Xlvili PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Elections .—James T. Chance, J.P., Major-General W. A. 
Eyers, J. S. Hansom, Mrs. M. Holroyd, His Highness Prince 
Ibrahim Hilmy of Egypt, Herbert G. H. Norman. 
Guinea Members. —Col. Cockburn Hood, Miss M. Howse, Miss 
M. Hutton, Sutton Abbott, A. Hurst, Hey. John G. Nelson. 
Mr. S. Jennings delivered an address on the subject of the 
International Horticultural Exhibition at Ghent, which he- had 
attended as a delegate from the Society. He remarked that 
these quinquennial shows, which are of so attractive a nature, 
should have a peculiar interest to the Eellows of the Eoyal 
Horticultural Society, because it was from visiting the shows of 
this Society at the commencement of the present century that the 
notion was carried by a Belgian horticulturist to Ghent, leading to 
the formation of the Societe Royale d'Agriculture et de Botunique, 
under whose auspices these international gatherings were first 
instituted in 1809. After describing the preparations for the 
arrangement and judging of the show, Mr. Jennings proceeded to 
remark upon its principal features, the new and interesting plants, 
and the effect of the general display ; and, in alluding to the 
genial cordiality with which the Belgians had entertained their 
foreign visitors, Mr. Jennings suggested that, as no international 
horticultural exhibition had been held in this country since 1866, 
it was now time that steps should be taken to make the necessary 
arrangements for holding such a meeting in the course of next year 
or the year following. 
Dr. Masters, E.B.S., in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr, 
Jennings for his lecture, expressed his concurrence in the opinion 
that the time had now come when the Council of the Society should 
make a definite move and call a meeting to consider the feasibility 
of the proposition. 
Mr. B. S. Williams and G. E. Wilson, E.R.S., both expressed 
their opinion that such an international exhibition was not only desir¬ 
able but possible, and that, should it be determined upon, every 
effort would certainly be made to render it a finer exhibition even 
than that of 1866. 
Lord Alfred Churchill said, on the part of the Council, that the 
subject was one in which they were greatly interested, and pro¬ 
mised that the suggestions now made should receive attentive 
consideration. 
