160 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
can be маре and I do not see the 
E or advantage of charging 1 more than this 
for looking at a разе: лд 
f the Estimate I ea Bolts n, as I do 
not remember the cost "of sim up the ardens 
do not think much of a vine-i 
having tried this med in various forms myself 
for the last 40 years, and have not seen sufficient 
result to warrant the vines being grown in pots 
when they be gr elsewhere ; because, in 
the first place, the wn for t ars 
establish it, before it produces a crop, and occupies 
during that time of the house; wher 
those grown i border, an annual 
ed. It is true that in pots they are 
-table; but this does not com 
pensate for the cost, in my opinion, as I know the 
с es ch, he grapes are 
n in rs, 
d as those borde 
f these suggested Swan. meet generally 
the views of the Commit will do my best to 
is 
0 the anual R Tar 
sure І feel extremely glad that so much attention 
d is Chis ens question 
à great pleasur e to see the 
ара tho high school of Garde g; and thereb 
ng the true interests of ре turé, whi 
aah esr «is рыр rly p one s Kensington е, 
ürs on ae 
JOSEPH PAXTON, 
EXAMINATIONS OF GARDENERS, 
Tt has now been officiall rted to the ‘es 
eil of the Royal Rosie Society that at t 
Botanical Examin: € А, T Soe eae of n. 
ге 
candi ate te of the gardeners 
п, aged 24, of the Maidenhead 
rize 
tural Society. It will be reme 
т аге intereste d in this шоу that t 
rst prize Sus offered by the Society of Arts 
was also taken on a foj i | 
т. 
c acco 
peting at the last Mes ion. 
the younger gardeners, The 
arrangements are explaine sj in the followi wing let- 
rcm addressed to the Seeretary of. the Society of 
“ Royal or e Socie ety, 
uth K n, NW. $ 
1 Ка, 1, 1865 
6 Sir,—The н of the Royal Hortieul- 
ural Society offer the owing рн to bond fide 
essional gardene peti Botanical 
ty be held by th 
ions е. зу е 29: RPR 
1866, viz, 
А Ist реше 0 . а . , 26 
2nd do; s s y 4 28 
A mn o... 65 СЕ 
“ The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society 
e also desirous to make use of the machinery of 
th е examiners y this в 
те Council wish to divide p шы under 
m ads : 
Floriculture; and 2. The Culture of Frit | 
and аи, | 
“Та floriculture, eae wish to eee ав eX 
aminer, Thos. Moore, Esq., F.L.S., of th 
Garden, Chelsea ; id for the ны of quet 
vege tables, Robert H 
twò 
в each о 1 
весопа- class ин ecording to 
“Tt has been abeertained that thé shore T4 
men, Mr. Moore a a, Dr. Hogg, сон 
undertake these examinations on the —Ó 
granted by the Society of pu to their exam 
n bo 
^ A the hope that the Сой of the Society of 
Arts will be able to afford the assi stance, whit! 
the Roy al Horticultural Society requests 
remain, dear sir, yours faithfully, 
mec peris d 
" half of the dig the 
. Acting in = a i A d Society. | 
ер; аА E 2 E 
tary to the Society of Arts ao: : 
Th Шу to this, the Society of 9 : 
duced among their * brief emm of a, e te i 
in which candidates may be examine 
lowing relating to һо ба. f 
their examination in Botany precedes 
nouneement :— 
XV.—Borany. 
Ls, 
Examiner.—Daniel Oliver, E ERR, Е. 
Keeper of the Herbarium at “the я | 
ew, and Professor of Botany їп versity 
Ses London : 
. Sect. I.—The Structure si Plants sand Vege 
ae Physiol The Fun ons of te 
Organs, and their Мо pla ea d 
N ri e iae, eb eaning 
—Systematie Bota tany. of Plants 
h the Classification 
ue. upon Ie p» character of the pir 
cipal pu Natural О. Orders ‘The sources: ^ 
Common Wild Flowers at Sigh a i 
x Sit im important Economie aget 
—Timbers, Fibres, Fruits, Drugs, & 
* Tt was Ure that while it pacte rd; the 
inducement to a g gardener to tas 
