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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
directed to the reduction of pendium, and 
Hue they will continue to keep steadily in 
eee umber of Fellows has been increased 
duiing the past year by 23. There have been 
elected 245. EM the Society has to lament the 
loss of 86 by dea 
he follo «ушер isa comparative view of the num- 
ber of Fellows b че nging to the Society at the 
respective dates no 
1 Gui, | 2 Gui. | 3 Gui. | 4 Gui. |20 Gui. ! 4o Gui. | Total. 
| 
Fellows on books at Anniversary 
Nis: 1 0 ov. 978 
» 1859 Pe qub. MX f| e "n: 
2 INS d рез, Š x 1416 
5 318815 5 1 : T E "n = Г: ds 1752 
Jan. 1862 .. г я и 10 722 25 1180 | 334 555 776 
таве, Lo НН цо 918 25 | 1387 | 386 | 587 | 3313 
5 71804 И к 7 945 28 1372 | 406 583 к 
In conclusion, the Council — ча чај is larger and also oval. Skin green, like ing: 
look forward with confidence to the e- = п, апа ща red near the sun, Flesh mm 
fulness of the S iety. The ты amie iouis oarse, a ithout much flavour. Шан уегу 
ture on t ntinent, and th ore frequent large vlads k kidney- амды No. 3: fruit large, 
intercourse resulting from the extension of rail fleshed. Stone nas kernel 
ways, are silently changing the position of this bitter, gids 1o roun 
Society. N ‘ous Horticultural Societies are Mess 3. Downie, L d, & eer sent a bunch of 
now established all over the Continent, and if the | a Gr даре whisk и to be Black Morocco. 
lety wishes to mai position as the lead- Mr. Turner, of Slough, sent a dish of BELLE DE 
5 exponent of Horticulture in the world, and no Y RASPBERRIES, the fruit of which is un- 
to sink into the status of a mere provincial Society, | usually large and handsome. It rece a Certi- 
ust not ignore the Steps taken and the progres cate of Commendation. e JUSHING Rasp- 
e by Continental Societies, The Council have BERRY, which produces yel fruit in 
therefore, paid considerable attention to enlar bundance and of better flavour than Belle и 
the circle of the Societies with whic they are in | Fontenay, was received from the Garden of 
endly relation, and drawing closer the Ъ Society. 
м and friendship by which they are Mr. Rivers brought some ve page of Peaches 
y are already in c unication with | The varieties were as follo 
27. pes and co colonial Societies, with which they LEMENS IsAURE emen боега pes ess 
exchange publications and mutu lgood offices; and | stained sem red at the stone. Flesh y 
the Council look u E ты g of the d wit ae д vo э < 
Ъоп va таана: important part of thei OLE' w, also a yellow- AL 
duty, a o small 1 means towards the advance- | Peach, but the | беки =. n qui old and flavourless. 
ment of Hor ticultur COLUMBIA, a darkly coloured Рева vered with 
long d /hen cut, the flesh under the skin 
ный ооч depth is stained deep crimson, 
: : and then the stone is qui 
кротів of the Fruit Committee, | 224 thence to the stone is q 
September 22nd, 
863. 
Qe ec — Мг. Eno the 
ds of crimson on 
Admirable, and for a yellow- 
It was' 
ed son, 
аа | Park, Sussex. 
ha ndsome, but the flavour w 
Mr. Veitch, of Ch 
Orja of the Se та un mie ii О of n 
во 
бе Pis "i TN y deem yellow, the colour > 
е flesh i 
not remarkable, 
Glands are kidney-shaped, No.2 
5 we cmd yellow Plum raised vies Coe ні 
о 
with crimson; flesh yellow 
clinging rather to the stone. A good and rather 
richly flavoured Plu 
Muscar ор ALEXANDRIA in “state the 
cellence, both as regards siz d setting of 
bunch and the rich flavour of the berries. 
VLDEN Нам had produced a large om 
of large and well-set bunches; the berries we 
