(oe 
=A i aie 
jeaeere? 
aoe 
body of s om 
were so bee | ey ef spable of devoting their attention to its | im- 
Yo Rep e re ee 
a ae 
1842. | 
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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
175 
coal is the large reyes while culm, ie is used in eon 
Pe: is the sma I particle s of the s coal. The 
ted two or t eter abave th so Hibepliss, and "the 
ioe oot air is hv thin partition instead, which 
is built 7 with brick on sige, so that the top rs the Hse 
Jace is chiefly within the greenhouse; an el 
rally place large pans of water, to preven t the deiten' 
the air in the greenhouse when the fire is lighted, —a. B..5 
Cornwall. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
a CIETY 
the chair. _ Bight gentlemen 
March 2.— Han 
were elected. Col. Challoner, chai 
laid b e of the society me ds at the end 
saute ng the current cash balance in the 
mount of fun at the same date, 6 Jul 
mmunication afforded b 
subscriptions, h ad been fo he sO satis aires oo so alt parties, that 
to recommend to the council the inse nomeaed slp-le oa 
next journal, clita out to the members of the aaehery, the 
is si m —Mr. Passe M.P 
2 
Ss 
ee 
eS 
previ- 
Mepmane “reported the / wt oaig Pe 
made by the house comauss the subject of a residence 
adapted to-the purposes of t Tig and the transacti i 
official business. The or Sake said that the ements not 
oto A that _ — would be setting a good example to its 
Sin m g improvements until they could = y for them, 
had t unanimous decided that it would be advisable to abandon 
all intention of undertaking the erection of such a building as 
would _ wort y of the society and its objects, until their reseryv 
fun as equal to so extensive an expenditure and outlay 
canta ab and recommended that a suitable house should, trike 
4 time, be selected and rented by the society,— ee 
then 
of electing the council, and the confirmation of a new rhepie 
defining the terms and preseribing the form of the rine et 
a preliminary detail of the motives whi 
had induced him to recommend this measure to the notice of t 
council at the > present t ‘ime. The noble earl expressed his perfe 
ti ee eloctiine of council which ek 
eneral meetings, and with the united 
memb pots of these counci 
carrying out the on of the 
ent time as 
4 
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RGPEoae Fo 
Torn © yO See 
ready been made at the 
one ery point of view best suited to the important change in 
the mode ne! feleetion and transfer of power to the > cae at 
ier he ecommerided to the council sor their adoption. 
ever tatiafactory m alent have been the call of aie present 
oie. of greg he Samah the principle on whic 
founded to too ow and restrictive for an Descasiee 
department, poe or with powers so extensive = those con- 
ferred by the Satter = Pies council, and for the repre oes 
s0 numero 
many o 
byte 
as to the policy of the measure, he 
i re eater satisfaction to have 
rom time time be eootkt into office, and have their renee in the 
uncil. The president then put the ae apa of the following 
new by-law, which was c Fonani words 
w of hands, shall be crgittea 2 
of the pr ealdtot vice-presidents, and trust 
map ae of eg ees $ shall take Meng ae: 
bers of t 
—IU, That the election of the twenty-five m 
who are to replace the twenty-five thembers 
shall take place in the following manner: 
mbers of tie'é coast eo OP retire by rotation 
prepa) 
society.—2. The council shall peerece alist of the twen five 
members whom they propose for e ection © or re-election, m bich 
shall be prin additio 
made to it; copy of this printed list shall be ‘given to 
ane & 
mem ber whe applies for it "4 the secr 
bef 
he anniversary meetin 
retire into another 
n 
" to vote who. does not pers 
list to the president. In the event o 
the election to be 
of Richmond, ree seconded 
pi sl a following gentlemen © bog ss 
their m8 con or doin die ny sro h 
expe =~ o coat 
propose; d for thal ade Nor : a me Boag opting the ate ons thus 
f Ric “ag Ea’ 
™m, 
co 
any district ta which the society Bees 
preadg ~) - ect, prs be a with the 
the society, =e in the mtg" . eat: uncil, yp if 
a} 
diatrict da of offering a prize for tne netic ‘best ci 
Biren tori the Gumpetturd fe ee 
for “pry =, that d for tt 
farm in the district | in aye og the ide may meet in ‘the year 
19465, if the year 1843 for 1847, in 1844 for 1848, and so on, That 
competitors ber required to give a statemer at of the course of 
d i during the two years previous to the 
commencement of the rotation, embra cing the period of compe- 
tition ; to render a ae tae account ~% the ps tiaemy system of ma- 
nagement _ are ore rag th Ben 
duce, exp ee ae ont ng Be 
S the land and stock ‘* t 
he rotatio co 
ankane G 
rillin ng grain, rick- -making, 
th ing, mprovement in Which is y be most needed in 
any gg “stich prizes or medals to be ‘eiven in the year in 
which t ciety may meet i n that dis ; general food con- 
award ing the prizes.—The 
secretary 2 ‘announced to the ome | that re had received numer- 
ent in by the Ist of Mar ch, 1 mpete e for us 
duct t 
year, on the sever ral subjects es ey the council for compe- 
tition ; namely,—l, Drill alee! of Turnips; 2. On 
the Natural ey “Anatomy, Habits 
Wireworm; 3. On t echanical Pro 
On | Prognosties, or hit te Signs of Piretines 
; 6, On the Rotation of Crops beat, cited 
the Rotation of Crops best suited for 
for Light Lan Gs ; ees 
soil is capable of producing; . the Food of Plants. 
