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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COT TAGE GARDENER. 



; February 10, 181.0. 



ments which are earned on by the Society w» 



fai sr-t and the exhibitions that were earned on gave an im- 

 35&£&&££ 3 £ Soeilty, «^^T ^« he 



Su^o garden;." OT -Inch even gentlemen, who could not 

 "^orprLs, Beet pretty plants byway of -"""V"*. fe£ 

 iianstriotiB labourer. All this has arisen from Chiswick. We Have 

 aonelSr dnty, and Chiswick bus done its duty. We must keep pace 

 ^Maioi-K^nEYOB Clarke found himself one of three of the oldest 



and most 'si. rely-atta, bed lovers of the old = s , %*»*£* 



..,;„, hnt nnon hearing what be had heard in odicefor the last UM i 

 Sh foCd hat after having had the gardens under-the manage- 

 Sen of on able finaneier, and an honest and upright hard-working 

 " , U, e Secretary, Colonel Scott, the Conner! could not carry 



"n the garden at Chi7wick with the means at their command He 

 would say to all, both oi the old regime and modem school, that the 

 ™or old gard no aid i , I be k. p( going. " To let it go grieves me. 

 It is like shooting a favourite old horse: it grieves me to the heart, 

 bnt I feel the thing must be done." „«_.«„- 



Mr J H Good urged upon the Council the necessity of making 

 some' distinction between the older and younger members of the 

 Society He also recommended that the interest on the debentures 



^■Go^fJ°tL%^l to the Council whether they would 

 appoint a special general meeting to consider the question of the 



^Tlr^t^-I think it quite sufficient to say that for what 

 occurred twenty years, ago the Council are no more respons, hie than 

 Mr. Godson himself. As i sards the question of submitting- to a 

 mineral meeting the question of the removal of the garden 

 other place, the Council have no objection to such an arrangement. 

 Mr Gideon knows that this has been more or less discussed for many 

 years past, and this legacy has given us the opportunity of doing now 

 what has been long contemplated, and we walk out from our old 

 garden with ail honours and colours flying; but if we stay there for 

 another ten years we shall not come out m triumph. As regards tbe 

 quesUon of 'access to Chiswick, I find that I can travel ten miles in 

 2ny other direction more quickly than to Chiswick. Then, on the ques- 

 tion of the fell influence of the smoke on plants and trees, Irenlembei, 

 at the first meeting 1 had the honour of addressing from this Council 

 table, I deplored the most deleterious ehects of the Loudon atmo- 

 sphere on vegetation, and these have been increasing in intensity ever 



""Mr Godson said he did not understand whether the Council con- 

 sented to recommend f. special general meeting to consider the question 

 of Chiswick. , . „ ,, ■ , , 



Colonel Scott. B.E., thought that some of the gentlemen might 

 suppose, from what Mr. Godson said, that it was never contemplated 

 before that Chiswick should ho given up. In li-30 there was a com- 

 mittee of inquiry on the subject, and also in 1855, and again during 

 the time that Mr. Godson was on the Council it was taken into serious 

 consideration. ., _ ,, 



Mr God=on —Yes ! and £5,000 were subscribed to preserve the 

 garden to the Society, all of which was disposed of in some way 

 or other. 



Colonel Scott.-I am surprised to bear Mr Godson is not on the 

 side of economy. Mr. Godson, having been on the Council, must have 

 known that the" expense of keeping up Chiswick is very arge indeed- 

 itbei.v £1,!-M0 to £-.,«.", a-jear. The number of fellows who visit 

 it yearly does not exceed 300, and most oi these go down to hay frnit. 



Now, under these circumstances, whatever sentimental feeling ther 

 may he about the matter. 1 really cannot see what the Fellows wil 

 ' , ' , fi -oui the removal of tbe garden to a more appropriate spot. 

 MrGodso^thrnkXreissom, * "^ 



nf kensinsrton The great compl , ;, bceu 



In we b"?e expended too much on .he decoration of the gardens there 

 havTng arrived at a betternotion of the matter, we intend to 

 make the decorations of South Kensington cheaper. 



Mr. Gonsoa.-Will the Co, '^T'^lu"' 



Meetm* if thev will call . ■ of the Society . 



c'.loml S< ■■-■■ -W;.l Hr. Godson 1-1 some one to .second his 

 amenornent? It i. not too much to ask this of him ,u bringing 



^riroT?i"houhri:;.v' L ;; :'::■,■, *»*, doth at; mi ™* 



»$«.;..■,- ; i ^ : ';t^;-, 1 ,t t ,,ema (;( r before the 



Fellows, and the main object of ther JJ^-^J^jM 



.be Fell, ws, and to ascertain their feeling. U toe t, enng oi 

 fh Fellows fos le- '^.'"^n^S Z 



the Council, some one would be found ^»,f Mns ^ 

 but he could not alter the ordinary regulations by v.1. eh the *"W£ 

 hitherto had been conducted to meet, this case. Why did Mr. Gou 

 son hesitate to move a substantive motion.' 



- M " God, on -Why do I hesitate ? because this report was not in 

 oufhands befo e we enter, d the room, and therefore I cannot ask any 

 ^ntlemsn to second thisReport I wo,, d movefile »< 3->— e 

 Meeting to this day w.,1 .'■■.■ »ean me. 



Mr. Co a-.eryimpoilaut .,„• ■-.... n. 1 .lit ^ £?'"™ 



favourable and on such an important occasion as this the Allows 



"''■"vfalowTesub- 

 Lons , n the part of the Coun, .1 il they would allow tbe sun 



jectto Btand^urnod ^ ^ rf . . 



r ^ e Tthem y to dispose of the report at that meefang, 



' ; ^:U^Zt^ tion of the report pledged 



tbe meeUu.'to any particular course. He did not think they signed 



the death-warrant of Chiswick in so d r^neil 



The Cm,, •. . said that in submitting '^.H^fte FeS^s » 



,„,,j„,li,,,l .1,.-^ when (he details were laid before tbe * euows a 



I!': 1 ' i, :l i,,l would see the absolute, though pam ill 



, „ f 1 : 1 hand„ningChi,wickGa. l len. Let them, then, test what 



'^eV^:,:': tmrl^th^ before anythii^ further was done in the 

 ;;•-!/'; "nancLi depression wMAJg 



u"h he honest side of the question ought to be ^oUijX 



Mr? Godson said he himself would pat down twenty gi uneas to .pre 

 .^le Chiswick gardens, and be did not doubt others would follow his ^ 



"C^lcon replied that such a state of things had b»M| 

 • t V., is',1 and every ti ' a sent round tte 



SSteaffi»^S£ Lear proof that 



Ik S and HenrvCois C.B.,1 ittee-men- ana Messrs. 



! aTor hi^a^m^donrition of Orchids referred to i, the 



^T. : • ^"nded the motion, which, he said, was 



the interests of tbe Society deeply impressed on their hearts. 



EEPOP.T OF THE COUNCIL TO THE lam GENERil. MEETING 



1 TtrsroES the usual account of tbe routine business of the Society 

 1 1 Suite duty of the Council to give at this time, there are two 



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