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fast being- broken clo^vn by the spread of liberal ideas, and as true Christian 

 fellowship thrusts sordidness aside, the domestic life of this country will 

 assume its propcj.' healthy tone, and discontent will be extinguished. 

 Working men are given to many jealousies, and their recreations are too 

 often of a kind which debases theii- minds, and wastes their hard-earned 

 resources ; but the " genteel " members of the human family are not 

 always models of moral excellence, and in our endeavours to elevate those 

 Avho eat bread by. the SAveat of their face, Ave should bear in mind the 

 Christian precej)t, "Judge not, that ye be not judged." It is not the 

 spirit of reproach which wins a man from the ways of vice ; and those who 

 possess wealth and influence should use both wisely, and in no selfish or 

 ostentatious spirit, for the temporal and eternal benefit of the humbler ones 

 around them. Extend the kindly hand, and shoAV evidences of a generous 

 lieart; and, as it is "more blessed to give than to receive," so shall you 

 find also that he is blessed who "remembereth the poor." 



Is^OTES OF THE MOIn'TH. 



HoETiCTTLTrEAi SociETT. — On ■VTecliiCsday, July 20, final decision \va3 taken for 

 tlie construction of a new garden by the Society at Kensington Gore. Tlie entire scheme 

 of this new project was laid before a special general meeting, held at the Adelphi, on the 

 7th of July, the Earl of Ducic, Y. P., in the chair, and on tliat occasion was very fully 

 considered. The new garden is to consist of 20 acres of ground, being a portion of 

 fifty acres now held by the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851. These twenty 

 acres are to be leased on terms very advantageous to the Society for a period of thirty- 

 one years, subject to the payment by the Society to the Commissioners of an annual 

 rental, proportioned, by a fixed arrangement, to the amount of the Society's income. 

 The grounds are to comprise a -winter-garden, Italian arcades, promenades, and 

 various features of an attractive kind, with facilities for annual flower-shows, and for 

 a limited course of horticultural experiments. The total cost is estimated at £50,000, 

 to be raised by the issue of life memberships, aided by debentures, which are to bear 

 interest at 5 per cent, per annum. To Dr. Lindley was entrusted the task of describ- 

 ing the plans of (he council at the special general meeting. He said the conservatory 

 was proposed to be 260 feet long by 75 feet wide. The grounds were to be formed 

 into three extensive terraces, the arcades being formed into a terrace at top for entrance 

 to the conservatory. A portion of the Chiswick Garden would be retained for experi- 

 mental operations, and as a nursery to supply stock for the ornamental garden. Some 

 very definite estimates of income were given to show the probability of a profit of 

 £8000 a year. On these estimates we place no reliance whatever. The Crystal 

 Palace, which has eveiy possible advantage as a place of popular resort, is far from 

 being a profitable concern, and a competition is likely to be soon established in tho 

 People's Palace at Muswell Hill. 



To have public gardens easy of access for the recreation of the masses of Londoners, 

 is imquestionably necessary ; but it may reasonably be argued that the Horticultural 

 Society was founded to teach rather than to amuse, to further horticulture, not to 

 compete with phices of public amusement. Waiving this question for the present, 

 we are bound to add that th8 project has been most favourably received by the Fellows, 

 by the fashionable world, and by the public at large. In proof of this. Earl Ducie 

 said at the meeting held on the 20th, that no exertions had been made yet to raise 

 funds, but funds had come in already to the amount of £11,0C0. As a further earnest 

 of commercial success, it may be added that her Majesty has promised a subscription 

 of £1000, and the Prince Consort £500, and various of the Eoyal Family intend to 

 be elected life members. All will depend upon the Council. If, as a place of resort, 

 a large income is secured, they will have the means of doing justice to the Society's 

 proper mission in introducing new and valuable plants, settling important points in 



