Vi PKOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



this great scientist, should have been selected to represent the Society 

 at the celebration ceremonies. He was the bearer of an address from ' 

 the Council, the terms of which will be found in the Journal of the 

 Society (vol. xxxv. part ii. p. 227). 



6. Jubilee of the Fruit and Floral Committees.— The Council 

 congratulate the Fruit and Floral Committees on the celebration of 

 their jubilee, an occasion which it was thought fitting to mark by a j 

 dinner given to the members at the Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, 

 on July 6. It is a matter of no little pleasure to note the long uninter- 

 rupted service of many of the members of both Committees, and the 

 Council, on behalf of the Fellows, again extend to them their warmest 

 thanks for the servioe they render to the Society, and the invaluable 

 assistance so freely and generously given through so long a series of 

 years. The Council were glad to hear that the Fruit Committee had • 

 taken advantage of the occasion to present their Chairman with his 

 portrait. : 



7. Entertainment of Germans. — It was with much pleasure 



that the President and Council entertained at luncheon at the Holland 

 House Show a party of 90 members of the German Society for Garden ' 

 Art, who were then in London visiting English gardens. The visitors 

 were under the guidance of Herr Fritz Enke, with Herr Beiz, the 

 Secretary, and Herr Spath (the son of the renowned German Arbori- 

 culturist), as interpreter. Our guests expressed themselves more than I 

 pleased with the magnificence of the show and the high excellence of 

 gardening generally in England, and it is hoped they all carried home a 

 pleasurable remembrance of their entertainment at the hands of their I 

 British fellow-gardeners. ! 



8. The Lawrence Medal. — It will be remembered that three years ! 

 ago a subscription fund was formed to secure a portrait of our Presi- 

 dent and for the founding of a Medal in his honour. The choice of an | 

 artist for executing the medal led to some delay, but eventually the work 

 was entrusted to Mr. Bertram Mackennal, A.E.A., who has worked 

 out an excellent design. The first medal struck was rightly given to our 

 President, whose name it bears. The 1909 medal has been awarded to 

 Lieut. -Colonel G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., in recognition of the 

 beautiful exhibits of Orchids which he has made during the past year. 



9. Deputations. — It was with much pleasure that the Council sent ' 

 Deputations to the following Shows in response to invitations received, 

 viz. : Berlin International, Birmingham, Gloucester, and Cardiff, in 

 each case being most hospitably and agreeably entertained by the 

 organizing bodies. 



The Council have accepted an invitation from the General Bulb 

 Growers' Society at Haarlem to attend their Jubilee Show next spring, 

 and have promised to send a deputation to visit a Hardy Fruit Show 

 to be held at Hexham in the late autumn. 



