144 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
at what may be called the сабза и 
гоо but they 
tive of unmi 
Aik an unnatural and artificial condition of 
thin ch is not only objecte in the inte 
rests о themselves, but is also opposed 
to the interests of the public, by causing what 
ma rme pasmodie effort and exertion, 
which at nad seasons of the year is Eee Sf ed 
and, to a eat degree, ee I may il 
ng that a good 
gar 
a e for racing—and had bee 
taken to the show to win the es. Inthe same 
ason, some time after this, I called again, and 
found the pla having been their round of 
racing, all flowerless, and begin ing to be placed 
der training fo ext season for the same 
ве; this training was effected by keep- 
5 some ts back forcing others, so that 
they might all flower together, and such plants as 
re 
resul 
foliage plants, as the cul 
look beautiful all th 
Ey а they are a great improvement in 
ee “Bati in ay ie don these great show "ie 
pla 
tors grow which do not flowe 
the show en an ces leave the deters 
which might be cultivated with effect for 
other seasons of the year with ut attention 
The true object of Horticulture should be, in 
р е enjo derivable 
from it, and to diffuse it as widely as possible; to 
o 
ў апа 
ables, in the greatest “е 
Lo and at the cheapest pri aman ip. Cd Pert 
"this, there should be 
xhibition, 80 that a 
no interest i 1n foreing his lits 
if he à beautiful 
d 
rOperties 
eaeh exhibition 
with his lucid and agreeable manner, in which on 
this subject he has no rival, and thes e meetings 
were intensely fashionable, and often densely 
crowded. 
6. When the панок у hegre at Ci 
were the leading garden ntry fo 
plants, еу gar dens Hes ppl 
they w never withou 
"i thence id E 
the entries were дейс he shows we made up 
of beautiful plants from the Horticultural Gardens, 
Though, then a Certificate o Merit from the So- 
eiety meant something, and was prized at si 
rate; it ins e ny plant which тесеїү! 
it, and often practically represented a prize of some 
hundreds of po terling,—as many nurse 
had orders before the exhibition Mer 6 тегу 
large amounts, It therefore appears 
these fortnightly exhibitions sho ne be ыч at 
7 attracti 
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to show apre elves and look at each other; wi um 
they do apre occasions quite as тие ch as at 
dien 
uld be too mu in ses of ho Eu 
go bo detaila as to how many b neh 
oceupy more кы and time than І 
to giv i 
ets Hal t 
the finer fruits in. ше public аген 
теуегї1 n this letter, 
wt by private 
establishments, in competition with the 
any g 
entlemen ety np n 
use, а artly f Or e sale 
denin en s do e 
extent and by some $ Бе highest p Le 
establishments in the di 
Pr ea 
m with all the facilities of Es e с р 
Ё уоп 
s from some pri ‘for? 
ay Talpe uantity of Pt is wanted f 
