PRESS LUNCHEON. 



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Messrs. D. Dowel, Hammersmith, for orchid pottery. 

 Mr. J. Haws, Clapton, N.E., for watering cans. 

 Jeyes' Sanitary Compounds Ltd., for spraying fluids. 

 Messrs. Jules Lang, 16 Bury Street, E.C., for preserving bottles 

 and rose bowls. 



The Patent Safety Ladder Co., Peterborough, for patent safety 

 extension ladders. 



Messrs. H. Pattisson, Streatham, for horse boots. 



Messrs. Pearce, 644 Holloway Eoad, N., for greenhouse and heat- 

 ing apparatus. 



The Tilehurst Pottery Co., Beading, for garden pottery. 

 Messrs. W. Voss, Millwall, for fertilizers, fumigators, &c. 



PEESS LUNCHEON. 



An informal luncheon was given to the Press at Olympia on July 3, 

 Sir Albert Eollit, LL.D., Litt.D., being in the Chair. Addressing the 

 representatives. Sir Albert said: — 



" The only toast which will be submitted to you is ' The Summer 

 Flower Show at Olympia,' and it will have for its response the hearty 

 hope of all that it may be successful. For many years we have, by 

 the most kind permission of Mary, Countess of Ilchester, held our 

 Summer Show at Holland House, a house not only notable for its 

 history and traditions, but also, from the horticultural point of view, 

 for its own beautiful and varied gardens and for the great privilege 

 which has been accorded to us by her Ladyship in lending its grounds 

 for our Shows. Whatever success we may have at Olympia, and I 

 believe it will be very great, will not — it cannot — overshadow the 

 gratitude we all feel towards Lady Ilchester for her kindness in the 

 past, and I am sure that every one connected w^ith our Society cherishes 

 the hope, that we may some day be allowed to return to Holland House 

 again; and though this year we cannot help regretting the beautiful 

 green trees and cool turf underfoot, we certainly shall not forget the 

 great service rendered to the Society by Lady Ilchester in so often 

 allowing us the enjoyment of them in the past. 



' ' Our new home is at Olympia ; and the first welcome we give is to 

 the members of the Press. We are very glad to see them there as guests, 

 and, on behalf of the President and Council, we are prepared to be 

 very grateful to them for helping us to make our first Show here, 

 which is to some extent an experiment, the great success which we 

 hope it will be. We offer them our thanks for their attendance to-day, 

 and also for their w^illingness to help us in such a very good and 

 public cause. I call it a good cause because we believe that flowers 

 are educative in the best and widest sense of the term. They also 

 beautify and refine our minds and homes — Emolliunt mores nee sinunt 

 esse feros. I have known many a home of a quite humble character 

 whose interior life was evidenced at once by the flowers upon the 

 window-sill; and many an imprisoned mind has been set free by the 



