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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 3, 1866. 



mycelium a lighter soil in which to vegetate, and preventing 

 the growth of roots of surrounding trees, &c, which might 

 deprive the Truffles of the requisite nutriment. 



It might be as well to try the growth of Tuber macrosporum, 

 as it is an indigenous species, aDd might become a source of 

 profit, notwithstanding its garlic odour. Those who possess 

 woods or plantations of Beech in calcareous soils, which are 

 not already productive of Truffles, might succeed perhaps in 

 rendering them so by trenching patches of ground beneath the 

 trees, so as to clear away the brushwood, grass, and roots for a 

 considerable space, and planting ripe Truffles in the trenched 

 spaces, and then allowing time for them to produce their my- 

 celium. And when the roots of surrounding trees again en- 

 croach on the selected spots, they might be checked by deep 

 digging around their margins. — (Journal of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural •Society.) 



DEJEUNER AT MR. WM. PAUL'S NURSERIES 

 AT WALTHAM CROSS. 



On Tuesday last the Executive Committee of the International 

 Horticultural Exhibition recently held at South Kensington, paid a 

 complimentary and friendly visit of inspection to Mr. Wm. Paul's 

 nnrsery grounds at Waltham Cross. The gentlemen arrived per train 

 at 11.30— the down mail stopping specially at Waltham station for the 

 occasion. They walked direct from the platform to the nurseries, by a 

 private pathway adjoining the line, bordered with Roses ; and were 

 soon admiring the extensive and beautiful collection of flowers and 

 shrubs, which are to be found in vast profusion there. The Roses 

 first attracted attention, the entrance being lined with them, also the 

 edge of the grounds nearest to the radway. These are not only culti- 

 vated, but bred by Mr. TV. Paul. The Geraniums were next examined 

 with much interest : of these favourite flowers Mr. W. Paul has a new 

 race in Mr. Beaton's stock. While walking np the principal broadway 

 of greensward, the varieties of hardy ornnmental-foliaged trees with 

 their purple, silver, and gold leaves commanded much admiration. 

 These in gentlemen's gardens would pleasingly vary the monotony of 

 uniform green foliage : of such Mr. W. Paul has a large collection, we 

 were told the best in Europe. There are Oak leaves almost black, 

 Maple leaves almost white, Spanish Chestnuts of golden hue, and 

 almost every intervening shade of foliage. The fruit trees, espe- 

 cially some fine kinds of Pears, were also particularly noticed ; and the 

 visitors were busily engaged examining trees, shrubs, and flowers, 

 until they were called in to partake of a sumptuous breakfast, set out 

 in a conservatory in excellent style by Messrs. Ring & Brjmer, of Corn- 

 hill. 



Mr. Wm. Paul presided : there were also present, Sir C. Wentworth 

 Dilke, Bart., M.P ; Professor Bentley (King's College) ; Sir D. Cooper, 

 Bart., (late Speaker of the Hous6 of Assembly, Sydney) ; R. Fortune, 

 Esq. (the Chinese and Japanese traveller) ; the Rev. Joshua Dix, 

 M.A. (Rector of Allhallows, London) ; the Rev. K. N. Brandon (In- 

 cumbent of Waltham Cross) ; the Rev. J. Paxton Hood ; Robert Hogg, 

 LL.D. ; Messrs. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., J. Smith, G. Gibson, Wm. 

 Bull, C. Edmonds, R. B. Knight, W. F. Siddall, W. A. Sadler, 

 H. Stormont, T. Rivers, J. Harding, G. Eyles, C. Lee, C. Turner, 

 W. Wakefield, Osborn, Williams, and others. 

 After the repast, thanks were returned, and 



Sir C. Wentworth Dilke said, they onght not to separate without 

 drinking the health of their worthy host, Mr. Wm. Paul (hear, hear). 

 They were all deeply indebted to him for bis kindness in allowing 

 them to come and have the opportunity of looking over his extensive 

 establishment, and after the kindness with which they had been re- 

 ceived be was sure they would all heartily drink to " The health and 

 prosperity of their host and all connected with him " (cheers). 



Mr. W. Paul briefly said he appreciated the honour Sir Wentworth 

 Dilke had done him, and he scarcely could find words to express his 

 gratification to those gentlemen who had done him the honour of 

 coming to Waltham Cross to see his establishment. He knew they 

 set a great value on time, and, therefore, would not say more than to 

 thank them for the kindness with which they had received Sir Went- 

 worth Dilke's proposition. 



Mr. W. Paul soon after rose again and said, he had the honour of 

 proposing a toast which he was sure would be received with acclama- 

 tion. The International Horticultural Exhibition has been a grand 

 and complete success. If they looked for the causes which had con- 

 tributed to that success, they would find them many and various, but 

 those most vividly before him were the energy, judgment, and adminis- 

 trative skill displayed by the Chairman of the Executive Council (bear). 

 There were already written on his escutcheon the symbolic figures of 

 1851 and 1862 ; and to these must now be added a symbol of lessmagni- 

 tnde, but not of less beauty, the Horticultural symbol, 1866. He had 

 never worked on a committee where such courtesy was shown by the 

 Chairman to the suggestions of every individual member, and where 

 there was such unanimity of purpose and such a spirit of fairness mani- 

 fest. Members of the Committee had no difficulty in having their 

 remarks listened to ; and the most abstruse suggestions were care- 

 fully canvassed to see if there was anything in them. He proposed 



they should drink the health of the Chairman of tbo Executive Com- 

 mittee (cheers). 



