56 Memoirs, of the Caledonian Horticultural Society. 



ordinary member, not being a shareholder, with one guinea 

 yearly towards the funds of the garden. 3. By charging an 

 admission fee of two guineas. 4. By voluntary subscriptions." 

 Besides home-subscribers and shareholders, it is gratifying to 

 see nearly forty shareholders resident in India, several of whom 

 have taken two shares each. Such is the love of the soil 

 natal, and the hope of one day returning to it. 



A man born in London or Paris becomes attached to the 

 forms and usages of civilised society, and, in the after period of 

 his life, feels himself at home in every large city ; born any 

 where else, his passions and affections grow up among parti- 

 cular kinds of manners and scenery, to which his heart for 

 ever clings, and from which he only separates in the hope of 

 one day returning with redoubled capacities of enjoyment. 

 It was wise in the Caledonian Horticultural Society to turn the 

 exercise of these feelings to account. 



The first memoir is, 



1. Account of a ?tetv Mode of grafting Camellias. By George 



Dunbar, Esq. Rose Park. 1 Copperplate. 



Described in Gard. Mag. (vol. ii. p. S3.) as practised by 

 Mr. Pike. April, September, and October are the best 

 periods for performing the operation, because at these two 

 periods camellias begin to make new growths; but April' is 

 much the best season, as the shoots are then more vigorous. 



2. Remarks on the French Methods qf cultivating the Peach Tree. 



By Mr. John Smith, formerly of Hopetoun House Garden. 



The French practice differs from ours in the following 

 particulars : — 



1. In some of those subordinate operations which neces- 

 sarily find a place in every system of management. 2. In the 

 form of the tree and the reproduction of bearing branches. 



1 . The incessant efforts of a tree trained against a wall to 

 regain its natural position have given rise to various operations, 

 such as nailing, tying, pruning, disbudding, &c; and the French 

 have had recourse to various modifications of these, which 

 are either neglected, or partially used in this country. For 

 example, the growth of spongy foreright shoots and back 

 shoots is prevented by picking out the buds which produce 

 them; an operation known as ebourgeonncment a sec. To 

 equalise the strength of young shoots, the points are pinched 

 out of those which are the most vigorous. " Before these can 

 again push out, they must have become to a certain degree 

 ligneous, and have formed perfect wood-buds at their points. 



