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tion to Government was about to be made, for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining how far Government would agree to afford them the necessary- 

 room.) In the next place they will take into consideration whether or 

 not a uniform rate of two guineas, as the annual subscription of Fellows, 

 should not be substituted for four guineas, the amount at present paid. 

 But the privileges of existing Fellows to be by no means curtailed. 

 Although the Council do not, and in fact could not, pledge themselves 

 as to whether they should keep on the gardens or not, the Report stated 

 that every available means should be tried before an event so disastrous 

 to Horticulture should be allowed to take place ; and that nothing short 

 of the determination of the Council not to increase their present 

 liabilities on any account, would induce them to abandon them. They 

 hoped, by widening the basis of the subscription, and by good manage- 

 ment, to be able to retain the gardens ; and with the expression of their 

 desire to effect this, hoped the meeting would strengthen their hands by 

 affirming the Report. 



It was moved by J. J. Blandy, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Spencer, 

 " That the Report be received." Considerable discussion followed, 

 several Fellows asking for information on various parts of it. The 

 general tone of the discussion was entirely in favour of the Report, and 

 a resolution embodying the principles of it was then put from the chair 

 and carried unanimously. 



We can only say, that we consider the Report was the only one which, 

 under the peculiar circumstances under which the Council are placed, 

 could be presented. Should the Council succeed in obtaining apart- 

 ments from Government or elsewhere, the sum which the house in 

 Regent-street would bring would go a long way towards liquidating the 

 more pressing claims against the Society ; and when once the Council 

 can see their way clear to retain the gardens, and this fact becomes 

 known to the public, we have no doubt that many of the subscribers to 

 the garden fund will allow their subscriptions to remain, as adverted to 

 in the Report ; and should this be the case, a large portion of the 

 Society's debt will be provided for, many gentlemen in the room having 

 promised to double their subscription when they knew for a certainty 

 that the gardens would be retained. 



WEIGELA AMABILIS. 

 In your number for May, page 139, is a notice of this plant, comparing 

 it with rosea, which, as an early forcing pot shrub, it far surpasses, and 

 only requires to be more known to become a general favourite, and 

 admired as much, I have no doubt, as it has been here for the last two 

 seasons. It blossoms freely in a 48 sized pot ; its light graceful 

 branches, when covered with pinky blooms, make it a fit companion 

 for the pretty Deutzia gracilis, which it much resembles in the treat- 

 ment it requires. When done blooming I cut the plants down hke 

 the latter, inducing them to make as many young shoots as possible 

 for the next season's display. By a succession it can be had in b^om 

 from February up to the present month. J • ■'^ • 



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