Edmund Leopold de Rothschild services to the horticultural world. In 2005, the Royal Horticultural Society bestowed on him the Victoria Medal of Honour, the highest accolade in the British gardening world. Rothschild established a charitable trust to manage Exbury Gardens with which his children are involved. In 1949 he published "Window on the World", an account of his world tour of 1937–39. His autobiography was published in 1998. He died in 2009 at the age of 93. Edmund Leopold de Rothschild Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (2 January 1916 – 17 January 2009) was an English financier, a member of the prominent Rothschild banking
Ottawa Horticultural Society was primarily involved in holding shows and it did so from its founding until 1859, when it appears that a declining number of exhibitors and volunteers to work on the shows led to the society becoming dormant. The Royal Horticultural Society of Ottawa was organized in 1862 by members from the previous society. The Valley of Ottawa Horticultural Society was organized in 1872 by members from the previous Royal Horticultural Society. The Society functioned until at least 1882.Some members of this Society later served in the present Society. In the autumn of 1892 a group of leading citizens and senior