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iited gratuitously, that Fellows have free personal admission 

 to the garden, and to the meetings, that at present there is no 

 limit to their power of issuing orders of free admission to the 

 latter, that for garden meetings each Fellow has the power of 

 obtaining a considerable number of privileged tickets at a 

 lower rate than the general public, that the distribution of 

 seeds and plants will certainly increase in proportion to the 

 means at our disposal, and is already far more extensive than 

 is generally supposed, and finally, that no personal liability 

 whatever is incurred, the advantages which the society offers 

 to those who join its ranks are so great that there seems to 

 be every inducement to enter an association from whose con- 

 tinued efforts for half a century the present flourishing state 

 of garden cultivation is unquestionably derived." 



We quote the last paragraph literally, and sincerely hope it 

 may be responded to in a manner worthy of the members of" 

 so important an institution. 



It will be seen by the report that nearly $100,000 (£19,. 

 224) have been given away as medals and prizes since 1830, 

 and this we have no doubt has accomplished greater results 

 than the same sum expended in any other way. It has, also, 

 distributed large quantities of seeds and plants throughout 

 Europe. 



In conclusion it is gratifying to see that the Society, after 

 the troubles and dissatisfaction which at one time surrounded 

 it, and which threatened its usefulness, is now again, by care- 

 ful management, well established, with its debt reduced, 

 and property on hand sufficient to pay all its liabilities, and. 

 have a liberal sum left. 



DESIGN FOR A FLOWER GARDEN. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



We herewith present another plan of a garden, {fig. 16J; 

 the third of the series. 



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