Dec. 25.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 847 
prepare a lis af the 3 mapets hata they r prapase for election and taking date from the Ist Jan. in the year of their e uke tf Gotoh’ 
or re- Eedon, 3 ich s e printed on paper large enough to | having paid up their subscriptions to the present time. x ntmaber | respect to th elative prod butt 2 
pdmit of additions being made to it; and a copy of this printed | of members who had been thus in arrear, being ansioss toabviahe > Saeed : me Suni Lasse matter. "The — 
m rooms } 2 simil : . 
ist shall be gi to any ber who applies for it at the roo: similar omission for the future, have either compounded for life | i 
f the society, either on the 21st of May, or at the anniversary r given permanent orders on their bankers for due and regular | cine wise’ vse b> —_ = ee oe reg i 
meeting on the 2: y The voting shall take place by each | payment yea ear. The result of the consideration of the like ‘of Ayrshire and Kerry h mn the 
wishes to vote giving in one of these lists, signed | Finance Committee on the second point, of prevent! e@ oc- | estate; and ha 1 he trial under the superintendence of 
py himself, with such names struck out or a a he thinks fit, | currence or accumulation of similar arrears in future, been | Mr. Griffith, that gentleman had re the details of the : 
to the President he geveral meeting, before the commence- | communicat the Council by Col. Challoner, who has stated | parison, hich the commissioners then transmitted to t e 
ment of any other business. When the lists have been nin, | at length t © committee on this subject, which is | The milk of each of the cows having been measured separately, 
three scrutineers shall be appointed, who will retire into the | now under the consideration of the Coun 1 mmittee have | and noted for two months, it appeared from the returns, "al 
ary’s room and ins the lists which have been given in, | also reported that since the anniversary meeting in May 407/. have | 1. The Galloway cattle e, on an 6} impe — avy be 
and report forthwith to the meeting the names of the 25 members id an ted for in ischarge of the arrears then | milk per day, and that 9 quarts of milk pr 
who shall have the majori f vi . If any of the lists should unounced as existing; and they have, at same time, laid hatter when . salted for market, 2. T) “ge 
contain the names of mor an 25 members, it will not be es re the il their numerical roar we ne society, which | ana 74 qnarts of milk per day, and 8 7-8ths quarts of milk 
anted as a valid vote ber will be allowed to vote who consists of 5,382 members.—Your mt has reported t rod one pound of butter when salted. 3. The Ayrshire 
does not personally deliver his list to the President. On the tne council, that, agreeably with their peer ions, he took an | cows 7 an , 9 quarts of milk v 
motio the Richmond it was resolved that the opportunity after the Liverpool meeting to address letters ofthanks | quarts of milk uced one pound of salted butter. ‘Mr. Grif. 
following ii tion should be laid before the Council, prior | to the mayor and corporation, the directors of the Mechanics’ | fith observed, however, that the Ayrshire cows could not be 
to any town being selected for the meetings:—I. A tracing Institution, Messrs. Falkner and Lace, Messrs. Lucas, and every er placed in competition with the Galloway and Kerry breeds, 
he land on which it is proposed to er the yard | other insti ution or individual in Liverpool or its ndgboarhsed asthe latter were heifers heving each prodaced the first calf, while 
and pavilion ; and answers to queries on the following pvints : | who had been instrumental in promoting the objects of the meet- | the Ayrshire — old cee each having had four calves; the 
—1, Statement of the number of acres of suc nd , its | in, The value Roa to the display of agricultural imple- ilk of the s Ayrshire cows two years previously having 
distance from ft terminus of the railway; 3, its distance ments at that mi been greatly enhanced by the report | measure: rae Pry a per a It appeared from the inspec- 
from the centre of th n; 4, whe there is a supply of water | which the iidiges ee that occasion h ‘ince carefully up | tion of the adn gg butter merchants of Cork, that the quality of 
on the land- ot, to state the price of co ing it; 5, to state | and presented to the council peck moe of Richmond, as chair- | batter prod je dil s attle was t 
the amount of remuneration which the owner occupier | man of ae Pte Bristol Committee, has presented to the | to taste, t -_ e colour of each was different; that produced by 
require for the use of the lan d for the six weeks it will be re- | council two reports of the ocecaies of the committee to the | the Galloway cattle was of a deep yellow, that by the Ayrshire a 
uired : the correc’ the informati smitted as | present shhe. including an account ‘a br fav’ ourabie manner in | bright yellow, and that byt he Kerry <— ae cong 4 —. 
