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Fesavary 19, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 161 
~~ to the last ast mentioned of oned of these ari unications, | fore, and therefore auxiliary in promoting the “scientific | | leading exponent of Horticulture in the | world, , and no no 
letter of the 15th —— objects of the wan 
kc t admitting the e inbénos of aiy legal or moral | 1i As espects increased privileges of the Fellow 
on their parts, her Majesty's Commissioners are | Council MUT gres the redi meetings shall be | able a 
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he t ignore the steps taken and the progress made by Con- 
rrr tr Societies. The Council have therefore paid consider- 
f nti nlar; the circl ieti i 
to allow pete’ Se Lue die ee le aan ed to the Society ve and to other learned societies. hic Xo e rging, y Eyes As e Pir cg wee 
of the Society, to to the fact Mac Gs falidi whic the Com: They propose that the Fellows shall have the new |the bonds of sympathy and friendship by which they are 
measure at ere required by their agreem with the privilege of f purchasing (previous to the day) any number of | united. They are already in communication with 27 foreign 
i id nd upon the Gardens tel to dmiss; to each Great Show at half-price, that is, | and colonial Societies, with which they exchange publications 
fodety o thet works according to the Leet ete Pn chee ois d of 5 and mutual good offices; and the Council iook upon the 
er all the circu wnat = the cade, Her Majesty's ey eaten that at each of the minor Shows the | str baa of ich reach ees ^h he «— dern mined part 
més d direct me int yo fich vain Fellows shall have the privilege of purchasing tickets at the 22 tir A owari vancement 
Oe. Council, that he will | -- pe pen door for their friends at 1s. instead of 2s. 6d each (which last | 9 rticult 
of exceeding a m. of 13,000L, for the Heeni ‘of t the price will continue to M charged to the sa Pa public). 
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be ex oe din the manner in — generally 
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general public, but also that they mar eed their friends resignations 
14. They propose not only that the Fellows shall have the |, Earl Ducie and Dr. Lindley having resigned, letters 
privilege of visiting the Shows at an earlier hour than the |from them were read, explaining the cause of their 
oe t on accoun e purchase of the site of the ke Jie E 
E» uildings, and to - subject to such conditions as I je cde ned tm "e h um allot fi b e CL fC ee t officers 
EI dear pag eedin: . They mend that each Fellow shall have the th px Mus ti ed ram th "s t, kms proceed m" EP 
tho at 30001. bi 2. B D ab lable to tho > putting privilege of adag two friends, ety or by written | the adoption o. e Report, and Mr, JAUNDERS 
Lesen Land fret d by the tW of the order, on d also on Mondays and Saturdays, on which | seconded the motion. 
b ordrhibition. Bi tem pr sien tothe dee pin - public ens adimittel, cae payment bof on The attention of the Council was called to the 
8. g eac o on tues Ay! n ays, | 
poses of the Society, dere ap Ai the Council. and Fridays, that Fellows shall only be allowed to in troduce | Wretched state in which the Gardens at Chiswick were 
It is to 2 pun pa^ tiem ossaaaion of ith both | their friends personally as heretofore, and d e to be | kept, and a "ees was den an they oug ht to 
im d ode ee Lo b d Ge f arp admitted by payment of five shillings eac rSOn. = be opone on. nar Some dissenting remarks 
an giving to the Society six months' clear notice, commencing Dee she ee g friends 1 personally or or by order will not | also made as to the character of e of tle proj 
ore the Socie 
16. Another 
of the Council is the publication of the ** Proceedings " of the 
on sum, not hebddi aximum "of 11,0001, 
advanced by thé es mus 'equent em z ul "be aim M M me e 
he other worl ropose e] expense o elivery. y n recollec ag e 
nica t md silii T Fellows that last year, in r to reduce the expense of the rai 
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r point which has occupied much of the attention | The Carr ‘said that it was impossible to keep 
Society. Several Fellows have recommended Da m the Gardens at Chiswick in a better state, as the 
blication, The only objection is the eased rge Ky had no money in hand with which that could 
be "€ 
“ Proceedings,” the inet. dropped m iom oe eem during the 
UE aces mittee of the Society, in which Com- 
town. A considerable thus effete ae r^ -— mber 
n m fo both f the Coi ilon iba of the Society ected by 
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printing in double columns and AR yee E to b E emplo y ed. 
experience of the next three years should be held as sufficient | 80 great as to form an absolute barrier to the proposition, | might visit this country. 
to determine " future vei the Gardens, and the advisability, 
or otherwise, of proceeding with the original plans of laying 
out the Commissioners’ Sith, of Which plans the DAUE 
nance of the Gardens, d a ornamental centre to the main 
This is done in some other societies. Those Fellow: 
willing to pay the postage or expen se of ‘a elivery oH = the ill: yore d M simi he a 
publications at once. To those who do not choose to incur | Ul-planned and ill 
Ee even Ny, are " Ü " d In 
they have accumulated sufficiently. e bti tob ers c Garden 
thatin future this plam be — and the “ Proceedings” by A 
urin: e permanent 
success of the Horticultural Gardens. ,They feel M otivihoed = uncil hav m Tt much o: f their atten- 
that no efforts will be wanting on LE — of bra Council of 
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the Fellows, they have steadily kept in view the primary ht stion 
object for ‘which the Society exists, viz., the advancement of 
amg and Floral Committees hav ners of 18 
boen published = i ttis Society's “t Proceedings." The results | to be pan 
f the experi at Chiswick during the P year will 
Appear in then à without delay. By means of these experi- 
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or more glass-houses in which a portion of a horticultural 
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garden flowers and fi ver dlord? 
