es of communications 
og Sealy Cuba Tan Southern Australia, whence it is 
to seeds be 
Mar 2, 1857. ] 
about to be published, may no - eee explain. 
5. That <a Beno tar of aa lants and seeds 
‘for he Fellows ot the Society be 
That there should in future oA one 
3 of the Garden, to pA all other 
should be subordinate, and that his whole dais 
same 
speetor be appointed, 
been charged with his duties. It must be obvious that 
io hose ng in 
tural world whit ie secure the eran iad of i 
must be ise re occurrence, Sucha 
M‘Ewe = ah ani Gaetan to 
the late Duke “of Norfolk, at Arundel, 
Horticultural il acd i in te front rank of his 
f practical talent the 
at Chiswick will be. ie > no other in all that 
of practical 798 experimental 
canoes eh par of t 
best mode of effecting 
from the Garden has been a subj 
Both the present and form 
thought that they had cause of complaint. 
Council is = wart. 
plaints 
a small number 
plants among a of applicants, the 
stn? of the Society ‘ih pe interfere with the trañe of 
urserymen, and at 
nit applicants so imes form. 
question might be fally considered, the 
eh after iein 
f 
this about 250 
ic, 
where his | of 
er Councils have re} 
bi sect from Fellows peers Mave The 
The prese 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
were the ty MA has endeavoured to pursue the path 
traced out b harter., It has minutely exa ae 
e qualities, fir reduced re order the names, of 4 
and of esculent plants; it has directed the at 
tion of gay as we He of p 
provement of -< arts of cultivation; it has intro- | 
mach 0 st grea bers exotic “ewe 
ur gardens ; it has published many volum 
ed n almost every sub- 
oa in which t i 
a very cecil ga 
been collected from ‘eine: to time oe cor ema 
roo for their utility or beattty ; it has given a gr $em 
to cultivation by its ee of Sai! 
gardeners of the e present 
cen and it given away to its Fellows, and to 
te establishments, above a million Pal 
ce eds, a ilikin isk effi 
been expended, reg 
eae ve been consumed in the creation of the 
e't in forming collections of 
drawings, mode of oes, Air "13; 0002. in th 
w plants and-seeds, while 
Say applied in "he form of 
for the encouragement of Horticulture. | 
fall back upon th 
procurin 
have been 
e mere cos ost | actua 
h ceited niaiseries of such writers as 
we feel w ot full force how much we owe to the liberty 
f England. 
woh was cafe 
dts too t 
by tl ens incipient pains of Crim 
as rapidly Aie tt. De in his unprot 
Tlie oa ch circu exact 
i: the marvel is vibe so much was ‘The 
re conseque n cessation of hostilities would 
=] 
sally 
nthe great scenes deseribed ; 
imitates Europe , together with thee 'eriminations me 
avethrown 
e bring acide on cope 
w light upon many of the m 
To use the author's own pow 
Sis j rn days t the 
‘of armies have been comp 
_ exposition of “ee consideration 
ted g the war in which so much of © 
opinion ; 
blic 
and that pre ssure became s ma aa oiib 
paran] 
Hanae 
do hav n measures 
experiments on n the cultivation wre quality 
esculents, to revi ve the Exhibitions in the Garden 
and to put the introduction 5 ae armees and seeds 
more That the 
allea 
from it by Art Saks “the blame a re noe a of his his 
as our British Raia 
a | Chelsea Commission 
phlets, and in momen for many long months. 
‘obtaining the result which the press ess produced by its 
arent “Gaia 
as | of shictiane: ave 
On the othe 
aes about 11 at 
il, 1846, soa May, 1850, | 
n the — urse of action 
on. The cers W 
then proceeded nae when the arsa mee of Win- 
hester, Mr. h Dike, i Scott 
| ensur nha completeness 
The, availed himsctf, 3 as far as “possible of these rev 
the trut 
und it necessary 
of the work, he re 
relations, 
h out of the 
well filled with "the waters we itterness, 
recrimination in which sh 
+ present judge that ae has 
been fully Aeros in many i important matters, up to 
landing at 
ld Fort, beyo resent i issue am 
to be expected that supplies of received, 
Arrangements of this nature with distant countries 
ellows s are aware e that before the last “Anni ver- 
e made to the 
accountant 
; Garden, 
ae ‘been brought about by the ating eee 
daiane, | 
i n the year 40 the, amount ef: 16191. y 
and a continu 
_— 
he past year h 
: ; during been so 
ce tires y exceptional, that the Connell do not ‘further 
the subject ect of finance. 
: Council drew attention to the fol- 
a on others. For more than half a 
g peat ae ta Leach and Mr. R. Glendinning 
elected Auditors. 
Notices of Io00ks. 
of the Society bey: 
now amount to 7007. Cage a of vo value of 
ne ne 
pnie E the same free 
te fhi 
Journal of the Pr o of the Linnean Society. at 
Part 4. This completes the first volume “i the very | 
useful gpg ote of which netices will be 
found in see Amap t number 
contains pisii on aie insects of Borneo, | 
Mr. Francis Walker; vario EE subjects Bota: 
. Mw. berkeley = Mr. Frederick | 
e 
The British Expedition to the Crimea. By W. H. 
er oot Bh the Times Correspondent. Parts 1 & 2.| 
Notwi ithstanding its mape and the avestionahle 
propriety -o cisms, a 
doubt ar the letters ions Mtr Russell, 
the j ss iapajsah as of the cron 
upon witch any ` Crimean cam 
must much ay. 
criticised 
omen 7 
ying upon no 
po gc gm, Bae all ass a facility 
r. Russell 
their bata temper graphic pow 
fet reclute temper and them fey-the ‘aide of the con-| 
ive melee just, or more or less in 
We shoul d add that each - 
Crastantinenm. 
Prof. Henslow’s este. of Botanic 
arama veral y since “fi Maund’s 
| haa. now ele sg ine 
mbridge for 
| The Egyptians in the bg of the Pharoahs. By 
| Sir Gardner W Bradbury and Co., isa 
richly i cage bon as a te 
_the Egyptian collections in the Crys 
| = means supersedes, but rather illustra’ d explains 
| the were and Customs of ~~ anci ieit cient Egyptians by 
oa ne learned ne omg extremel 
in oreitit introducti the study. of the Egyptian 
egies bes Mr. Birch of the cay o Museum. 
= Memoranda. : ae 
‘Messrs. Waras. cap Co2s Nursery, Krxe@’s Roar. 
volume for 1854, p. 807, we stated 
o.. had heated th 
for only to eflect a saving 
unusual) n the differe 
‘adh, Mill Ao warm the water in pipes 
the 
