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iu depth. TliuB a fruit ten pipa (loop was expected to swell out 

 to 5 Iba. in weight. The Smooth-leiivod Cayouuos wero cal- 

 culated lit 1 11). per pip. Thus a fruit 8 pipa deep was expected 

 to weigh aM many pounds when ripe, and ho on. The healthy ap- 

 pearance of the plant.s, and other circunistancea, proved beyond 

 doubt that the soil and treatment suited thoni, for it would bo 

 impossible to look on plants indicating' a higher degree of 

 lioolth, aud yet at the same time the foliago was not of that 

 groas character I have frequently seen, when fruit only half the 

 eize was produced. The plants did not appear to have had 

 any coddling, as three tine plants which Mr. Thomson had ex- 

 hibited at the Kdinburgh Show, and having fruit on, but which 

 had not begun to colour, wore returned to their places without 

 appearing to have sustained any injury. The whole seemed 

 to bo growing away with but very little attention. — J. Bobson. 

 (To bo continued.) 



THE INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 EXIMIUTION. 



It will be seen by our advertising columns tbat the great 

 international project is now fairly launched, aud at the head 

 of it is Her Majesty, who has been graciously pleased to aid it 

 not only with her royal patronage but with her purse. In like 

 manner His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has given hia 

 patronage, and has accepted the position of President ; and 

 we are happy to be able to state the adhesion of other members 

 of the Koya'l Family is daily expected. "With such support, 

 and the support of those, the long list of whose names is an- 

 nounced, the prospect of success is most cheering. Already 

 £2711 have been subscribed, and £3845 guaranteed, and every 

 day brings its contribution. It is quite evident that the move- 

 ment has been taken up most cordially by all classes and repre- 

 sentatives of the horticulture of the country, from the Queen 

 herself to the professional gardener, and one has but to glance 

 over the list to see how ail have, according to their means, 

 done what they could to promote this laudable object. But 

 there are many who have not yet sent in their support ; some 

 from the fceUng of doubt as to whether the object would be 

 carried out to completion, and others from a desire to see what 

 their neighbours have done. There is no reason now to hesi- 

 tate on either ground, aud we would stronj.'ly advise all those 

 who intend to identify themselves with this great national 

 movement to send in their a<lherence as early as possible, that 

 the Committee may know on what they have to depend. 



The opening-day is now fixed for Tuesday, the 22nd of May, 

 and the Exhibition will last till the evening of Friday following. 

 The opening ceremony, to which none but the subscribers 

 and the holders of privileged tickets will be admitted, is ex- 

 pected to be of a very attractive character, and will be conducted 

 with all the importance befitting such an occasion. 



The arrangements that have been made with the Cotmcil of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society are such as will conduce much 

 towards the success of the Exhibition. It is intended that the 

 site be either the western annex — that is, the open space on 

 the west of the Society's gai'den, or the vacant space to the 

 south, where the Great Exhibition building stood; and the 

 Committee of the International Exhibition are to have the 

 entire use of the Society's garden for the week in which the 

 Exhibition is to be held as an extension of their own cxhi- 

 bitioia. The terms which have been arranged will be gathered 

 from the following correspondence: — 



" 1st November, 1865. 



'* De.\r Sir, — We are instructed to make the following offer to the 

 Council in respect to the terms ou which the garden of the Koyal 

 Horticultaral Society ia to be made available for the purposes of the 

 proposed Exhibition. 



*' 1. The Committee are to have the free use of the western annex, 

 for the purpose of holdiug thereon such portions of their Exhibition 

 as they may find it convenient or practicable to place there. 



** 2. To have also the use of the conseiTatory and of the western 

 and upper arcades^so far as they may refjuire them, with permission to 

 pass through the southern arcades in case the Show is held on the 

 vacant space south of the f^ardeus. 



" 3. To have the loan of the Society's staging if required. 



*'4. That the Committee of the International Exhibition undertake 

 the arrangements in the gardens for the week in wliich the Show is to 

 be held, and regulate the admission thereto of tlicir subscribers and 

 visitors, and of the pubhc. from Tuesday to Friday inclusive. The 

 admission of the Fellows to be regulated as hereafter explained. 



" 5. To have daring the week of the Show the services of the staff 

 employed in the ordinary business of the Society. 



"G. To have all monoyn taken for admission to tho garden daring 

 the contiuuaiire of the Show. 



" 7. The FellowH are to give up for th«.- week thoir ])rivilef?« of 

 ailraittiuf^ friends. They are themselves to have personal adniisHion 

 to thi! garden throughout the week, excepting' to the couHurvatory and 

 arcadi'H on the Monday and Tuesday, during the staging and judging 

 of the plants ; aud thi'y are to havo free access to thu Exhibition ia 

 tin- wt'stiru «nuc\ (or in the HoutUeru spot of ground holon^ing to the 

 Treasury, shnuld it lie found more convenient to erect the tent tUeroonJ, 

 only ou the Wednesday. 



