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THE formal opening of the Twelfth International Horticultural Congress took place at 11 a.m. on August 12 in the Plenary Hall of the Congress Building (Kroll Opera House), Berlin, when the president, Herr R. Walther Darrè, Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture and Reich Peasant Leader, gave a speech of warm welcome to all members, who represented about fifty nations. Addresses were also delivered by Herr Johannes Boettner, managing president ; Prof. F. Angelini, first vice-president of the Congress ; and Dr. J. J. L. van Rijn, vice-president of the International Institute for Agriculture, Rome. The British delegation was headed by Dr. H. V. Taylor, of the Ministry of Agriculture, and included Sir Arthur Hill, Sir Frank Stockdale, Colonel F. R. Durham, R. G. Hatton (East Mailing), F. J. Chit-tenden and Dr. M. A. H. Tincker (Wisley).
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Twelfth International Horticultural Congress. Nature 142, 544–545 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142544a0
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