ANNUAL GONFERENGE OF AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. CCxix 



The Exhibition is to be open from May 22 to May 30, 1912. 



Reception Committee. — No definite programme has been discussed, 

 but it is hoped that a series of entertainments worthy of the occasion 

 will be organized. The Committee is considering the question of en- 

 gaging the premises of the E.H.S. for the period of the Exhibition in 

 this connexion. 



A meeting of the General Committee will be held on October 25 at 

 the Hotel Windsor, to consider among other things the question of 

 holding a scientific and educational conference. Many people are 

 anxious that one should be held. The Executive Committee is quite 

 favourable to the proposal, provided a worthy programme can be 

 prepared, and suitable premises secured. 



A meeting of the County Eepresentatives is also to take place on 

 October 25. 



I hope to get the Committee to approve the holding of an Exhibition 

 of Garden Paintings in the Eoyal Horticultural Hall. I should also like 

 to have a really comprehensive Entomological Exhibition held there if 

 possible.. - 



Mr. John Hassall has been asked to design an advertisement poster, 

 which will be reduced to stamp size for correspondence purposes. 

 - The leading Nurserymen have kindly inserted advertisement s,lips 

 in their catalogues; nearly half a million have already been sent out. 



A meeting of Press representatives was called to invite them to 

 form a Press Committee, but they decided that it would suffice if one 

 of their number was made Press Secretary. Mr. E. H. Pearson was 

 therefore appointed. , , , ■. 



Believe me, ' 

 Yours very truly, 



Edwaed White. 



Discussion jpollowed. 



It was proposed by Mr. Boshier, of Croydon, seconded by Mr. 

 Baskett, of Egham, and carried with enthusiasm, that " This meeting 

 heartily endorses the proposal to hold an International Exhibition in 

 1912, and will do its very utmost to give it publicity and support." 



A promise was given to communicate to Mr. White the desire of the 

 Conference that a schedule and full particulars of the Exhibition should 

 be sent to the Secretary of each Affiliated Society as soon as possible. 



The Secretary of the E.H.S. urged that any suggestions Affiliated 

 Societies might wish to make to the Exhibition Committee should have 

 due reference to the limited space of the site, and to the fact that, as an 

 '* International," the Exhibition could only be formulated on very 

 broad general lines which would unavoidably exclude from the schedule 

 some of the features peculiar to local and even national Shows. More- 

 over, there would be no room for anything in the nature of side shows. 

 The Schedule Committee would rightly be blamed if they included 

 classes for exhibits for which later on they found they had no possible 

 gpace available. 



