FcOrtiary 13, 1865. 1 



jOUBNAL op B0BT1CULTX3BE AND COTTAGE GABDEKKB. 



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bo well for thorn also in their youtb to master as far ob possible the 

 elomenls of theoretical horticnltnro. 



Accounts fiom 1st January to 31st December, lHtJ7. 



Statement 



REvEIPTS. 



i! S. 



To Lite CompoiiiiioDS ,?SS ij 



„ Admission Pecs a nm J2 



„ Auniial Subscriptions 8,W7 1- 



„ Ga-den Proilnccana Churgos... MH 3 



„ Daily Admissions niid Promonadcs . . 4^1 u 



' Rent of space in Arcades 827 4 



Exhibitions and Kites 1.439 ■ 



„ Exhibition at Bury St. Edmunds 



„ Advertist-nionts in Journal 



„ Special Prizes 



„ Miscelhnicous 



1,416 17 



42 

 C8 



Chiswicli Miscellaneous 31 



•Balance . 



Subecriptions due, 

 but unpaid . . . . £300 



Garden Pnduee 

 unpaid 1*^0 







EXPENDITURE. 



£ I- 



By Balance from 186C 



By Chiswiek Oarden Expenses— viz. : 



Rent, Rates, and Taxes , ?SX ;5 



Labour • ■ • • • ^'^SS ?r 



Implements, Manure, Coals, and Coke . . ^^ }^ 



Repairs 96 17 



Trees, Plants, Seeds, 4:c f« ' 



Miscellaneous ____ 



By Expenses oj Management, vU. :— 



Salaries ' 



Printing and Stationery (.Umanacs, &c.). 160 



Journal 234 It 



Fruit and Floral Committee ii i 



Foreign Importalious 19 » 



Eiamiuation of Gardeners ^0 U 



Postages 71 * 



Distribution of Seeds and Plants 213 



Keading-Room 28 7 



Gas ■*' 



Horticnltaral Directors '?3.}t 



Wages 2^213 



Miscellaneous '•* ° 



13,326 17 10 

 373 11 



13,699 18 U 



J. £ ■■ d. 

 203 17 7 



7 

 3 

 



2 

 



- 2,381 6 2 



4 10 

 B 7 



1,088 1 S 



By Expenses of Exhibitions, vis. :— 



Advertising and Posting , „? H S 



Prizes and Medals ^'?5? *„ ,, 



Bands • *9* ' " 



Judges' Fees, Luncheons, Labour and 



Sundries 273 IC 10 



Expen..ie3 of Permanent Exhibition 



By Provinci.d Exhibition at Bury St. Eimunds :— 



General E^xpcnses, Advertising, &o 230 IS 



Judges' Fees, Luncheons, and Labour .. S57 12 2 



S^;:::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::: i& % c 



Half-Profits to Guarantors (say) 200 



2,063 14 

 122 



1,209 18 7 



By Kensington Garden Expenses, »t3. ;— 



Labour HOf 6 B 



Rent, Rates, Taxes, and Insurance 878 6 i 



Engineer .^2 11 10 



Repairs j, ,i r 



■^(iter 41 lo u 



Implements, Manure, Coals and Coke 1SS 17 7 



Gravel 7 IC 



Trees, Plants, Seeds, &c 74 b 5 



Superintendent's Salary 200 



Miscellaneous 50 1 10 



2,526 1 1 

 188 14 11 



Conversazioni 



By Special Prizes i oti ,« {o 



By Interest on Debentures ■''2?i S I! 



By Liabilities of 1666 paid off 716 6 b 



By Liabilities on Current Account im u u 



3rd February, 1868. 



Examined and found correct. 



John Gibson, 



ROEEBT HDDSON 



£13,699 18 9 



,\ 



Auditors. 



them was slightly injured, but has now recovered. Pinua m- 

 sionis still exhibits a reddish brown tinge ; but a tine speoimon 

 of Thuja Lobbii, 22 feet hifili (I have been told by nurserymen 

 who have seen it that it is the finest they had evar met with), 

 did not suffer in the least. Araucaria imbricata, 'Aj feet 8 inches 

 hiah crowing on higher ground a little way off, had the bottoni 

 branches somewhat injured. Picea pinsapo, 19 feet high, and 

 covering an area 3',l feet in circumference, was unhurt ; and on 

 high ground and in a very evposed situation, Wellingtonia 

 gigantea, 20 feet high, and with a stem measuring at the liase 

 5 feet 8 inches in girth, was likewise uninjured. CupressuH 

 Lawsoniana, 14 feet high, Thujopsis borealis, 12 feet higt, 

 Picea nobilis, and 1'. Nordmanniana were uninjured; and our 

 Retinospora pisifera aurea and K. lycopodioides were injured 

 at the points. Thujopsis dolabrata variegata was hurt a little. 

