730 Horticultural Society and Garden. 



absurd. The gentility in the present day depends less on the business 

 pursued, than on the intellectual and moral character, and the taste and 

 style of life, of the pursuer. Mr. Goode, as a dealer in glass and earthen- 

 ware, will obtain the same measure of respectability and gentility in the eyes 

 of all those who knew him, that he merited and justly obtained as a libra- 

 rian and accountant ; and as to his own particular happiness, and that of 

 his family, we should think it would be much greater, because his new cares 

 must be accompanied by a much higher sense of independence. During 

 the nearly twelve years that Mr. Goode was in office we have uniformly 

 received the most unremitting attention (certain impediments to our making 

 use of the library, noticed Vol. V. p. 86. and 88. note, did not originate with 

 him). We have already recommended his wasp glasses (Vol. V. p. 279.), 

 and (on the cover, we believe) a most valuable and elegant invention of 

 Mrs. Goode's, on the principle of the cupping-glass, for the relief of mothers 

 in weaning children ; and we now again cordially and conscientiously recom- 

 mend him as successor to the old established house in Mill Street, Conduit 

 Street, for " every article in china, glass, earthenware, &c, of the best 

 manufacture, at moderate prices." — Cond. 



The Horticultural Society has been ridden almost to death, and is now 

 rousing itself; but its constitution seems to have been somewhat impaired. 

 There are hopes of its purgation and ultimate restoration, notwithstanding 

 a debt of 19,00(M. which the Committee of Enquiry has ascertained to 

 exist. This, after all, will not be without its advantage to science, if it puts 

 a stop to house lists named by one or two persons, to making complimentary 

 councillors, and to auditing the accounts without examining every item, or 

 to omitting even that form altogether. (Prof. Babbage in the Ed. Jour, of 

 Science for July, 1830, p. 76.) 



The Horticultural Society, we are happy to say, is now going on remark- 

 ably well : a considerable sum has been appropriated to paying off the 

 debt; economy, as we believe, prevails in every department; and there is 

 an influx of fellows, including ladies, which, though not great, is yet regular, 

 and certainly much greater than we expected. 



The Chiswick Garden looks as well as ever we expect it to do till the 

 plan is entirely altered. Since the absurd regulations of keeping the gates 

 closed against fellows and their friends till one o'clock, and of sending a 

 spy round with every visitant, have been abolished, it may be visited with 

 something like gardening feelings. Any one, whether he has subscribed to 

 the garden or not, may ask for whatever he wishes ; and if it is in abund- 

 ance, or can be spared, he will obtain it without the ceremony of a month's 

 correspondence, and the postage of a score of letters : in short, there is 

 now something like that equality of privilege and good feeling which ought to 

 exist in every society. There has been a good crop of pears, and the fruit 

 room affords a very interesting spectacle. Mr. Thompson, its curator, and 

 the foreman of the fruit department, has very great merit : he has taught 

 himself both the French and German languages, in order to be able to read 

 foreign works on fruits ; and he is preparing for us a catalogue of synonymes 

 and descriptions of all the varieties that have fruited in the garden, which 

 will be invaluable to the horticultural world, and especially to nurserymen. 

 The latter will now feel the absolute necessity of beginning de novo with 

 their lists of pears, and getting their grafts from the Chiswick garden. In 

 ten years, it will not be the fault of the Horticultural Society, if there is 

 one bad sort of pear sold in the streets of any town in the island : all the 

 old trees may be regrafted and in full bearing by that time. The Council 

 of the Society has kindly permitted Mr. Thompson to furnish us with a 

 catalogue of synonymes and short descriptions of pears and all other fruits, 

 for our Supplement to the Encychpcedia of Gardening ; and we have no 

 doubt the value of such a catalogue will be duly appreciated by the public. 



The trees in the arboretum have grown remarkably well this moist season. 



