THE society's WELCOME TO JAPANESE HORTICULTURISTS. 409 



THE SOCIETY'S WELCOME TO JAPANESE HOETICUL- 

 TUEISTS AND VISITOES IN LONDON FOE THE JAPAN- 

 BEITISH EXHIBITION, 1910. 



In recent years there has been a very marked rapprochement between 

 the people of this country and the people of Japan, just in proportion as a 

 truer knowledge and understanding of each by the other has broadened 

 and deepened; and gardeners, perhaps more than any other particular 

 class, have been indebted to the Japanese for ideas and expressions 

 in plant life and for the unequalled floral wealth they have contributed 

 to English gardens. The President and Council therefore decided to 

 seize the opportunity of the Japan-British Exhibition to organize an 

 official welcome to the representatives of Japan, and so express a cordial 

 appreciation of Japanese gardening skill on the part of all British gar- 

 deners. In order to make this expression of appreciation as forcible as 

 possible two plans were adopted. The first was to inspect and adjudi- 

 cate upon the merits of the Japanese Gardens at the Exhibition ; the 

 second was to entertain the Japanese Ambassador, Commissioners to 

 the Exhibition, and the Japanese gardeners then in London, at a 

 commemoration luncheon at the Society's Holland House Show. 



Accordingly on June 30 a Committee of Judges, including the Presi- 

 dent, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart'., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., &c., Sir Frank 

 Crisp, Messrs. H. J. Veitch, V.M.H., J. Hudson, V.M.H., W. A. 

 Bilney, E. White, and the Eev. W. Wilks, M.A., examined the gardens 

 and allied exhibits and awarded Silver Cups as follows: — 



To Mr. Keijiro Ozawa, Tokyo, for the design of the " Garden of 

 Peace " and the " Garden of the Floating Islands. " 



To Mr. Hannosuke Izawa, Tokyo, for tfie construction of the 

 " Garden of Peace " and the " Garden of the Floating Islands." 



To the Taiko Yen, Shiba Park, Tokyo, for the design and construc- 

 tion of two miniature gardens. 



To the Yokohama Nursery Company, Yokohama, for a collection 

 of dwarf trees in pots. i 



To the Yokohama Nursery Company, Yokohama, for a specimen 

 dwarf tree (Thuya ohtusa, golden variety, said to be 125 years ol4). 



To Mr. Shinsuke Hayashi, Kyoto, for a pair of bronze garden lamps. 



To Mr. Ikenobo Senkei, Kyoto, for an imitation dwarf Pine used in 

 ceremonies. 



To Nippon Yusen Kaisha, for a garden of artificial flowers. 

 To the Girls' Technical School, Tokyo, for an arrangement of arti- 

 ficial flowers. 



