Cll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TOAST LIST. 

 ' HIS MAJESTY THE KING." 



' HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, QUEEN ALEXANDRA, AND THE OTHER 

 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY." 



' THE ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 1912." 



Proposed by Baron von Ernsthausen. 

 Response by Sm Harry Veitch, V.M.H., Director of the 

 Royal International Exhibition, 1912 



Violin Solo by Monsieur Tivadar Nachez. 



' OUR GUESTS FROM ABROAD." 



Proposed by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., 

 V.M.H. 



Response by Monsieur A. Truffaut, Vice-President de la 

 Soc. Nat. d'Hort. de France. 



Viohn Solo by Monsieur Tivadar Nachez. 



= THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY." 



Proposed by Heer Ernst Krelage, President Dutch Bulb 



Growers' Society. 

 Response by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Treasurer of 



the Royal International Hort. Exhibition, 1912. 



Violin Solo by Monsieur. Tivadar Nachez. 



SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE, BART., K.C.V.O., President of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society." 



Proposed by Monsieur M. de Vilmorin. 



Pianist, Mr. S. Liddle. 



After dinner the President rose to propose the loyal toasts. He 

 said: Your Highness, my Lords and Gentlemen, — Beyond all question ' \, 

 I believe that not on any occasion of their Majesties opening a show 

 have they derived greater pleasure than when they opened the Eoyal 

 International Horticultural Exhibition. The King was fortunate 

 enough to gain some of the prizes, and we have with us to-night the 

 gentleman — an excellent gardener — who won His Majesty's Cup, and a 

 very fine cup it is. I almost thought he ought to^ have brought ' 

 it here to-night so that it might have been passed round as a loving 

 cup, but perhaps that would have involved serious delay. Hfs 

 Majesty and the Queen expressed their great admiration of the show, 

 a feeling which I cannot help thinking must have been shared by 

 every one who saw it. I am sure you will all receive the toast of their 

 Majesties' health with the cordiality which it deserves. 



The toast was honoured with the greatest enthusiasm. 



Baron von Ernsthausen proposed " The Royal International 

 Horticultural Exhibition, 1912." He said: Mr. President, your 



