48 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
ws with more nu- 
ntended to b 
urage in their seasons чоң d 
"3rd, Weekly Shows, „to exhibit to the 
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wi 
Exhibitions will mpanied by eontinued ex- 
hibitions of certain ры which paresis cultiva- 
tors have broug it to, or possess in rf 
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ms by 
Fellows the 
named, they came on the first o unity, and 
thus, ~ the general, the object of. the "Conn had 
been attained. 
бо bee. дк on from the Exhibitions, the 
Chairman wished also to call the attention of the 
Fellows to the attempt that was bein see ade to pro- 
vide an drani for the poor to show the results 
of their skill in win It was 
8, far a 
nfluence of gardens, беоне 
п seeking so 
healthy a pleasure and employment, Aes 
eommend 
rhe great addition to the pleasure and instruc- 
e plant-houses con- 
tion of the Fe o! whieh the 
struete d at Kensir 
onger be 
Chiswick to'see 
iin Arg Ri by the 
ught to 
Kensington; and only those who desire to watch 
the manner in which the results exhibited are at- 
tained, would have to go to the Hortieultural 
Laboratory y of the Society, as Chiswick might be 
erme 
This ——— the Council were desirous of 
ren s complete as they rane: eould, а өг 
һ ed to carr it comparative experi- 
ere WETS, fruit, and reales which would 
rove of great utility. At p kn 
w 
w the reasons 
herr vri си — we have ascertained then we we 
shall the 
— ‘and plants best worth. ива т e 
em under simi- 
whieh i impossi ible so lon di- 
tried ty “differ ent observers under varying жт l 
к as to moisture, temperature, soil, and 80 
rth. 
“It Was then — by the here that the 
as little understood. and our 
у 
in) wle dge of уе get: able = iology us pue 
to enable us db ith any certainty on vat 
ferent modes procedure: some plants 
ера 
— — parte conditions; others will not 
ed: ina will n r with some, nof 
buddies s vits: and not cal are the iun 
of these differences obscure, but we cannot геско 
always on conditions eoe c^ happen se be perfectly 
ibid ielding corresponding 
The Do Rhe кор ane d aes е vo 
experiments on hybridisation. “Flor = 5 
€ are obtaine y this m 
em me geraniums, caleeolarias, and otherfloves 
s, and there is no doubt that wh 
sult. n hybridisation d IR 
liany belong d ge ЫН "operations "i = 
Soci and would probably greatly ee 
bringing about a better xig leni of veget- 
able life. 
The Council ш мыры intend this year to веш ш 
о ants for дзн 
Ir "Fell ws m aware, i 
ill, an t yet been able to retum, and i 
was eret that he could hardly aga cain чет is 
similar expedition. А mmission on cd 
ciety had, em been given to Mr. Ве ne" 
it w 
у 
Каста ы traveller, and ho 
through his means the Society sadi ob 
эйр. өй from Bahia. 
The 
58 
ОБ an observed that he could not p3 
hich had a 
lant life. 
this енш would 2 shortly made 
the Fellows. (Vide 
The Chaira ed that n ami 
would be made to eneo eourage a good u 
courage, by the s 
plants, a knowledge of p 
d Ў 
vem some 
