PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Society’s eg on the other (as Sir —— 
Dilke, in fac 
LL Andi in the 
ure by the Society in 
c the opening of 
000., the sum of 700 
second place, yod of a total expen 
the two and a half yea 
the Ga mens amountin 
l. only, or little 
by the 
Committee. If space permitted, it would be eas 
to show that not only we үз ose disallowances 
fair in themselves, but that the Committee would 
h 
not have — ^s anas ү its duties had it not 
ma = 
ы ‘Expenses НН has been placed 
fi the one side it has 
attacked do or improper 
the Society. I will 
ү, 
t the late Bac to the 
шар 
mis moreover suppose а 
exhibi ы in eid hi. rden 
ые of the Exp s Com- 
ipsa that the total dk paid 
езда for 1863 has been only 2001, 
instead ge the full a 
= 
ашатп ee, са пате teen the merits 
of the Tell-to ong ce 
pe 
te aromatic flavour, м 
shines through the sauce by pesas it is obseur 
xe a good deed in a naughty wo t takes its 
en 
wit мены hte invariably failed. 
soil in which it 
north, and is found, ie intermitten 
all the way to afl ks of the Danube 
on the 
south; and yet, o the Tell-tower soil, this root 
as for the last — and probably mueh 
longer, and it yet preserves its dwarf size and aro- 
ic flavour, while within a few miles it degene- 
rates and wholly alters its hatch eter. 
Voelcker has analysed the «cil, 
“This soil contains (when quite d 
near’ per cent. of pure quarry sand, about 
per cent. of organic matter, a sma 
ину of oxide of iron and a, 1 
any lime, and mere traces of all other consti- 
eat measure, are 
е soil on which they are grown, 
now as a fact that these үтен с 
delicate roots becom 2 less sweet to 
002. ide rent h paid the | and altogether аб when they are grown on a 
issioners than have been paid had the | good soit, I shonld like very much to 
vote not been made. In other words, the whole of | ascertain whether these delieate turnips —€— be 
the outlay has practically been defrayed by the | obtain E a коли size by growing them on sandy 
Commissioners, without costing the Society one | soils wi rphospha ate, vikoa greatly dete- 
farthing, the latter getting the statue for nothin riorating their sweet taste. 
225 e : he ease with the contribution by The turnip has been n tried again and again, in all 
he sum of 8007. for the base of the | kinds of localities, and under every kind of ticat. 
Beleni of ihe Great Exhibition of 1851, to which | ment, as might be expected where the root is prized, 
е that strong exception is taken in a late | and the experiment easily tried. Nor has the at- 
para’ of ак * Journal of Hortic SINT e." The | tempt to rear it elsewhe с to Prussia 
iture rur passed by Hye | Tt been tried under the auspices os he inen 
а Ittee bet. for the reasons n, | cultural Society here. Тат informed t 
0 а 
whole of the amount us n fact, been oo 
exclusively by the Co ие, the r 
them hayi ving жо; уасо а 
of 5002. py 8007, not been 
s 
ime Expenses Committee in its proper light 
fore the Fellows б. Low i Ag un ours faith- 
fully, Encar A, Bowr w Murray, 
Esq., Assistant Sec. "Royal EXE аучы Society. 
On їн б-фишт бщ. 
uu e яна ми or foto, almost 
No one 
"ny part of the Prussian territory during the 
year seeds of it inen Fer me to the Fellows. ud 
without su ccess st have — a i ti 
1822, when the notice of it ipti 
in the са ейн “of the Society: “Mr. Jo 
neman s the meeting o 18th of 
the 
же. ` the reins ur 
den Mr. ne me time 
venir the following cde of its ты 
ion: The seed is the first time 
z 
F 
nd fibres аге trimmed o e 
rcots are а-а їп Бейле in dry sand; where 
