Cvi PKOCEEDINGS 0J<' THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



HOLLAND PAEK SHOW. 



July 5 and 6, 1910. 



On July 4 a private view of the exhibits was afforded to representa- 

 tives of the Press. About twenty-five were present, and the oppor- 

 tunity was taken to offer them hospitahty by an informal supper, 

 served in a tent on the Show Ground, to acknowledge their frequent 

 services in the interests of the Society. Sir Albert Eollit, D.O.L., 

 LL.D., Litt.D., presided, and, supper ended, he proposed the toast of 

 the " Eoyal Patrons of the Society: H.M. the King and Emperor, 

 H.M. the Queen and Empress, and H.M. the Queen Alexandra," which 

 was loyally responded to. 



In proposing " Success to our Summer Show," the Chairman said 

 the Society was most deeply indebted to Mary Countess of Ilchester 

 for the great privilege of holding the Show for the eighth time at Holland 

 House, which, historically, architecturally, and aesthetically, was, with 

 its cosmopolitan garden — English, Dutch, and Japanese — the most 

 picturesque, and one of the most interesting, of the old houses of 

 London, while it was associated with such names as Fairfax, Fox, 

 Addison, Macaulay, Penn, and, for its nineteenth-century salons, with 

 those of Lord and Lady Holland. Its garden had also great horti- 

 cultural interest, since the fourth Earl was a great botanist and the 

 friend of Dr. Lindley, a past secretary of the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society. It was here that the Dahlia variahilis was first successfully 

 raised, while the Cedars of Lebanon — both here and at St. Anne's Hill, 

 Chertsey, once the country residence of members of the family — were 

 remarkable for both size and beauty; indeed, he had been over the 

 Lebanon and had seen no rivals of them. These high horticultural 

 traditions were worthily maintained by Lady Ilchester, whose husband, 

 the late Earl, had long been an able colleague on the Council of the 

 E.H.S. The Summer Show, he said, was a record one, with more 

 than 180 exhibitors, and notably rich in orchids, roses, begonias, 

 herbaceous, and alpine plants, &c. 



Mr. May proposed "The Chairman," which was received with 

 acclama,tion. 



JUDGES. 



Okchids. 



Caenations. 



Chapman, H. J. 

 Fowler, J. Gurney 

 Little, H. 

 Wellesley, F. 



Blick, Chas. 



Douglas, James, V.M.H. 

 Jennings, J. 

 Turner, Arthur 



EOSES. 



May, H. B. 

 Mease, W. 

 Philbrick, Miss 

 Willmott, Miss, V.M.H. 



Fruit and Vegetables. 



Challis, T., V.M.H. 



Poupart, W. 



Eollit, Sir Albert, LL.D. 



