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
Royal Horticultural Society Society of London" from 1807 to 1848. The society has also published a journal since 1846. Initially known as the "Journal of the Horticultural Society of London" (1846–1855), then "Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London" (1859–1860) and "Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society" (1861–1869). This was continued as "Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society" (1866–1975). Since 1975 it has been entitled "The Garden" and is currently a monthly publication. The RHS also publishes both "The Plantsman" and "The Orchid Review" four times a year, and "Hanburyana", an annual publication dedicated to horticultural taxonomy since 2006. Since the establishment of