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odas that they r remind one of the ee » of £ en her ers | Again, “ Another F.R.H.S." is mistaken in belay 
E mention an anecdote | states, is answerable for this idea. mw id m 
ny years agi firms long | know of Mr. Chester (who is mani able to e 
The principal would be perhaps a himself : far better than T can, indeed), T believe tat 
h ist o nother F.R.H.S,” and I have all pretty much 
er, T me object i in n view. I would merely ask one questi 
customed to but very o p." and the | for f the new committee, which i 
plants in gardeus generally, and a cay of them even | gardener received his co ngé to take possession, the| Why should not plants supplied by Chiswick to South 
i laces, small wonder it is that an| hand-shake (if a very grand place this was the whole Kensington be charged to dee: br of the latter 
ordinary son of Adam should feel an alarming gushing | hand; if moderate, two fingers; if small and only | The extra expense is incu r the latter’ 3 benefit, 
m idat 6 delig 4 $ e finger, called | and it should pay for it in all. irte to ho. amount I 
le shake) was sevo of nt . or 4007, or more per annum 
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scene and from being for the first surrounded by so} by the gardeners the pump - hand j 
much novelty. In fact, few buta Smith, a Moore, or | accompanied by a sort of masonic intima tio that , Sec! to the obj 
a Hooker, could fully value and appreciate the collection, good order was expected. ow “ good ey ded, in either establishment, 
| ? in the hands of a weak-minded man would beg to thank “Delta” for his cre: and king 
swell something in this way; if 2 ounces say of|c Erection, "ad shoul grieve in any w Trinken 
Cauliflower seed was the real requirement ofa garden,|to detract from Mr. Nesfield’s wal rearned fame : 
six or eight ounces were sent, and so oni n proportion | mates Old F .H.S. of London. 
meat other UH 'Thanks to the ede mode of con- pult.—I h had ft 
the seed trade, and to the excellent catalogues | use Here since last June, and in cases wid ore a pipet 
e| published, things Tike "this, even if thoy ever occurred, | engine is too cumbrous, and a common syringe to 
g y possible, and not at all probable. I merely tedious I have found it very efficient. Your corres 
bein gk fiere] t vire lw ith moisture, | mention the anecdote to illustrate my — mae pondent ** Veritas ” complains of its intermittent action, 
the living the present system is open to abuse; and w which it certainly en) ut, if properly worked, nj 
of ere to be seen | Pe rhaps iiri to the comfort : ear rien ners i so ngine; less grea 
in dint state. I remember Beli particularly struck he like the following is carri Suppose, | a commo n syringe; and, if used with the single jet, 
with one, Trichomanes brachypus, which healthfully then, t hat in addition tothe proposed: wt at Chiswiek and rider by the verit it has none at all, 1 
twin und a young simple-stemmed plant of t hing | ** Veritas " got his foot wet, “his instrument must have 
bitter Quassia, canopied over by a graceful tuft of its| educa tion, a | general register be kept, open t o all the been out of order, for all the joints are packed with 
handsome leaves. Fellows, something after E following mois eather, screwed tightly together and water-tight, As 
Many acres of these nurseries are devoted to the |g gardener of mature , out of place, on recei ving | | p the ker of the common syringe in thay 
cultivation of fruit trees; and single quarters wi f t "hom is last employer, espect, I have nun — asant memories of cold water 
from 5000 to 10,000 young ns ber formed to me | recommendation say from o a: side within m 
i " make p appearance e Chiswick, and, if menn when using it against "high walls, &e, 
sandy and yet not pu soil Drevi s. In some| Proper, 8 ould undergo a viva voce examination by | using the hydropult to be hard work. I can empty 
he gr the Dirodiots so as to ascertain to a certain extent, | six pots of water with it right off, and I am only aman 
at least, his capabilities; he should € dave his| of ordinary strength. I think however that a luy 
d find it very har rk indeed. D. Hi 
of mv een could not qe to charm hose who 
would hesitate not to class the He milook with the 
Bracken. A cons Perle, number of species from the 
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them, 
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ripening well horticultural seeds of various kinds; and | ame placed on the ed as fit t 
in others again is peat, filling natural hollows to the| Second or third-class situatio y "- ed sation Mount m va on. —— had one 
depth of 10 feet or more—a rare combination of soils | #8 this the Royal Hor wi n of i 
admirably adap te d by nature for the p urpose to which junction with the Chiswick school, be Ears centre of € upwards "of 12 ‘noha, "d it gives perfect satisfac 
it is devoted. horticulture of the empire, and the numerous Fellows | tion. On reading your correspondents article, 1 
the district, a gives great richness to the verdure, | Of the Society oem without idarra any obligation questione: ed my man as to the hard work com of 
tas r aii. tiniest ed most fastidious | t0 individuals— r how often is a gardening and he directly told me that he greatly 
ir could be more o their taste. I|% plied to et. Mad friends something after this | prefers it he the syringe, both on account of its 
12 feet Cc ardener ?”— | tinuous stream of water, and the small pp tine 
D^ ‘speci know where to age an dcl, and have a taken in wetting a long ne ot eac ns 
| ‘Vineries with it: As t s 
vobilis 15 or 1 and | o the 
—a grafted tree, moreover, aud. yet its last leading suggestion, n, but Ihave some faint hope that it eon vers, easily remedied by patting a rite st tops o 
shoot was more than 3 feet in length. A seedling could | realised. In mentioning three classes of Lain = on the caps. Any man w onp ai that the "is 
d oing wi e tim illas, i i n of uo 
scarcely have made a better plant. 