Sir C. W. Dilke returned thanks, and said the terms in which the 

 toast had been proposed, and the manner in which it had been 

 received were together far greater than were warranted by the small 

 services he had rendered. Had he been awaro of what Mr. Paul was 

 about to propose he would have suggested a removal into the gardens ; 

 but with reference to tbo recent Exhibition he bad done his best, and 

 he thought that was all any one could do. The Exhibition had been 

 produced by the gardening interests of the country, and all the Com- 

 mittee had to do was to keep it moving, and in a straightforward di- 

 rection. So many gentlemen had put their entire heart and soul in 

 the Exhibition that it could not help going on — it only required a little 

 guiding now and then. He felt pleased and prond at its success, and 

 as a Horticultural Exhibition it had never been surpassed. He thought 

 it possible that France might profit by what had been seen there, and 

 might, perhaps, equal them in future years. He thanked them for the 

 kind manner in which they had received the toast (cheers). 



Mr. W. Paul proposed " the health of the Treasurer of the Exhi- 

 bition, Sir Daniel Cooper," and paid a high compliment to him for 

 the financial skill be had displayed. Success in finance, he said, was 

 only estimated by results. The original estimate of tbo Exhibition 

 was £13,000, but they did not shrink from the risk : they went on, and 

 now they had paid all their bills, and bad £3000 still in hand (cheers). 

 Sir D. Cooper, in acknowledging the toast, remarked that the suc- 

 cess of tbo Show bad fully verified the anticipations of those who 

 knew the interest folt in floral exhibitions. He bad been accustomed 

 to money affairs for many years : he had done the best he could for 

 the Exhibition, and was amply rewarded for all his exertions by the 

 kind thanks they had given him. He believed the Buccess of the 

 International Exhibition would do a great deal towards the promotion 

 of horticulture in this country (cheers). 



Mr. W. Paul proposed "The health of the Secretaries of the Ex- 

 hibition, Dr. Hogg, Mr. Moore, and Dr. Masters." Their tasks had 

 not been light ; but their aid had been readily, cheerfully, and most 

 ably given. 



Dr. Hogg said ho had not intended to rise, but Mr. Moore kept 

 making such signals to him, ho was obliged to get np and return thanks. 

 If he were to say tho duties had been light, he should only mislead 

 them ; but no one could tell them better than Mr. Moore how onerous 

 they were, for he had home the brunt of them all. It was a great 

 gratification to them to know the Exhibition had been successfnl ; and 

 he was sure that tho services the Secretaries had rendered had been 

 cheerfully given (cheers). 



Mr. Moore also briefly returned thanks. 



Mr. Paul proposed " The Healths of the Councils of the Royal 

 Horticultural and Botanic Societies." A member of the Council of 

 each Society was present, and they all knew the value of the efforts 

 made by these Societies for the promotion of horticulture. With 

 the toast he coupled the names of Professor Bentley and the Rev. 

 Joshua Dix. 



The Rev. Joshua Drx returned thanks, and said, as a member of 

 the Council of tho Royal Horticultural Society, he felt ho was only 

 doing his duty in trying to promote the success of the Exhibition all 

 he possibly could. He hoped a better day was dawning upon the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and that before long it would attain that proud 

 position in which it ought to be ; and if the representatives of the 

 Society wonld only be kind, gentle, and unanimous in their require- 

 ments, he saw no reason why it should not be one of the finest horti- 

 cultural societies in the world. 



Professor Bentlet returned thanks on behalf of the Royal Botanic 

 Society. 



Mr." Paul proposed " The Provincial Press," and the health of a 

 gentleman present connected with one of their papers — Mr. Pollard, 

 of the Herts Guardian. 



Mr. Pollard returned thanks. 



Sir D. Cooper said they had drunk the healths of the Chairman, 

 of the Treasurer, Secretaries, and others ; but there was one without 

 drinking which they ought not to separate. It was those who had 

 made the Exhibition successful — " The Visitors." It was clear that 

 this Exhibition of flowers had reached the hearts of the people, and it 

 was a fact that the Horticultural and Botanic Societies would not fail 

 to remember. It showed that the people could appreciate the beau- 

 tiful collections lately exhibited, and with the toast ho bogged to give 

 the name of Mr. Wakefield. 



Mr. Wakefield, in reply, said the public were really tho parties 

 who had most gratification in the matter. The poor had paid their 

 shillings, the rich their higher entrance fees, and all had been amply 

 rewarded by viewing the beautiful and splendid collection gathered 

 together (cheers). 



Sir C. W. Dilke said the gentleman who spoke last was a very valu- 

 able person — he represented the £15,000. When the project first started 

 some said they would all be ruined. But he knew something of the 

 class of persons who would come, and was not in tho least alarmed, 

 though he did not expect it would turn ont quite so successful as far 

 as £ s. d. was concerned : and there again he had to thank Mr. Wake- 

 field and the fifteen-thousand pounders (laughter). But they ought 

 not to forget after all a class to whose efforts they might chiefly attri- 

 bute tho success — he meant the Exhibitors. He therefore proposed 

 their healths, and coupled with the toast the name of Mr. Turner. 



