel Windsor, at the kind invitation of the 

 Horticultural Club. 



Wednesday , August 1. 



10.30 a.m. to 12.45. Third Session of the Conference. 

 1.30. Luncheon at Burford, at the kind invitation of the President of 

 the Society, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., &c. 



Thursday, August 2. 

 10.30 a.m. to 1. Fourth Session of the Conference. 

 1.15. Light luncheon. 

 2.30 to 5. Fifth Session of the Conference. 

 7. Banquet in the Great Hall. 



Friday, August 3. 

 10.30 to 11.30. Visit the Natural History Museum. 

 12. Visit the gardens of Gunnersbury House and Park. 

 1.30. Luncheon at Gunnersbury, at the kind invitation of Mr. Leopold 

 de Rothschild. 



3 to 5. Visit Kew Gardens. 



