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countries—to = aam any services we can per- 
form, in return such assistance as they 
ean give to us, and thus to extend our knowledge 
of cultivation. The Journal about be com- 
menced would also give välin ble aid in dissemi- 
ating information of value st the Fellows 
It would be pub in 8vo. form, and would b 
ht out independently of the Proceedings 
The work would be devoted to good essays and 
hes. on horti l subjects, and would 
edited by the J ley. 
Society was to 
ee ciis place the 
information = weld collect. within reach of all 
come and i 
at for the benefit of the country 
; and — : takes the foremost place in 
ts relations, it would Ms 
у. ‘Let. us, "then; concluded the Chair 
MS e Strive © for su 
lane e ever don 
ка sro ee before. 
the views of the 
clu usion 
then introduced the Rev. M. J. 
wt a Phs Botanical adviser of the qund 
feeling 
eman, after expressing with great 
ds his em emotion at fin self oceupyin 
s Position formerly held by Dr. Lindley, who 
thy many years elig 
ms which will retain that tint. If however, very 
was not taken to keep the colour pure, 
we vro should lose the green-leaved specimens, which: 
‚ and get only plants with 
variegated leaves as heret tofore 
i ant belonging to ba чеп 
sonchus, a sow-t was next 
t.e 
псу of сЕ a it was 
an excellent plat for table decorat: 
А violet, which was pre A exhibited at one 
raham, of Cranford, 
was 
foliage, 
induced Mr. Berkeley at first to su 
leaves had been A by fangus, but there was 
- no trace of diseas e see 
Attention was called to a species of gourd which 
had been sent to Mr. Berkeley by M. Naudin, mem- 
ber of the Institute, It appeared to be of the same 
— aris lan t 
ls in epieyeloidal curv эчүе зр д 
ships sail stern ‘foremost, yet who could box t 
compass powder at a time when our 
ancestors were hong savages 
The curious changes of colour in the chrysan- 
second time w 
four months. 
"The e species, as we all know, flowers natura 
growth ers from the 
root, preceded by a slower growth of the same 
during om winter months. inde 
Coolness, ed, has 
been supposed to determine the тезе бтм of the 
flower bu: 
‘Now, if instead’ of returning the plant, a 
flowering, to the cold frame, we take it at once “one 
he y. 8 ra wth of the young 
suckers takes place; every shoot, or nearly so, bei 
ed with flower-buds. val into 
heatis made at an early period, as for instance 
the first blooms have expanded, then the 