ever to h pee points, to be certified by the signa. | which the chairman and committee were recei ved at Bristol ; and The cattle of each breed were in equal condition. me 
rties sending it. IJ. The distance of the field | the council are gratified to learn that the iin dh doe | pasture; butin rind previous snd and suinay it 3 i a te 
where “it is phe Gecebd the trial of implements shou ke place, | R. Phippen, Esq.,the late, and to G, W. Franklyn, Esq., the present | some ex ents m: ya the comparative cost of keep per day, 
from the land intended for the show-yard and pavilion, and the | mayor of B 1, has been received by those gentlemen in so that, 1. One Galloway cow consumed 214lbs. of ber A One Kerre, 
h e of it could be obtained. III dis- | cordial a manner; and that the facilities offered by these chief | 168-9; 3. One Ayrshire, 248-9 Ibs. Mr. Griffi ws the fol. 
cd of the town from the surrounding market t IV. To | magistrates of the city, and the active interventi r. Wm. ing general conclusion from the whole Gepllinnetls = Thi 
state whether there is any room in the town capable o  contain- Miles, M.P , and Mr. Marmont, seerc' f the Bristol Agricul- | the Irish breed is best suited to the mountain lands, and to the 
ing persons at dinner, and the expense of hiring it. —The | tural Society, have enabled the committee to institute those in- | cold and wet climate of King William’s Town ; spat they we less 
President stated that he had received a satisfactory account of the | quiries respecting suitable localities and sites for the council and | expensive to feed, and when under the — “aon ne id Beg 
progress made by the Veterinary College in carrying out the | pavilion dinners, and for the implement and cattle yard, which | respect of oe &e., echey produce more 
designs of the society, and that he would lay the report before | have led . so favourable a result oe the amount of preparation | either of the breeds imported trom Scotland, but _ the san Gaba: 
the council in February next. The reports of Earl S; r, Mr. ready m he council have directed the Bristol prize-sheet | way cattle are superior ding.” —The ved 
Graburn, an r, Druce on the cultivation of the Cambridge | tobe Tada known as wes as eae adv: scat in the | that their thanks shoul: si to 
Prize wheats were taken into considerati hen it was decided | London agricultural and t! isto. a i ransmis- | Woods and pono for having instituted this experiment at the 
that the prize should not be awarded to "either of the wheats | sion by post to ever, iety. bong e also | desire of the society, and ica’ e details of its result; 
selected nd Kiet as oh 4 7 ab to be less a eamings than | adopted the recommen mdations of ed pean Py meant and also presented a ur. Griffith, to whose care its su) ten: 
wheat u neighbourhoods wher trials | in due a before. tee mesting, 8 rogram very requisite | ence had been confided. Mr. Barker gave notice of his intention 
were made informati: ting the Theeting should be ‘pent to each | to move at the monthly council in February, “ That it be an in- 
Dec. 1 —A general meeting was held at the rooms, Caven- | member; ges ‘this year the show of cattle = co be open | struction to the bye-law committee to preparea bye-law restrain- 
pe Bag which res asfully attended; Mr.H Handley, thepresi- | for one * da only, the sale of ag agp angie the next | ing the payment of any sum from the funds of the society to any 
dent, in the chair. After some prelimi nary business had been | morning; that the number to aan pavilion be | member of the council, for services of any description rendered 
gone through, the following report was read:—-The council, in limited to 2,400 ; and that oe the 1 1th of July, should be | by him in furtherance of the objects of the society.”—The Duke 
the society the progress of its labours, and the suc- | the principal day of the show. The Com ee have also decided of Richmond laid before _ aed the third report of the Bris- 
cessful prosecution of those bi gy for the attainment of which | that the plan of the pavilion erected at the wine bridge meeting is Committee, agreed to on 11th of et aks Miss Seanmean? 
