Horticultural Society. 105 



From the garden of the Society. — Plants in flower of 31 sorts, and also 

 flowers of four other sorts of Chrysanthemums. Seven sorts of Gourds, and 

 eight sorts of Savoys. Trooper's Helmet, and lemon queen Pine Apples, and 

 17 sorts of Apples. 



Also a Communication from the Council, stating, that Mr, Turner, the As- 

 sistant Secretary, having abused the confidence which the Society had placed 

 in him, has been discharged from his situation. Owing to the artful manner 

 in which Mr. Turner contrived to deceive the Officers of the Society, and 

 the successive Auditors for the last seven years, it would have been impos- 

 sible to have submitted this report for a great length of time, if a list of the 

 persons from whom he had received compositions, and other payments, 

 without the usual vouchers, had not been obtained from himself. After 

 giving him credit for the payments for annual contributions, which he 

 made in the names of individuals from whom he had received compositions, 

 and the net produce of his effects and furniture, the loss to the Society will 

 amount to about £840. 



Chiswiek Garden, Dec. 4th. The show of Chrysanthemums here this 

 autumn is as fine as usual. Part are trained against the walls, but the gene- 

 ral collection, nearly 50 sorts, are in pots under a glass roof. It is worthy 

 of notice, and of blame, that in this collection in the garden, and in the se- 

 lections exhibited in the room of the Society in London, the different sorts 

 are mixed indiscriminately, instead of being grouped according to their 

 colours. It would be a waste of room to repeat here what we have so fre- 

 quently advanced in favour of the latter method over the former ; of variety 

 over mixture; but we must state our opinion, that it i3 discreditable to 

 those who direct the affairs of the Society, to exhibit both to young gar- 

 deners, and persons who visit the garden and attend the meetings, so de- 

 cided an instance of bad taste. In some matters of this kind there may be 

 room for disputes, but this is so simple a matter, one in which there is so 

 absolute a right and wrong, that it is without excuse. The influence of 

 example is great even in little things. 



Garden Regulations. " Sir, — I observe that in your Third Number, 

 (Vol. I. p. 314.), you have printed the regulations for the admission, &c. of 

 labourers into the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick ; now, I 

 confess, I am somewhat surprised that you, both as a friend to gardeners, and 

 as a man of common sense, when publishing these regulations,- should not 

 have animadverted upon them in the manner they deserve. You must be 

 aware that they are held in derision by all the nurserymen and master gar- 

 deners about London who know any thing about them, and laughed at by 

 the young men themselves. If so many regulations are necessary to manage 

 twenty or thirty country lads, who have no other object than that of 

 learning their profession, what is to be done in large establishments ? Pray 

 are there as many regulations for the clerks in Regent Street ? or if there 

 are, what is the use of them, since we see one of them has been carrying on 

 a system of fraud and forgery for several years without detection ? The 

 whole classification, and rules and regulations published respecting the gar- 

 den, and the subscribers and non-subscribers, &c. &c. I pronounce to be in a 

 contracted and illiberal spirit, unworthy of Englishmen. I wonder indeed 

 that the members of a (professedly) liberal society should quietly submit to 

 be classed and regulated, and starred and scheduled, like the items in a paper 

 of assessed taxes ? Hortulanus." 



We were much of the same opinion as our correspondent, when we noticed 

 the report to which he alludes (Vol. I. p. 313.), but did not think it .worth while 

 saying more at the time than giving a hint of our opinion, (p. 315. Art. 11.) 

 As to the 17 regulations for the labourers, we should probably not have 