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Pinus grandis, a beautiful Lace with foliage ph beige daily, and offer comfortable and improving situations| New Hyacinths.—In the nd. Pomologist for 
pone Aa Rape te appears x i perfectly hardy, having for young men, at say 21s, per week. - r places | Dece ities last, Mr. William "Pail, of e Waltham Cos - 
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t 30. 
finest bor lave hardy Pine introduced. Wm,| experience—say at 30s. a week; we will call the former year, just then issued uia vere eter 
Pitio, third e I see the mehr 
lass place, the latt * It is with r that 
(To be continued.) wages should be placed to the applicant's ; name, The|in the. Royal Horti ealtaral ep es prize schedule 
first-class man should have this matter left open, for sd spring, wherein the new Hyaci 
aud | to the roduetion tpe ye year. 
K Home Corre Frespon ondenc +} ean H fa t will pro , that t b Eom GE a term, the 
The Royal SnD laters rta nd pes deners.— | Director. I have reason to believe that if rene Societ; placed on the horns of Sit 
I e with much interest the movement by which, | like what I have thus ete PY cian could be Hyacinth at bo — t will = aoa be showt, 
I trust, the gardening d - a rofit—I mean the | carried out, it would 1 a large addition vo the | and the best. Mis oduces; but it is barely 
sesion era by the Society to form the | number of Phos tee aie glad] would hun: a the d surpass thos! 
gardens at Chiswick into a fishing school for young | dreds of amateurs go to a safe central pes for a ii sandr © cultivation. Should the judges withhold 
gardeners. One difficul s to arise—can the | gardener; it would also be of great benefit to a very " prizes on the ground of indilferent quisi 
Society. afford to payee competent, „director to be a| large number of deserving men. Hortulanus.——A cor- | it wi " "n unt to a censure on the rule ; if they yi 
n l respondent, signing himself “ Another F.R.H.S.," it, remium on retrogression.” Mr. Paul 
paid to the probes cous pene of both the|asks me in your number of the 5th March “ to point | for reibly d does cn the two difficulties that py 
wed Another will cer I fear, th a - out the good produced by Mr. Chester's a | evitably result from the operation of thi ya 
g a well-educated ont and willing to |of the Annual Meeting ? > In reply I beg to ass did — at South Kensington on esday 
take so puce a situation. idw can only and|him that in my opinion, as well as in tiat of den 9t; The “horns ofthe dilemma” wer! fred 
trust that a com! ; in a humble iti. —— had it not been for the time giv M ue | to the e judges, and on the last of them were they 
| be promptly made, I Sabre for a long time | adjournment for the Council to reflect upon th e new Hyacinths he bet 
gardeners as a body—a intelli- cma ration in favour of poor old Chiswick mi the below the aggregate rs of those forming t? 
dus iani rig ba ani ie — —— de committee for developing the | collections in the several other classes, and, y of the 
ae | placed in an unfavourable "ihe. reat, x sortie et Gardens would nas gg rizes orandi to d quality T 
a “prem 3634" 
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ing to, and was about to make with regard to | the four stands of “‘six T Hyacinths of 
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on amn that the presen : C m (w by politely | 23 varieties were staged, an 
: way, it iun p exis : or many phan is ore a [interrupting 1 him to inform him that the fip com- | them been selected to come into competition aber 
equ d asda Fic situation d m ri b E ve had already been decided md This no | collections in the class for a similar D 
one. is character be | litt! good” produced by Mr. Chester's adj dies varieties, the new flowers d inde 
ptistaotory, en — . ea he i on a register, and when | For thon ace — Council, , albeit “all pretend men," are | by contrast. The Floral Committee selected p^ ula € 
situation offers ich he is pe ht AME he | with thre I fear, more the | from Mr. Cutbush's stand, and one from Mr. 
recom d First-class Certificates. 
: Visit and unless looked very | unquestionably were acquisitions, MM 
r they will not weep very bitterly if | colour, and having Mete piedi Fy. rtifioates ] 
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ime. On the newly appointed Committee | It is er —— - indeed if ever th 
M ead zwe is one gentleman — I heard at the | again er season's — such 4 i ri 
4 m most despairingly of Chiswick. alities. vom resen iscovered. Un T bject 
done by, sending an order. I have} and another who stated that he knew nothing about a eksand Pre co policy does fet per 
our maler ltural gardens These ea be very Fellows, but the | “ — w Hyacinths” at present ride ak aistonet 
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ork. The conci liatory nature of Mr. | anomalous spectacle not to 
hester's speech when a use yan spark might have | with any other class o 
eer p was, 1 apj ap re “good” corresponding quality, is valueless 
3 and although rid ve th | required, unl 
worked well for Mr. Chester in all that he said, still there were es did en pr =o 
never Í he alluded to which were sensible and paraang pieno of form, 