it has been founded, have now, in the middle of the Senshi vem of | the one best adapted for the of the Society; and th at | of Nyn-Northor, Hertford ‘ants presen for the Mus 
its existence, the satisfaction br en ti tulating the membeis not | ad nts should be issued for builders and others to sendin | various sam ell eat, pose . same 
only on its own permanent establishment, but on t > activity tenders for its erection Bristol. They have further recom- r on different geological formations, which the council 
increase of every kindred association throughout the empire; | mended that a ladies’ gallery to contain 300 pe ered - | accepted with thanks, and referred to the ements of Pro- 
and in recordin, e continued st of members | clu e plan of the pavilion ; that each mem coun- | fessor Henslow. General Dorrien, of La House, near 
already exceeding 5,000, they have the pleasure of r cil and each governor should have the privilege pate ot ee Chichester, fleeces o: iL erino 
the society the gratifying fact that the illustrious Consort of their | council dinner; and that a local committee a be appoin' presents of books were also a 
Patron has identified himself with their | by the council to carry out the various details connected w ‘th FLORICULTURAL 
mee consisting Ww. P. CIETY. 
.G, W. Hall, and three other members of the society residing Dee. 21.—Mr. Nutting in the chair. aoa J.Sharp, E. Beck, 
in the neighbourhood of Bristol, Mr Miles being requested to act | W. Story, and —— Bragg, were e'ected, It was announced that 
as the chairman, and Mr. Marmont as the secretary, of such | Mr. Shears had offered 5/. 5s. for the best Seedling Rose of 1842. 
i ittee ha 
Operation of the various farmers’ clubs throughout the kingdom; | loeal committee. —The Jourual ere e reported that the hi 
d continue to experience the greatest interest in perfecting the | new part of the Journal will make its appearance on Monday, the and tet ee ee Horticutural Society.—The exht- 
communication wish to see existing bet those cia- | 20th of December; and that the gpa and third parts of the took on Dec. on ” ‘te Court Soe raeaege 
tions and the A; t Society, feeling fully assured that they | first volume, out of print, haying been gga 8 the deficient | our anticipations, room wded with specimens o 
can only advance the zopd practice of tarming by the right ap- | parts required by members can Ate be © pplied to those | Chrysanthemums, ang and Greenhouse Plants, and a extra- 
of correct scientific princip les to well-observed facts; | who have the privilege of claiming Sheen en complete | ordinary quantity of Dessert Appies a ratchagen and er 
and that such facts as Lue Lie d in the discussions of farmers | their sets.— One of the great objects of the council in reference | tables; but heh weather was unfayour rable, 3° face a 
themseives are those m mediately connected with the re. | tathe convenience and accommodation of the members. oi the | the exhibition continued open from 12 until ry bs cick cate 
quirements of scientific pete and most valuable from the | society has long consisted in their possession of such an esta- | ing day. Mr. WidnalPs stand of 24 cut Llooms of Chrysanthe- 
Genuine character of their observation by practical men. The bishmens in London as would possess within itself the com- | mums, for the prize offered by E- Greaves, Esq., = ser wen 
Council are sensible that the value of the society will depend on the bin ed advan ntages of 2 museum, model room, library, and reading | thing that hadever been seen here. There were fous m naire 
| bearings of its labours, “in bringing home to men’s busi- Ry aot se she already seascape to her tines. A specimen of the Tea Plant was exhibited rn ean . ie stove 
a end | soms’”? f science which are intended to Majesty’s ¢ of Woods and Fores morial | of ©, T. Warde, The prizes offered by E. arch Pade 
