AlO . JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following letters acknowledging these Cups were received : — 



21 Addison Road, Kensington, W. : July 23, 1910. 



Dear Sir Trevor, — I am enclosing you herewith the letters grate- 

 fully acknowledging receipt of the beautiful Cups your Society has been 

 good enough to award to our Horticultural Exhibitors at the Japan- 

 British Exhibition. 



Permit me to renew my thanks for the interest you have taken and 

 the encouragement you have given to our Exhibitors. 

 - ■ Yours faithfully, 



HiKOJiRA Wada. 



„ July 22, 1910. 



a Sir, — We beg to tender our hearty thanks through you to the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society lor the interest it has shown in the 

 Japanese Horticultural Exhibits at the Japan-British Exhibition and 

 for the encouragement it has given us by its generous award of the 

 Silver Cups, which we have received through the Commissioner- 

 General, Mr. Hikojira Wada. 



We shall always treasure these mementos and shall use our best 

 1 endeavours to continue to deserve the praise of so important a Society. 



We are, Sir, 



Yours obediently, 

 JiRO Harada, for K. Ozawa. 



H. IZAWA. 



Taiko Yen. 



S. Suzuki, for the Yokohama Nursery Co. 

 K. NiwA, for Ikenobo Senkei. 

 K. NiWA, for S. Hayashi. 

 F. Oguri, for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. 

 S. Tegima, Director of the Girls' Technical School, 

 Tokyo. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., 



President of the Eoyal Horticultural Society. 



The Luncheon. 



The Complimentary Luncheon was given on the second day of the 

 Society's Summer Show at Holland House, July 6, 1910, the President, 

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

 chair, when the following Japanese and English gentlemen met in 

 the luncheon tent : — 



His Excellency Monsieur Takaaki Kato, Ambassador, 4 Grogvenor 

 Gardens, S.W. 



His Excellency Baron Oura, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce 

 and President of Japanese Section of Japan-British Exhibition, 21 Addi- 

 son Eoad, Kensington^ W. 



His Excellency Prince lyesato Tokugawa, Chairman of the House 

 of Peers. 



