3-043-873 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prince Arthur opening of the Birmingham exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1872. 'Aston Hall Park, Birmingham, during five days of last week, was honoured with the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur...Five or six pavilions had been erected in the grounds to contain the objects for exhibition...Prince Arthur, giving his arm to Lady Bradford, walked from tent to tent, through a violent shower of rain, and inspected the show with evident pleasure...He and the Duke of Teck were afterwards entertained at luncheon, in the tent erected for that purpose, with 450 visitors...The usual toasts were proposed, and speeches made upon them; but the festivities were somewhat disturbed by the rain coming through the tent, so that umbrellas were held over the guests sitting at table. On the Wednesday Prince Arthur again visited the flower show, and presented the gold and silver medals to the successful competitors in the exhibition of implements, garden furniture, and designs for garden buildings. The exhibition...was an entire success, producing a large sum of money, added to the funds of the Royal Horticultural Society'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.