em in their knowledge of improved: mmodies of cultivation | on vebalf ig pg poor mogpeesi in ing for a saitable ron rot < crown. | for 24 dissimilar cut blooms of Chry Sohneadic tor Pevins on 
and hu Taseniry, ; and that their Journal, as the great vehicle of | land to form a site for the ge s house, to be erected with a | England. ‘the first was awarded to Mr. Widnall, for Persp mane 
dissemination among their members o Mae atio ates these special objects.*The District Committee have pre- | Minerva, Marie, Eclipse, Chaneelior, Flechier, ee o9 
Saggestions on agric - itural subjects, can only be mi tained in mted to the council their fn report, reco! ding the division | S' , Superb Clustered Yellow, —— podii, 
its career of useft s, and preserved from becoming the mere | of England and Wales into nine districts, from each of which, in | Conegliano, Beauty, Madame Lavalette, a Sti B rhiee 
Organ of a discussio: te opinions and stutement of taswics, by | a certain succession, from time to time to be agreed upon, a place Achmet Bey, Defiance, Queen of the Whi ry omg 
being supplied with the rich gtore of facts, well Be ation a shall be selected for holding the annual country meeting of every Large Orange, Princess , and Campis' vote $ xl sere 
fally a in all their circumstances, and im year, and the neil ha: e districts to their | penter, ampion, King, goons Bos ig FO Golden 
and practical application. The Council b tere eA geen considera’ tor this purpose. (The tabular statement of the | Eclipse, Sanguineum, ar ee ee 
0-0) on not only of many of the farmers’ clubs and local | meetings was given in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 815.)—The | Lotus, Diana, Quilled — teak Po! erase ‘Achmet Bey, 
§gricultural associations in v: us parts of the kingdom, but of | council entertain a hope that this arrangem in concentrating Len ea Staton, Margnuis, Mi eoge age Be are wih 
8 direct communicatio: g been lished with the Cential | the attention of the society to the consideration of each ome Mar ess, and ‘Perspicuum ; 3d, t ~ nt Pome . 
Board of Agriculture of Nova Scotia, the Western Australian | district of the series as it comes under a notice for the jem, Coronet. i nique, Ne plus ae a 29 aa Ecanee, Stk. 
pp! ural Society, and other similar colonial establishments ; e of selecting from it a place of meeti ot the ha aud i in | phare m,, Defisnce, Eaaurenn © L c esta. Crerioii. 
of which are becoming daily more sensible of the mutual im- 4 preparing the friends of agricalt 2 resident within ; atum, gag Exquisite, Mirabile, powegnand 5 cone —% Sa aces 
Portance resulting from a direct alli: ith the farmers of the | its boundaries to receive the society and compete for es pre- | Changeable Yellow, Invinci ooo ois te nee ons iceman ose 
Uni gam In foreign countries the value of this inter- | miums, will lead toimp: tant practical resultsin the well-working | PLowars:—Chrysanthem c , Goliah, Mirabile, 
imion on the science f culture is | of the society and the prosecution of its ob " interest | Virginius, ashen » For ‘Lacid Conqueror, Tnsigne, 
ier Bc fully estimated; and your president is preparing 4 which the society teels on the subject of improving the | Defiance, Triumphant, onductor = jam, Con ena > sr 
tolay before the society,in the Journal, his personal report of the | condition of the agricultural labourer, as one of the chartered Striatam, Orientale, and Marquis” Mr. Vb ¢ tare Fie Mar 
ig OF Germ iculturists held last aut Doberan, | objects of their incorporation, is one which daily in meen, Triumphant, Unique, ad aon : rewebee seem ieee 
hich bh ns as your representative the Hon. A. | the difficulty of knowing how to decide on the steps to be taken, | quis, se viaeee he as np aaeeis d Memnon—do. ; 
a or your honorary menbers hs 7: | aa tending most encore t attain hee eat, st; oa 6 | CVRD" an lari, Venn, dvcmare Dea’, Vig CO 
from his d in to Ame- ly embrace the adopt any v A iy . Goliah, 1 um, and 
