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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
* CONVENTION CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE MIN 
STER OF THE ÍNTER AND M. Van ten 
Horror AT GENDBRUGGE LEZ-GAND. 
is agreed as follows between M. Charles 
Rogier, Minister of e uia. and M. Louis Van 
n Houtte, es willing to lend his 
ernment for ш. foundation of a 
d receive in е 
at Gendbrugge бша о nd that 
during the space of ten years, at least 3o SÉ -four 
oung men who desire to initiate themselves in 
Horticultare and the sciences which are directly 
connected with it. 
. “This ад is made on the Рав 
following :— 
"E the expenses of board, lodging, heating, 
lighting, mr &e., the mainte- 
ce of upils, with the боео of that of 
thing, s shal te at the charg 
shall be pai winder t this head for each of 
them an arg M ee of 500 fran 
“Twelve e b ibl 
bursaries will jsp bedstead th to the pupils of the estab- 
lishment upon the funds of the budget, of the 
Interior. 
“Ж Те ung men must execute all the EN 
which shall be ordered them. No re- 
munerstin will ku allowed them under this head 
Hou 
ut The iae d be regulated in such a 
mu A. That it must in no ease exceed the strength 
of the pupil. 
"M Pha at they leave them the time necessary 
to о acquire theoreti instruction. 
* C. That by Баана ng with the more simple 
wo ils may initiate themselves sucees 
aro at th m 
е п Horticulture, including 
therein Arboricult ture® andi arket gardenin 
“4. Steps shall be taken that the pupils admitted 
md the establishment shall remain there for three 
“б. The staff of teachers кур ed by the Min- 
munerated ч of the 
ich shall be allotted t an 
Interior on the proposition of M. 
he building works and others necessa 
for the lodging 29 еле of the pupils shall 
H 
pe this head an indemnity to be afterwards 
m" : n Houtte is to retain the = direc- 
tion of Зы stablishment ; all the unctionaries 
asa employés shal be 
ations approved о 
ula e Minister of 
di Interior sha 
by 
de е o adn of the 
teaching-staff, admi м X and 
that of teaching, the examinations and с of 
pupils, the buon and the division of the 
It is unnecessary to quote the whole of the re- 
* Arboriculture, in common parlance on the 
tinent, 
COEM reference to culture of fruit trees than to ths 
gulations following upon this convention. It will 
be sufficient to notice one or two of the most im- 
aching pem at = school here 
b cadre line wing, urveying, plan 
drawing, ii: СЕЕ the elements of 
physies, “ips minera «оя , geology, zoology, 
botany, ga and hot-h ө генле + book- 
— “ee dtc: iili praetieal Hortieul- 
us addition to this, courses of the French, Flem- 
ish, Масе ‚ and English languages may be given 
at the s 
Before bei pt admitted to the school the appli- 
cants май prove that ig know the principles of 
the French language , elementary We 
m system of. decim сее system of m 
n, and uA aoe tee aphy. 
“т tion of the sud ma being three years, the 
pupils are diy ided е ин! ections conformable 
to the division of teac 
ach year, at the as 
ndergo ge eneral examination 
ния er they have acquir e knowledge neces- 
eG to allow of their ie admitted to yi higher 
ing. 
e of the course, the pupils 
intended to show 
The twelve bursaries shall only be given to those 
pupils who, being unable to pay for their board, 
shall have satisfactorily passed their examination. 
A similar convention ae between the Bel- 
gian Government and the Sieur de Вг 
celebrated fruit-grower) at reece whereby by M. 
B his establis hment m 
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tudy of АН culture— 
ing pc a ced the knowledge of the cultivation 
of frui 
RANCE efforts have in like manner been 
Here is the summ cireular which has been 
addressed by M. Sallé 
ran = -— is 
Prefect of the Aube to the EU 
aid ‘Mayor of the Department.—Gentlem of lt 
Periodical courses id Moz instituted 
years in mpire re hav 
iti 
those ee trea, ts have se 
“ Everywhere, epeelülly vile 
fruit trees has been introduced upon the m 
in waste эт ^ the midst of marsh” the rev 
of the pro as гов павее e in 
ruits have "becom Mot 
fact, in certain districte, the Nu of an impo da d 
"onis which still goe increasing from 
to 
* It will be sufficient for me to cite pee for 
= Normandie which are ари rted in рт me 
purpos e pears and 
which the rie S asian it ds Maine and Loire sends 
