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Rerort OF Commrrran—continued, 
vigorous 
he Gone den nig may be 
provided у gp e from the Fellows; the 
n Ne sale of plants, ins 
may be larg 
hink it necessary to point out that 
do г Ма баң the cost and the value of 
the immense number of OTS and be aang 
plants, flowers, &c. are now raised a 
Chiswick, and cx Rm, am supplied to the 
Garden at South Kensington, ought to be carried 
to the credit of the Garden at Chiswick. 
We append to our Report a Letter which 
at our seventh 
seen that we have availed 
ө of the principal suggestions made in his 
Signed on behalf of the Committee, 
W. WILSON SAUNDERS, 
Chairman. 
APPENDIX. 
Letter from Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., to Mr. 
Chester, printed by Sir Joseph's ийе: 
7, Pall Mall East, S.W. : 
April 25, 1864, 
My dear Sir m received your letters and the 
proposed Report n the — анары 
Harry 
Gardens at Tur m Gree 
et е 
to tend resting 0 that I аја p act able 
is 
y heavy Parliamentary and oth 
ary a er duties ; 
ston > which the serious illness of Lady Рах 
compelled me to be as much at Pus as 
н: 
Г 
= 
As y u wish for m 
y opinion of what is 
mended, I think it will be well to tske the йырав 
wan umbe nm „ће Report 
© L—I sider all the recommendations 
ti е ы eing v use There are 
req I 14 strongly n 
d we аут еко for the daily = 
M thing i is Hybridising. If this can be 
E g -clas 
think the M of Сота 8 рге 
кә, done, also on a limited scale, № would not 
only result in our having, in time, good new fruits 
на ыы ү» would be a good practical lesson 
rs in teaching them the theory as 
а У as as the ond praetiee of Hort а 
With respect wm a I think, as subsoil 
of the Chiswick Gardens is all gravel, little prac- 
tical good would be got uth of the trial of various 
systems. 
No. 2.—As to the Staff. This arrangement ap- 
pears good, with one exception. It would never 
ing over se at other departments ‚ when the G 
neral Su varios is absent. It would lead " 
epee отток sorts of com 
It will be far better me let each Foreman be solely 
responsible for his department, under the g — 
direction of the Superintenden 
No. 8 he Stu m afraid the 
£10 premium m would be a serious obstacle to many 
deserving young men who have no rich frie 
help th shoul £5 as са as ought 
to = taken on admission, and then stop 1з. 
m their wages to the end of the first year, 
which shoul be used to pay for extra lectures and 
f the went soon as they 
Mw te the firs tion at the end of the 
mil then they should pay 1з. per week during the 
ainder of their stay, to a fund, to be equally 
to be as follows, viz. :—135. per week for one year, 
zd for г neu year, and 15s, for the third 
yea his would practically attain the same 
re SUL d as you have arran nged, only in a different 
och and it would ease the student on his 
"Iri € tes a forthe ме gardeners to bring 
up t the ae 
generally, ‘with гт exceptions is very 
со п with what is ide from them. A 
T m 
er annum is giv 
s generaly, 
in what are places, v: А: 701 
т 
necessary т i 
little Eras to get u 
ducati erwards, as the 
be денде to Horticultural su зы 
not make this 
t to a х 
of of Egat! nd that im of ied the rudi- 
ments of education with which he ean acquire all 
the rest. 
= х 10s. 64. proposed to charged 
de à entlemen consulting e oe Piped 
of а Students, I think 2s. 6d. w 
sufficient, as for this sum a copy of а dead 