Tica, with the ciplora of devoting ny attentio’ ae 0 the pursuit of | view, on the desirableness of which no doubt can be ee ductor, Tr EE ee brerstsrn Vesta, ‘Dalgee ‘Adven- 
agriculture and ee fe aig yee ent of friendly Teafana nd ‘com- | An instance of this desire on the part of the couneil has just oc- ee 2A, Triumphs crmosum, Angelina, Ro- 
munication betw raitacest jociet d. and the ed in their adoption of Mr. Burke’s proposal, that a cheap | ture, Blegans, Conqueror. a. rao 12, ers urs— ist, 
numerous nati pe ctimbe societies in the United States.—The | publication, giving plain directions for the preparation f econo. | salinde, King, and Lucidum — cllow, Surprise, Formosum, 
Council have had t a _ of adding to list of your ‘al and nutritious food for labourers, should be compiled, with Eximium, Mirabile, Changeable Y' 3 pga riper er 
honorary m Dr. Spr iding in Prussia, | the con Reger apy rarorereepenpcere eters Mars, Geen, Viste. Tre eage-s8, Compara, © 
ROt only one of the mo: at active cultivators of tural science | compete for the e offered by the society on that subject ; and | —-Dow y Mordaunt ; a 
Eb oC of mony. ral | nS eh oi, ars ra | at ig Rea ang M, ern a 
: id. author numero rks on cultural | digest of Mr. Main’s aiticie on ? 7, . lor, Surprise, King, Rosa- 
chemis th i ny t for the use intended.—Earl Spencer, Mr. | Hero, Formosum, bey, Adonis. Bico! cs: urprise, 2 
the Satees. of ates a mae a bane Te a enran Sank on sn psn on, ce iad aire to the society the re- lie, Queen, Grandes: se, Magnet, and Victo! gh aang pm 
‘ran printed in the fourth urnal; of Dr. | sults of their cultivation of th agmmples of wheat selected £ x hang oe sae §—Ist, Bicol lor, eo — eo reere Bicolar. 
Daubeny, the Sibth Professor 0 jonomy in the | at the Cambridge meeting. th the ¢ council hare aay Fe guet— Dowager |ay. “Mirdbile, and Striatam—W. H. 
University of Oxford, who has placed his lectures at the solved, that it is not expedient ray be the pre to either 0 Goited Fellow, V saat Seek cid , Champion, Mr. Car- 
Sf the Journal Committee; and of Professor Johnston the | the samples in question, as it ournoods salaet- Ceomebinn, ee ee oe dk . ans, 
hiversity of ham.—The Finance Comm have been nent we mens grown in pect re neubour a en —e mengg arses Chan oc tes 
me their attention to two important first, the re- | which the cok place b ed more product ua SE ae. tearenee : 
Uction of the amount of arrears of subscription standing on the | council ee e ieeued on pr oposing ‘the following subjects fr the oe 
thes iter of fhe  bociety on the Ist of January peed and, secai prize essays of 1843, the conditions of which will be = . ae hi 
tine ecommi n of measures to obviate a accumula- | t put ication in the prize-sheet of the f a. 3 gr h 2h 54 
th forthefutre. ‘in their bee sing pb Uhetrt of ese 2 aes, i Food fur Cattle. 2 nage sem Food for Cattle, 3. 
oy fave issu a printed circular, in- | Comparative Advantages of Horse ane O% Meas: On the | 5 
formin, ghim — hee Fj ction of Cottages. ed Drainsge of Land. 6. On 
serpticn, : circomstance phos and a ainount a py Sapeld Meneses ; on we Managemen. t of Farm-yard Manure. 
secretary, the simplest means of discharging the lability, : aprpeR 
of te Journa pine ot toe law which prohibits the transmissi 
arrear 
Pears, 4— S A sabe 
L. Gold- | ceau, Earl of Warwick; ditto, 3d, Colors: ia 
and | Basket of Miscellaneous Vegetab'es—1st SE Smith i 
laid eoneen the — arg Esq. Exrera Parzes > a a ria 3 
jem manners. The Dake of Richmons Meer Majesty's larde, Esq. ; Papyrus Plant, C. T. Warde, Esq-; Stove Plants, 
; ‘oods and Forests, containing the results of a | Poomiaes ‘tésea, a ustina and ee a . 
“suggest the society to be made in the course gn he soy age ; a an +5 AB ies, Blen- 
Sees now in progress on the Crown heim Orange, jwantes Esq. Prizes 
eee Willan’a Town, in ae ees Gets eon Mi, fe i | awarded Warwick Advertiaom 
