CCVl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., at the Society's 

 Hall on December 1. An Exhibition of British Bottled Fruits was held 

 in conjunction with it. Five hundred cases of Apples staged by the 

 Government of British Columbia made a most impressive exhibit. The 

 President and Council wish to record their appreciation of the develop- 

 ment of these Colonial Shows, and the interest they are awakening 

 amongst the Fellows and the public. It is no small pleasure to be of 

 assistance to our over- sea brethren by means of these shows once a 

 year, and the number of Colonial visitors is a sufficient indication of the 

 watchful interest taken in the Society and its efforts on their behalf. The 

 President and Council sincerely thank Her Koyal Highness, and His 

 Grace the Duke, for their helpful presence at the opening of the Show 

 and for the great interest they evinced. 

 The Opening Ceremony was as follows 



Her Royal Highness was received at the entrance by Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., the President of the Society, accompanied by 

 the following Agents- General, Colonial representatives, and others : 



Lord Strathcona, K.C.M.G., T. H. Middleton, Esq. (Assistant Secre- 

 tary Board of Agriculture), Sir John Taverner, Agent- General for Victoria, 

 Sir Neville Lubbock, K.C.M.G., President of the West India Committee, 

 the Hon. J. H. Turner, Agent-General for British Columbia, W. M. 

 Graham Easton, Esq., Secretary for New Brunswick, and His Worship 

 the Mayor of Westminster (the Rev. F. Harcourt Hillersdon, M.A., J. P.). 



These were joined on the platform by Lady Lawrence, Miss Lawrence, 

 Lady Lubbock, Lady Taverner, Mrs. J. H. Turner, C. Alexander Harris, 

 Esq., C.B., C.M.G. (Colonial Office), J. A. Turner, Esq. (Secretary to the 

 Agent-General for British Columbia), Mrs. J. A. Turner, W. E. Scott, Esq., 

 British Columbia, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, R. Rutherford, Esq. 

 (Vice- Chairman of the West India Committee), A. E. Aspinall, Esq. 

 (Secretary to the West India Committee), Mrs. A. E. Aspinall, A. Bowder, 

 Esq. (of New Brunswick) ; Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., 

 Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., Sir Albert Rollit, D.L., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 (Members of the R.H.S. Council), and Rev. W. Wilks, Secretary R.H.S. 



On arriving at the platform Sir Trevor Lawrence said : May it please 

 your Royal Highness, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, — I will only trouble 

 you with a very few remarks. In the first place, on behalf of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, allow me to thank Her Royal Highness and His 

 Grace the Duke of Argyll for their presence here to-day. 



I am glad to say that we are able to show a very varied and compre- 

 hensive display of Colonial Fruit. This is the thirteenth of these 

 Exhibitions which we have held in this Hall ; and it is in quality as well 

 as in quantity decidedly superior to any of its predecessors, good as they 

 also have been. 



The principal Colonies represented are : The West Indies, British 

 Columbia, New Brunswick (for the first time), New Zealand, Victoria, 

 and South Africa ; and the Province of Manitoba, in which Lord Strathcona 

 stakes especial interest, has for the first time a fine display of fruit. The 

 West Indies, I am sorry to say, are not so well represented as they would 

 lhave been, on account of the very serious storms and climatic troubles 

 with which many of the Islands have recently been beset. 



