JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



[ January 25, 1872. 



KL v?nw'toTaythaT?he printed lilt of the local coan- 



wo,5d come forward and 'Bupplement the ordinary handsome 

 Tjreminms ofiered hy the Society. ^ 



TViB rpsolution was carried unammouBly. 



The resolut^^ having read a large nnmher of letters froia 

 •noblemen gentlemen, horticulturists, and others, expressing 

 Theii-^'nliess to allow their names to appear m the hst of 



^'^Mx^'couriUor^E.'ToKKS moved that the nohlemen and gentle- 

 m^ whom he named, with power to add to their number he 

 S>pointed the local committee. He said the names had been 

 Scarefidly selected, and therefore the meeting could not do 

 Tter than adopt the list in its entirety. F-"- -^^t ^^^^."^^ 

 hear the gi'ound^ upon which the exhibition would be held would 

 offei a better opportunity of display than any site the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society had yet occupied. 



The motion was carried. j t ■!,„ "st,- t tj 



On the motion of Mr. C. J. Peeey, seconded by Mr. J. E. 

 Mapplebeck, it was resolved feat the Earl ?,* Bradford be re- 

 snectfuUy requested to accept the office of President L^Lhisne 

 Ms done^, and his Worship the Mayor of Birmingham that of 

 Vice-President of the committee. 



On the motion of Mr. Cabtlanb, seconded by Mr. y^fTEGANS 

 Mr. Councillor Lows was unanimously appointed honorary 



^'^ MrTJwE proposed that Mr. E . W. Badgerbe appointedhonorary 

 se^etary to^he local committee. He ^-^'^ ^r. Badger had 

 taken up the business in an earnest manner and being a lover 

 of hortFculture and floriculture, he was the most valuable 

 assistant they could have. 



SS^'haTlIm 'sTid, that notwithstanding the vei-y excellent 

 appointment thev had just made, there would be much work to 

 be done, which would require the services "f "^ P^-^^^^^f ^^Z 

 and he therefore begged to propose the appointment of Mi. 

 Alexander Forrest, which was carried. . ,7, 



Mr Councmor Lowe moved that a subscription be entered 

 into for the purpose of raising a special fund to suppl^ent he 

 prizes offered bv the Society, and it being important that the list 

 should be prepared without delay, the secretary be authoiised 

 to issue a supplementary circular. He said a g^'eat deal would 

 depend upon this resolution, inasmuch as it had hitherto been 

 the practice to raise a very considerable sum for the purpose of 

 giving special prizes. Th'e people of Nottingham managed to 

 raise between ^700 and i;800. In Birmingham they had alw-ays 

 been able to raise' a good sum when it was requu-ed, and he 

 hoped in the present case they would prove themselves at least 

 equal to Nottingham, which they looked upon as a httle viUage 

 compared with Birmingham. He hoped that the amount sub- 

 scribed would be so substantial as to render the invitation whicli 

 ■would be given to exhibitors a strong one. There would be no 

 difficulty, in his opinion, in obtaining £700 or .4800, and he was 

 equally certain that the committee would distribute it wisely. 

 HebeUevedhe was correct in saving that not a halfpenny of any 

 money which might be raised would go towards defrajiug ex- 

 penses, and that the whole of the money would be given m special 

 prizes. He trusted that a leading prize of *50 or AlOO which had 

 a decided Birmingham character, and which would be a. novelty, 

 might be given. Binningham was noted for successfuUy carry- 

 ing out great exhibitions of a national character, and he behevect 

 if the town and neighbourhood acceded to the proposal contained 

 in the resolution they would have a thorough goodprizelist, and 

 a successful meeting. 



Mr E W. BiPGEB seconded the motion. He said that with 

 a lar<^e special prize Ust there would he no difficulty in making 

 the ?isit of the Eoyal Horticultural Society a successful one. 

