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THE  CLOSING  YEAH  AND  HOLE 
CALL. 
Before  taklug  a  more  general  review  of  the 
different  sections  embraced  in  the  great 
subject  of  horticulture  in  my  new  year’s  address, 
which  I  am  again  privileged  to  supply,  for  publi¬ 
cation  next  week,  I  may  dwell  briefly  in  a 
preliminary  way  on  a  few  features  that  may  not 
be  inappropriate  to  the  last  issue  of  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  for  1897,  including  a  reference  to 
some  “  heroes  in  the  strife  ”  who  have  passed 
away. 
Tlie  one  great  event  of  the  year  wliich  dwarfed 
all  others,  and  some  of  them  into  nothingness,  was 
the  historical  Diamond  Jubilee  of  our  Queen.  It 
was  very  amusing  to  notice  Avhat  a  stalking  horse 
this  event  was  made  for  all  sorts  of  schemes  ;  if 
anj’one  had  an  institute  to  found,  or  school  to 
build,  or  even  a  cock  hjft  to  provide,  it  was  all  to 
be  connected  with  the  Jubilee.  Many  of  these 
pro]  ct'^  were  good,  some  very  incongnious,  and 
some  utter  failures.  'I’here  was  a  grand  flourish  of 
trumpets  about  the  Horticultural  Hall  which  was 
to  he  provided  in  commemoration  of  the  event, 
but  the  initial  difficulty  of  where  it  was  to  be 
completely  “squashed”  the  idea,  and  I  can  only 
repeat  what  I  have  before  said,  that  it  is  a  great 
reflection  on  the  millionaires  arid  wealthy  men 
Avho  are  interested  in  horticulture  that  a  sum 
necessary  for  such  a  project  was  not  olitained 
long  ago. 
There  -were  other  plans  for  connecting  Horti¬ 
culture  with  the  -Jubilee  which  had  more  or  less  a 
commercial  aspect  about  them,  and  therefore 
deserved  to  fail.  There  was  one  notable  exception 
to  all  this,  and  that  in  a  quarter  which  was  most 
welcome — viz.,  the  Council  of  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society.  The  idea  of  instituting  an  Order 
of  Merit  in  connection  with  Horticulture  ow'ed  its 
origin  to  what  the  President  of  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society  aptly  called  “  the  fertile  brain”  of 
its  Secretary,  tlie  Rev.  W.  Wilks.  The  idea  Avas 
to  select  sixty  of  the  most  noticeable  persons 
connected  with  horticulture,  and  to  make  them 
recipients  of  the  medals  of  the  new  Order.  It  is  a 
mistake,  however,  to  suppose  that  the  Council 
made  the  selection  entirely  on  their  own 
No.  2570.— VoL.  XCVII.,  OLD  Series. 
