DEPUTATION TO HAARLEM. 



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DEPUTATION TO HAAELEM, 

 Apkil 13 TO 16, 1910. 



The Deputation of the E..H.S. to the Haarlem Jubilee Exhibition of 

 the Dutch Bulb-Growers' Society was originally intended to consist 

 of six representatives, but owing to insurmountable difficulties only 

 Messrs. Harry J. Veitch, V.M.H., Alfred H. Pearson, and E. Augus- 

 tus Bowles, M.A., were able to carry out their engagement to visit 

 Haarlem on behalf of the E.H.S. from April 13 to April 16. The 

 Exhibition itself furnished not only great interest and pleasure from 

 the quality of the exhibits, but also afforded a valuable lesson in 

 artistic skill and clever management in the planning of the show 

 arrangements generally. It was a wise thought to place the Exhibi- 

 tion in the beautiful setting of the Deer Park, with its fine central 

 avenue and picturesque groupings of well-cared-for trees; and great 

 praise is due to the architect of the Exhibition, Mr. Leonard A. 

 Springer, for the skilful way he planned the arrangements of formal 

 gardens in the broad central space and utilized the smaller glades on 

 either side without interfering with the natural beauty of the groups 

 of trees or giving any idea of overcrowding. Would that our English 

 authorities would similarly allow the E.H.S. to hold one of its shows in 

 one of our Public Parks 1 



All the outside exhibits were planted in beds, thus giving the effect 

 of a permanent garden instead of a merely temporary show. The 

 masses of Crocus which had figured so largely at a previous show were 

 now replaced by Hyacinths, grown for the purpose in boxes, which 

 were sunk in the beds, and were destined in their turn to be replaced 

 by Tulips, grown in a similar manner for a later show. 



Inside the larger of the covered buildings the effect was again that 

 of plants growing in a garden; for the central spaces were laid with 

 turf, in which formal beds were arranged, and by the co-operation of 

 the various firms exhibits of a like character were combined so as to 

 form one harmonious whole. In this way one of these arrangements 

 of beds was composed of fine collections of various Azaleas, a different 

 firm of growers filling each bed. 



The" Deputation made the following awards : — 



Gold Medal. 



To Mr. C. G. van Tubergen, jun., for a collection of new and rare 

 plants, beautifully arranged in a series of eight formal beds cut out of 

 a small stretch of turf, and with specimen plants of Gloriosa Roth- 

 schildiana, Lilium philippense, and others in pots sunk in the turf. 

 A fine collection of Tulijpa species, including T. Greigi, T. Fosteriana, 

 and T. Eichleri, filled one bed. Another contained some rare terrestrial 

 Orchids, while Anemone nemorosa Alleni, A. mnunculoides vars. 

 pallida and fl. pi., Zephyranthes carinata, Haemanthus muUiflorus, 

 Hahranthus pratensis, Paeonia Wittmanniana, Irjs bucharica, Freesia 