 Indeed, had it not been the general impression of those who 

 knew the feeUng of residents in this locaUty that a large special 

 fund would be raised, he did not think they would have enter- 

 tained the idea of in^dting the Society to come here at aU. On 

 all occasions when a good object had been properly put before 

 the people of Birmingham and the district it had always been 

 •well supported. An Sbject, Uke that connected with the visit 

 to a town which is the central point of a large population resident 

 in the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford, must neces- 



sarily be of importance to those who thought that horticul- 

 ture had anything to do with the welfare of a people. The 

 benefits attendini a knowledge of horticultm-e and floijcid- 

 |-^4rSc|hib^ 

 oTcfrlinTit.'^t w^ tLt^nden duty oi aU^^^^^^^^ 

 did about the matter to give the S°"5=ty tti^,^,^'"'5^^^t°™^£ 

 He was satisfied they would do so m Birmingham ^^^ "^^.^^'^^^^ 

 which was first excited by t\« PJ-P-^^i^^^^^k ^-Uc^ 



TiiPiit tbnt of the Society. They ought at least to raise in r>u. 



m ngh\m\s much rs wa^; contriLted by the N^^^^ 



There J;750 was raised, and was subscribed ahno.st entuely 11- 



that the sub-committee who would draw up the special list 01 



homogeneousness m the prize list. At tne '=''""=''. . 



where^donors particulariy wished to decide the ^le^t^^ataon ot .u 

 subscription, their wishes would be carefully attended to. 

 resolution was carried. j „,„ t nr,fln-n siid him- 



' bSer^TLfh*:d\Teat°dl.l o^ t™nble ^-^e outse^^^ 

 that had been got over m ^;^^«[y ^^^^^f^^^^^^^ 

 shows having appeared to P^l^.^g^^J^^ineteri^Lied to visit all 

 sary to make a stride, and so the Loimcii ^lewrmiii 



bis^ijsiSdt^i^s'^g^'^^ 



show, and so the l;itter Society dete^ned last year^^^^^ up ^^ 



-c^cSat^Bir^SfnVatl^Xfm^^ 



not the sHghtest doubtthat ^.-^^fP^^^.^ltottouble the local 

 ■of the Eoyal Horticultm-al Societj would noi ' ^ ^ 



committee to do much m connection ^itti tne ^^^f^fe j \^^ 



they would look to that themselves J ^^'^^ *^^i.Y'!:'ri^e fSid. Of. 

 committee would be the formation of a "P^"^ P'^f ^jj, i^eal 

 course the committee were far better =''^1."^™™'' „,|. „*„„„. 

 iXi?sts and requirements than persons coming ft"?? %'^~: 

 'and therefore the coUection -^ appropriation o^the subscnp^ 



Tthat would interfere with the^-rangement of t^^^^^^^^ 

 ^omiTtreThelwcfbTbefe^lhL^^^^^^^ 



Tt^l -i^^^rS^Sme^ ;:|^ ^^^X 

 hminary meeting to decide upon t^^ X*"*^™ the charge for 

 the show, and they thought of 6^? 10s U. ^ tbe c g ^^^ 

 the first day; 2s^ 6d or the ^ec™'^ J,^^?;^ ^^'^^l l,\ reduction 

 fourth days ; and 6d. for the fifth, l^e^^ woiua 

 of .3.. on tickets purchased beforehand for t^e hrst ' 3 ,^^^ ^^^ 



rfSt^;!s^i^|«SiS^get:kt- 



^^^^::^:S=«i^3£««^Sa^f: 



I single ticket of admission available o^/^d^^^ ^^but^^^^^ 

 ferahle, would be given pickets for tne tuira ^^^^ 



should be sold to manufactnrers for the 1 workreop^e P 

 of not less than fifty, at a ^^ductaon o^30per cent^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ 

 result of the meeting at >'«ttu^Sham w a| very ^^^^ 



s^^^^IttlSfffaSrpit'h^-BtrS'^ 



^ttrr;:^t=: Mr. Q-™ - - ^-s^ 



bimself -^^e^took the who e expe-^^of fte ^how.^^Af ^^^^^^ 