 The situation is considerably exposed to winds from the east 

 and west, and more injury is done by wind than frost Last 

 week a line Cedrus deodara had '.: feet of the leader broken 

 off I think C. maoroearpa is safe here, having withstood the 

 winters of 1860-61 and 1806-67 uninjured. It is a beautiful 

 tree, and succeeds well here. The soil is heavy, on a hard, 

 red, marly subsoil.-J. G., Gantsum,^ Casllc, Herefordshire. 



CUrRESSUS MACUOCARPA AND OTHER 

 CONIFERS. 

 I AM glad to be able to give Mr. Eobson and your other 

 readers a favourable account of Cupressus macrocarpa. There 

 are two specimens of it here, one of which is 41 feet high, and 

 in point of symmetry is nil that could be desired. The frost 

 of January, 1867^ did not haim them in the least, while Taxo- 

 dium sempervirens, 50 feet high, growing a few yards off, was 

 much injured. Cryptomeria japonica at a short distance from 



ARNOTT'S STOVE. 

 I TBANii " E. F." for his practical review of my article on 

 Arnott'B stoves. Criticism and comment when prompted solely 

 by a desire for increased information seldom fail in tbeir ob- 

 ject. With this motive ever in view, the pointing out the 

 weak parts of a proposition is the soundest mode of adding 

 strength to it, and if its weakness is so great that it civnnot 

 stand the test, the service rendered is equally useful. On a held 

 of ice safety is best insured by breaking in the weak parts. In 

 this case the issue is a sheet of iron instead of a sheet at ice 



When I sent the section and elevation (see poge 28) of the 

 stove Il-md no idea that the Editors would have them engraved. 

 I sent them merely for comparison with the written descrip- 

 tion of the stove, and wasnotquite so accurate m my drawings 

 as I might have bee;i. The section shows too much sand, and 

 withal is not engraved in exact accordance with the drawing 

 sent. The sheet-iron arch is moveable, and simply rests on 

 the edfe of the firebricks. A new piece of sheet iron has just 

 been put in the stov-.'. The old piece had been in use seven or 

 eight years. 



The stove in another vinery is somewhat different Irom tnat 

 just referred to. Inside, and 2 inches from the top of the sheet- 

 iron case which encloses the stove, is a lip or flange, half 

 an inch wide, on this rests a flat square of sheet iron, which 

 may be termed a false top. This V,-inch space is filled with 

 sand, and the cast-iron or top proper of the stove lests on the 

 sand fitting tightly over the top of the case. There is not the 

 slightest escape of smoke here. The firebricks being only 

 carried upwards 18 inches there remains about a foot of the 

 sheet-iron casing which would be exposed to the action of the 

 fire ■ but this is shielded by another piece, which is bent from 

 just underneath the lip which supports the false top of the 

 stove to the inner edge of the fireurieks, simply enclosing eo 

 much air. This shield has not to my knowledge been replaced 

 since the stove was put up twenty-five years ago. In less than 

 five minutes after the stove is lighted, the upper part of it is 

 quite hot, ajid, indeed, continues so long after the fare has 

 gone out, from the naturally ascending heat from the firebricks 

 being enclosed in the space between the outer case of the stove 

 and the sheet-iron shield. Thus the heat from the outer wall 

 and the top of the firebricks has no direct outlet to the chimney. 

 This stove is only used to give sufficient heat to exclude frost 

 in winter, to dispel damp, and to ripen the wood of the Vines 

 in autumn. The square of sheet iron on the top of the stove 

 has not been replaced for at least fourteen years, and it is now 

 sound. The greater or less perishability of the sheet iron ex- 

 posed to the fire, doubtless, depends to a great extent on the 

 quality of coke used as fuel. Here it is very good. In con- 

 structing a stove certain modifications may suggest themselves 

 to those interested. The firebricks, or what are preferable, fare 

 " logs," moulded about 2 inches in thickness, may be taken 

 the entire height of the stove, and a square "log" put oyer 

 the top. This stove is the same size, and the house m which 

 it is placed is of the same dimensions as that figured m page 28. 

 The stove also occupies the same position in the house, and is 

 quite large enough for its work. To ripen Giapes m July, a 

 larger stove would be preferable. It is easy to calcnlate pro- 

 portions to any extent on the date given. The baoli wall js 