council oes het the ialode committee should be requested 
to no mina ~ udges wlio © duty it bP wh be to examine the 
= 
tiny and mature e fnvestigation of thei mpara 
award the prize to the most deserving, ae ithnold %t meetin 
in case none of the essays of & class should be thought worthy of 
the premium. [The essays “ On the bes mode of curin ng bu butter 
for future consumption, and preservation 
pobtie been allowed an additional three "thonitlis for their bein ng 
ent in~— namely, till the 7 of he beet order that the bse sty 
d betw 
on.]—Mr. Pusey, 
nounced to the council the desire of the Earl of Linco 
Vv 
of the agricultu perity kingdom ; and that it had 
especially occurred to his lordship that it might be Pe within the 
province of his dep onnexion wit! ood 
: of Agriculture, ” and the of British A 
ils me geological formation in di erent 
arts of the coun ae ait ot Ngo ark ying! yas had been 
found eb experience to be best adapted for particular crops (as 
Wheat soils, Bean soils, fertile hy oat Sia Soils, &e.  &e.) 5 to be 
es a Pi Pate and thus procuring 
in the course of one year ‘about ry 000 such pee Ses, all made by 
chemists of the first- sua chara cter for -analytical investiga- 
tions of this k report not only the chemical con- 
stitution, but the A ecmantealt are and properties os geet Pe 
and the whole published from time to time in the 
joursiet of the society. Mr, Pusey concluded by expressing iis 
assurance that such a work would not only be o 
cttink a! and im 
tional objects of whe society :—‘*‘ Resolved,— 
the Royal Agricultural Socic ety of ie op return their thanks to 
e has made to them of his 
Lord Lincoln for ene communication h 
desire to rend if in Bo Natau of geonnittie geology useful to the 
advancement 0 ultural knowledge ; and beg to express their 
opinion, bk. a fal exaaination at analysis of the various soils 
with regard to 
e council the pig agg it gave 
of the Thames commission onfirm Mr. 
ing fg away of lan 
prs a ed oth injurious effects be’ T ervable 
furoughont the whole ie of the river Thames under the ma- 
— go ti ppchnay: com rig pg Pie oe 
oss m the force 
venient the hanks; “wii = the aed “hand find scarcely 
is uently found pve of lands 
tebe hitherto non d existed: and our. Darke piace’ | a 
s 
es in i 
society, owing a Considerable ‘ee rs in Berkshire, bounded 
bey bead aes had just had occasion to baryon 5 ¥. Med com- 
rs of extensive injury from this cause.— acker, of 
Areken. "faving communicated 4 po) eo % ‘Richmond, the 
Marquis vail Downshire, ae Bete 
bers of the society, as Ww Sener a tategaetil of ‘the 
pe san pel operation of his Dian be improving the management 
of tural eland, consisting in the ge ea gees 
of district agriculturiss, or —— Rd ear be e 
estates, to ns over 
in draining, gc ntti enants in 
the expenditare of jroney the papers connected ‘wit th this sub- 
ject were laid before the council at that meeting, In treland in. 
