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Views and Reviews. 
Opening of the New Hall of 
Horticulture. 
The Royal Horticultural Hal!, built by the 
Royal Horticultural Society to celebrate its 
centenary, wasi opened by H.M. the King and 
H.M. the Queen on! Friday, July 22nd. Pre¬ 
vious to the arrival of their Majesties a 
Guard of Honour of the Cadet Corps of the 
boys of Westminster School was stationed 
at the main entrance to the building". Their 
Majesties the King" and Queen; on arrival at 
the building were received in the portico by 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bait., K.C.V.O., 
V.M.H., president of the society. The vicei- 
preisidentsi, Sir John T*. D. Llewellyn, Bart., 
Sir F. Wigan, and Baron Sir Henry Scihroder, 
Bart., supported thei president at the recep¬ 
tion, while a large number of the members 
of the council were also present, including 
the Right Hon. Earl of Ilchaster, Captain 
Holford, C.I.E., the Hon. George Boscawen, 
Messrs. W. A. Bilney, George Bunyard, 
V. M.H., James Hudson, V.M.H., F. G. Lloyd, 
J.P., W. Marshall, H. B. May, A. H. Pearson, 
H. J. Veiitch, F.L.S., and A. L. Wigan. J. 
Guerne-y Fowler, Esq., chairman of the 
Appeal Committee, and the secretary, Rev. 
W. Wilks, M.A., also assisted at the reeep- 
tion. 
Among the invited guests were the Mayor 
of the City of Westminster (Mr. W. Emden), 
and several of the mayors of London 
boroughs ; also the Earl of Onslow (Minister 
of Agriculture), Sir T 1 . Elliott (secretary to 
the Board of Agriculture), Mr. Burdett- 
Coutts, M.P. for Westminster, Sir T. Han- 
buiy, the Earl and Countess Grey, Sir W. T. 
Thiselton-Dyer, of Kew, Sir Daniel Morris 
(Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 
Indies), the Countess of Donoughmore, Viisi- 
countess Sherbrooke, and other notable 
people. 
The hall was. a:s simply decorated as' pos¬ 
sible, in order not to hide the exact dimen¬ 
sions and character of the building. The 
platform wasi covered with crimson baize, 
and consisted of three wide steps gradually 
rising to the main level. A large Indian 
carpet with a white ground was placed bet- 
neaitili the two splendid Louis XIV. chair's of 
carved wood, gilt and upholstered in old 
crimson damask and surrounded by similar 
chairs for the suite, members of the council, 
and others. The whole of the platform de¬ 
corations consisted of a background of tall 
Palms, brightened with large plants of Hy¬ 
drangea paniculate grandiflora. These 
simple decorations left the body of the hall 
clear, so that the large assemblage of visitors 
at the opening could see the construction! of 
the building, which was entirely white in the 
interior and amply illumined by the curvi¬ 
linear glass roof. The decorative arrange¬ 
ments were entrusted to Messrs. Cowtan and 
Sons, of Oxford Street. 
After passing through the entrance hall 
their Majesties, accompanied by Princess 
Victoria, weirei conducted across the Royal 
Horticultural Hall .to the platform erected 
for the occasion. At the same moment the 
National Anthem was played by the string 
band of Lieut, Charles Godfrey, M.V.O., which 
was stationed in the musicians’ gallery. 
Almost as soon as their Majesties reached 
the platform, an address to; them was read 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart,, as follows: — 
TO THE KING’S AND QUEEN’S MOST 
EXCELLENT MAJESTIES. 
May it Please Your Majesties— 
We, the president, the vice-presidents, the 
council, and the fellows of the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society—who now number more 
than, 8 , 000 —venture with our loyal duty and 
greeting to welcome your Majesties to our 
new hall. 
The centenary of the society, which was 
founded in March, 1804, is rendered memor¬ 
able by the erection of the building in; which 
we are assembled, and by the acquisition 
through the generosity of Sir Thomas Han- 
bury, K.C.V.O., of a celebrated garden in 
place of that at Chiswick, which had become 
unsuitable for the purpo'ses of the society 
owing to the advance of suburban London 
westward. 
The first charter of the society granted by 
H.M. King George the Fourth in 1809 set. 
out, the objects for which the society had 
been founded—namely, “the improvement 
of horticulture in all its branches, orna¬ 
mental as well as useful.” 
Through the collectors sent out by the 
society during the forty years from 1821 to 
1861, great numbers of beautiful and useful 
trees, shrubs and plants have been introduced 
into' and acclimatised ini the British Isles. 
The success attending these exhibitions may 
he realised when the late Mr. Andrew 
Murray was able to- say with undeniable 
truth in his “ Book of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society ” : “ Tire results (of the work 
of the 8100101588 collectors) have affected the 
appearance of all England! Nowhere can a 
