PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 79 
The little и, 5 mus 
e good stock ú gravy, 
neci in a "a little flour, and let the ые stew 
peeing in га till tender. When done through, 
e them 
I shall E happy to distribute packages of the 
seed to the Fellows in the order in which they 
apply, eb venientibus, until the supply is ex- 
hausted. 
And should samples of the soil be wished, I 
have still a small quantity eens over from 
the analysis, which any one wishing it may have. 
CONVOCATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL 
NGRESS OF HORTICULTURE, 
Organised by the Federation of the Borticultural 
Societies of Belgium, which will be held at Brussels 
on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of ] 
t sal Exposit of 
opened the Royal Flor a СЯ inde t 
auspices of the Belgian бойы» 
An Intern PER Horticultur T Congress = 
the auspices of the Federated Horticultura 
b 
oral Society is 
tion under the patronage of the 
ent. 
The Congress will be opened precisely at thre 
eh on the 24th of April, at the Ducal Pa vt 
t Brussels. The и MM invite to 
m 
ulture ; 
and, without distinetion, all botanists and ho 
t who wish to take n the discussions, 
d who give notice to that effect кебич the 13th 
of iin. to M. Edouard Morren, Seerétaire-Général, 
„Тһе Jury of i Universal sortem ema 
bition will assem y; and 
the Exhibition will open uo aries т the 
the 
24th. The hating of the үш to be held 
Same da e devoted to the constitution of 
and, if е, to its division into 
The discus of t gramme will 
resting to eios 
peared to the Еедега 
i 
ы ее are the subjects which it is 
to the deliberation of the 
E 
L prz cec y naturalisation, and domesti- 
cation of Vegetables. 
2. Hybr ridisation, erossing, and artificial fertili- 
sations in general; characters of hybrids, their 
sterility, their polymorphism ; 
po и: &e. 
oT heory of the — of species, or of the 
or icin of varieties, and of races. Theories of Van , 
ie: others. Reform in the. 
p 
istos of 
and the periodie pheno- 
(den e of temperature on 
‚ flowering, and fruiting of 
plante; forcing, retarding. &e. 
. Food of plants: aetion ofthe atmosphere, in- 
Mosis of nitrates, ammonia, phosphates; theory 
of "is cie uu Sue 8, 
. Floral æst f exe sellenee e 
ace single and do 
7. Coloration = 
hereditary by the seed and contagious Ан the graft ? 
8. History of. hortieultu rical docu- 
ments, bio — explorations, eens intro- 
ductions, rectifica 
midity, нез аге these absorbed directly 
by the avis ? 
we Vegetable pathology: diseases of plants ; 
rem 
n. Insects and other destruetive animals: their 
destructio 
2. Garden architecture: characters of its actual 
or present style. 
Education of Garde ners, 
to frame a s 
to the experience of the 
in sd фе ейоп;” 
accordingly а 
e past efforts of the Society 
-= a committee for this pur- 
pointed. 
ourned MUR of the Fellows, Mr, 
subject under the notice of 
the Chairman explained the 
he which had been akon 
had various meeting 
one, both in this 
ollowing ex 
traets n 
old reports from the Council to ns Fellow: 
I. Exrracr FRM REPORT or чаш, ох 
1st 2" 1 
Another Ime : га е Соп neil believe, a д? 
important su s this year e the А 
Жа МЫ ме Committee. К жанны 