ppor-| degrees being reported on, and inferior sorts are pote d landlor 'd's Iso stan 1605 
tunity afforded -—— Fellows and the ablic to see th m 
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unless it be borne by the individual “membe themselves a rpm in the So iety's Gardens at 
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sent by parcel and at intervals when is statement, eapeotatly that in reference to 
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Sool d Honig the general o prec and enjoyment of ed, a series LU d Fak ular rs 
four pr of the year an by st of the Fellows were out of expense to open the ees in dutem on A BENINTE 
of men who would have 
has been adopted in Eo onth of January. It Mr. Harry CHESTER deprecated the man in 
not the expense of printing, however, which would deter which the Gardens at — bee ces Kept “They 
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expense of delivery loh fai nost serious chstace ; that is | OPProbrium of foreigners interitod in bórfiiailtió who 
d, they resembled an 
Eco Gs i. rinight, if pi ME a large number of the Fellows resent. A long 
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raised re 
Hitis ituro whet er the 13, ode offered to be « a nined UY 
as on loan or as à it 
The ratio of the 
gone en "effectively, and the reports of their meetings eye and + po or ot interest would h 
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sects ins Jo Dopteiast d said that. hé thought a "rie part would be tre : i alight 
re migh t be 
Vas al ah the Fellows and the public b sed thus a trust 
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best kinds of each, nts have fen: the 
Duae to im improvements in erum and on defe ded, b general conduc 
without going so far as iei 
4. The chief siano v hich mog Council pose, to 
h aser, a pt {Grasse Thee propose to piste and 
with flower-beds the walks in the Ante-Garden, &c. 
. Some of the Fellows ve pro to establish inde- 
eps clubs for uy and bowls, and the Council readily 
th ie EE ine proposition, woe = eme x 
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Attractions of the ee 
6. It has also appeared to e Council that increased 
interest would be given to the dedi if portions of them 
8. The collector, Weir, from eA 
and not eae very ghee ctive ; he is wa t 
taaterials fox neve eral ballots vrl i be received. 
ands which he sent home from South 
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ee ballot last year among uie d Fellows ; 5059 plants have boon made. 
tributed, and a few still remain for ballot du uring this x some — mper 
a a cue mend 78,065 packets of seeds; 2000 bundles. apon whi bhth 13, 0007. 
e Commissioners, 
einen! ee account | Nd said that the advance cul EM would be - = 
mabe gion cultural Eterno" greatest advantage in furthering the interests o 
South Brazil, that istrict having boon po iy exp pire r. CLvTTON also contended that it had been the 
rm or pin Pt green ie o Bi ne ee New deii of the Commissioners to assist the Society. The 
Of Mompos, havo been received in excellent condition,” Thess ns must be made attractive to be remunerative, 
will form the a ae A — during the (following season ; | and is become attractive there must be some additional 
and as the w Gra is easy, it is expected that outlay, which dere now prevents À offered oe 
ame) mmissioners, and therefore he thought that the 
i riae eee = sa gen dud. have. Geet distrinated ep should ibo. hesitation accept Den offer they 
he thought they 
n. . HARE said could 
€ total distribution of plants, seeds, &c., during the sear | not a adopt the Répoté ^ M Mis d the fern 
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of its sales, contributed considerably towards its | Advanced, whether as a gift or 
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. The Accounts and Balance-sheet of last year have ru long conversation ensued, in the üreg df rm it was 
J— The different items —- expenditu observed -— € rent of e nde of S sae p able to 
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the excep! Banal nature ‘of. the year, “eo 
of i or the time to this practical abro, 
In the following year the Council went to the other extreme, 
The sanie of t" -— has been increased during the past unprecedented. 
year by 28. Ther e been vo ag 245. But the Society 
has to lament the Toss of 86 by dea hi 
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reduction of expenditure, and this they will continue to keep vente their bora m dire their’ enim eee with 
steadily in view. e Society as he payment of rent most 
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p missioners 
belonging to the Society the respective dates noted :— 13,0007. was only papi er 
Saturday, and tha that the terms of the ns i 
| yet to There was no doubt, he added, 
that ai at present the Council had a , and if 
` | there was any internal quarrel about it ai 
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Bociety à very .has been found successful by a 
Society, vig, the similar position to that of the Horticultural 
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elected m embers of Council, in the room of 
21. I l , the Council repeat that they look forward m 
m eonfiden e the increased usefulness of of the Society. pe cert Dr. Lindley, Mr. Robert Cooper, Mr, John 
10. The Conne eRe te osi sgh = the there tron enact fh Hg ing, and Mr. eine a 
“crease the privileges of the p, quite possible quent intercourse resul from tension o: ways, (We 1 é leak however that the meeting was Par fro 
it the same ellows in thi re sileni the position of the Society. Numerous ng m 
EIE through the niinus of te Horticalteral m established all over the Conti- į üDanimous in the case of Mr. "f Cole.) 
nent, and if the Society wishes to maintain its positionas the} As officers for the ensuing y p yox, thefollowing gentle 