finite seryice had been rendered to many of the beeabe by pla- 
a ete meen ee stewards, at the reque 
s, to go constantly a certain nu ber 0 
200 a 10 ,000, accord to Ee size of the property an 
of the proprietor; the sum of 25/. to 75/, being given to each 
than what wae ean possibly a Accom aration situated as they are 
mo of Ire land, modern improvements ge 
The eer po expr ressed the satisfaction it gave them to seen 
that this mode of improvement had been attended with 
— Ceareaniigs in ed but they much doubted whether tt 
ved or could be successfully applied in 
bere aweniaiean districts of England. wig me sident a before 
the council a letter he had received from J. Hall, Sm rsey- 
court, Liverpool, — that two Foy cargoes 0 o had 
d that if the President or his friends were 
disposed to buy 100 ‘tons, re bn: procure the article of the best 
quality at 14 pounds r gu S per ton, or perhaps at even a less 
rate. Mr. Hall thought : preaed ov that the dark-coloured Boli- 
vian Guano eet shortly be bough tated 
that the Bolivi 
Peruvian Guan 
ent cobiivanionted & paper “on sod-draining, drainage with the 
nee plongh, and thorn -drainin by Mr. H. H. Bro pon — 
eckington; and a paper “on destroying the turnip- fiy by 
o cream of lime app rae to the plant, by Mr. aecivese, ‘a 
Over-Norton, Oxfords 
e Du e of Richmond yom ac 
offered by th d Agri 
the present year, and to be etaraen at the society’s ann 
ing to be held - Be poet on the 2nd of August next; mtn ne 
copies of plain ntelligible instructions on * The Farm, ” and 
“The Kitchen auras” selected fro 4 *Loudon’s Encyclopedia 
Almanac,’ ? (by perm sion of 
to the comprehension of aa cottage tennitry in ae oe the 
children who attended the ools of Dow, Northen 
borough. Col. Wright Yerba, President a the Pesannieeanh 
Bete mie Association, transmitted a communication on distinct 
judges of sheep being appointed in future—one for the Buckley 
breed, another =~ the Burgess fergie canon third mt by tow: to 
the form of the Buckley breed ende 
~— eee the third part of his bad ‘Book of the Farm? g and 
x 2 d, Kd Hardwicke, the secon id report of — Glou- 
ney re es pai rs’ society’s 
collecting the reports of ail the country ‘clubs, and bende them 
together for circulation oo heh oy nd conceivin ng that by this 
means many a vantages Ww be obtained, Fp the oe dis. 
ee rendered more extensively useful. thanks the 
‘ouncil were ordered for these communi 
retorted tothe seer atti since, 
OCIETY OF A 
March 9th. B. Rateh, fe re a win the eae At this meet- 
mite new plan of proc adopted in future 
at the Wednesday ey: rening meen of fhe octet tak as for the first 
time tried; and if w war gener dge from the numbers present, and 
the gna pesnaie, ‘ti A. deer! to effecta very great improvement 
in the Soci munications were brought sabato and 
discussed, the ton anew method of forming raised orn ental 
work in wood ; 
ing rooms. jained by Mr. E. mony, jue, fond 
the eit very A Mr. Domasitie, both see age of the new Committee 
of tendence. In = ge the meeting “the new pro- 
cess fer i imitating wood carvi Solly stated that the great 
expense of good carvings ceabentnd i thelr being employed in archi- 
tectural decoration, except in Jeg and a gene of the rich. 
The process now brought forward, and for w r. Brathwaite 
has a patent, was likely ck diminish very ee a. expense of 
ortio 
the premiu 
tural sockeuy. of eet for 
eet- 
carvings, and therefore nably to extend their er The 
as state Ti fly t place 
of the 1 wood being cut or Gitved away, SO th 
in relief, it singed away by the application of hot i irous, 
& by 
Mr. Solly stated that very great sharpness and accuracy were at- 
pein by a Poors : oe the wood did not oe eh wd fe shee 
eaken ed in rength ; that, so far from injur 
babl preserve and r t more durable 
tifulspecimens of santa and bas-reliefs made by burnin: 
rey ea to the meeting. Mr. Domville, previously to deseribing 
a -cotta stove of Mr. Green, Ww undertaker 
: to h 
ne _ Bee 
ee hare psa 
of = Amott stove; pins ee its chief Sate consisted in the 
substitution of and similar 
Lair hey of , whick some of the objections to other stoves were ob- 
Stokoe 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
Transplanting Evergreens.—‘‘ Clareinch’’ states that 
re time aandlbie in the Chronicle, p. 125 (which should 
sete been from the middle — “ of April, in ner 
for transplanting evergreens, admits of two an 
for the difference of early and late sitwitioine + if the form weg 
the middle of the month—if the latter, the end of the 
month is the best time. 
phenson’s Conical Boiler. 
—Mr. Rogers’s conical 
made of copper, d 
ance. The fuel is supplied a 
oad flows from the top o returns 
ttom of the cylinder. The boiler is sere — ia 
a Mellow i iron stand, with a revolving grating o' top by 
which the eee can a instantly ee mad the retail 
and cinder oe cere y. ntages that this oor 
seems to pos e, “te portability, its neat ‘nual 
and yaiticuladly’ : Peo for small houses and pts, 
or for large houses asan auxi ary boiler; i it may also be ta 
: ne at any me = unscrewing the union sory 
time by 
when it is —= reset it requires no brickwork. The 
Sotlets can be size; one that w 
igh by 142 a in diameter, outside measurement. 
We ate inform _ that a boile i ions will 
ba nie or 300 feet of con pipes 
xrillaria Skinneri.—We understand that a specimen 
of thin | tients tiful sp ecies is expected at the rae xt exhibition 
of the Horticultural Society on Tuesday n 
ARDEN MEMORAND: A 
re 
very inte 
perl say 
seaso The 
thers is avery appearance = 
pedzenenge on 
oes are others in full bloom, and some just | Pek one oF 
from eyes have ae Vi eke 
than E cases bas 5 
ns ag ae 
a heap 
Wee iecntant crop, poym 