" As un fiiuivaleiit for this accommodation the Cummitteo <;ngaKe, in 

 adfhtiou to the adijiistiion of Fellows and debenture-iiolders us already 

 fitattrd. to pay i."i<'() to the Society ou taking possession, to provide ou 

 each of thi! show days three Imnd's of music, and to restore the western 

 ftuuex to the state in which they found it. 



*' I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, for self and co- Secretaries, 



" KouEUT Hugo, (Jencrat /Secretary. 



"To Cflpt. Cockerell, Assistant Secretary, lioyol Horticultural 



Society. ' ' 



" 4th November, 18(55. 



** Sill, — I am desired by the Council of the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society to signify to you. in answer to your letter of the 1st November' 

 their accoptauce of the proposal of the Committee of the International 

 Horticultural Exhibition therein contained. 



" The Council desire me to express to you their earnest wishes for 

 the success of the undertaking, and request me to inform you of their 

 anxiety to afford you every assi*jtauce in their power for the carrjiug 

 out of the scheme. " I am. Sir, yours obediently, 



" J. CocKEiiiiLL, Assintant Secretary. 



" Dr. Hogg." 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



November 7tii. 



Floral Committee. — As might he expected at this late season of 

 the year, there were not many plants sent to this meetiag for exami- 

 nation. Mr. Bull exhibited a very interesting collection of forty-eight 

 plants used for either medicinal or officinal ])uq)oses. For this a 

 special certificate was awarded. Mi". Bull also sent other specimens, 

 and among them a large plant of the well-known hardy garden shrub, 

 Aucuba japouica variegata. thickly covered ■with bright scarlet berries, 

 for which a special certificate was awarded. Sela^inella Martensii 

 alho-variegata, from the same exhibitor, received a sucond-class certi- 

 ficate ; and to Cuscuta sp. (chUeusis ?} growing ou a plant of Iv"}', pro- 

 ducing white bell-shaped flowers very highly scented, a first-class 

 certificate was given on account of its being a botanical curiosity. 

 Machoerium finnura. Pallisander Wood, supposed to be the Rose wood 

 of commerce, was also exhibited by Mr. Bull. 



Messrs. Osbom, Fulham. sent a plant of Parochetus communis, a 

 trailing plant with a deep blue pea-like ilower. almost a hardy plant, 

 and useful for rockwork or baskets — second-class certificate ; aud 

 Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing two cut dowers of Chrysanthemum 

 Queen of England, striped, one of the many forms of sports of this 

 flower. Three plants were brought from the Society's garde:*3 which 

 had been sent home by Mr. Weir, aud which were probably Philoden- 

 drons; they were referred to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley for further 

 examination. Major Clarlte exhibited two plants which were raised in 

 some earth sent to him from South Africa ; their names, &c., were 

 not decided upon. Mr. Fleming. Cliveden, sent some specimens of 

 Chuiese Primulas with yellow variei^ated foliage. ; also some fine varie- 

 gatt'd Pelargoniums, the merits of which at this late season could not 

 be determined, aud it was requested that they should be sent a^ain. 

 There were also some specimens of bright red varieties of seedling 

 Chinese Primrose from the Society's garden, one of which was very 

 much admired and noticed. Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith, sent seven 

 fine seedling Chrysanthemums, some of them first-rate flowers. Those 

 of 1865 were : — Hereward, with fine incurved flowers much like the old 

 Arigena, but better formed — second-class certificate ; Golden Beverley, 

 a ver}' beautiful sport of the white Beverley ; the flowers were not 

 fully blown, but from its delicate and bright yellow colour and excel- 

 lent form it will be much prized — second-class certificate ; Gloria 

 Mundi, a very fiue incurved flower, deep golden yellow, forming almost 

 a hall, very fine — first-class certificate. The seedlings of 1864 were 

 Golden Ball, a fiue incurved variety ; the colour when the flower first 

 ojjens is a dull buff or bronze, but as the flower expands the colour 

 becomes of deep golden hue — first-class certificate ; White Treveima, 

 a sport from pink Trevenna, a pretty hybrid with neatly-formed 

 flowers ; and Prince of Anemones, flowers pinkish whit«, but rather 

 coarse. Those seedlings which received certificates will not disappoint 

 the pubhc ; they will most probably be frequently exhibited next year, 

 and to much gi'eater advantage. The hot summer, or rather the 

 scorchint:; mouth of September, when the buds are formed, proved very 

 prejudicial; and Chrysanthemums are not so tine this year as usual, 

 the flowers beinfi small and deficient in substance. 



" Fruit Committee. — Mr. George F. Wilson, F.R.S., in the chair. 

 Two bunches of Grapes were sent from the garden of the Society, 

 which had never before been exhibited ; one was Diamant Tranbe, a 

 fine large form of Chasselas, wtih a pure Sweetwater flavour. The 

 bunches are large, and the berries unusually so. It is a valuable early 



