ee 
Jung 28, 1856.] 
purple Pentstemon from Oregon, and a 
aon Arce called maximum caucasicum. 
i vin 
rosy pink 
Messrs. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
5000/. being provided. The Council had hoped that the 
439 
e 
portance of exhibitions is incontestable, end hey prs 
exhibited finely flowered specimens of 
R. javanicum. ye group of supe plants, shown 
by Mr. Parker, € embraced Lyc , Ferns, Palms, and 
the 
Orc! hid s. Among Ferns w sr rien handsome 
aul, Franci: cis, Wilkinson, hd others 
: ndso' Pteris | p 
Other miscellaneous aga consisted of 
m 
ry | Garden 
been “brought to its present state of efficiency 
to “would be the forerunner of complete success ; to 
daily more doubtful whether exhibitions A as “those 
have been will 
connection with this „Society. 
They are springing up 
’ Ch 
wW ar’ rrived > when action 
hronicle 
contains advertisements from Sydenham, Waidaeaie, 
Gi 
a grievous calamity if 
, the Midland Counties, aak Chelsea, the 
Regent's Park, Herefoi rd, and ford — excellent 
hich has now at fd cost of so much money 
arden Ta but not favour- 
able to the re- “sablbment for the pompt o of — 
‘Chi Ri 
ur bad posi tion incapaci 
oniums were plentiful, 
arg The = collections, v 
however, in first-r: 
Slou 
ate sero were 
3 next i 
e they irre 
The Council, ho xj i band heid 
und to oxhanst all other resources befor 
sA 
ahe o su rrender the lease, and pees de the 
‘Chi 
While, therefore, they announce the failure of the 
s holding exit ions in the oo if it is preserved 
n the con nig ould be glad to revive Pi 
should a favourable Opportunity present ~— but that 
terial chan, 
barron ce sg they must also add that 
. how which w 
a 
it s to t pad 
advis able to realise per property before determining to 
and they have therefore rege 
consideration the possibility of selling the lea 
we 
of plan, and 
would Ais E he pane wit TA a view to the ratification 
of the Fellows and their frie gua daril than that of the 
nto | public at large. Such m t thus indeed 
beco 
ings m 
come more exclusive, hat. thy ae le be the less 
t account. Nor would 
are now erase and fin nding 
lt 
s true that the E aetate 
they be less useful if ER into social reunions 
n orn li 
some good kinds ; some of the sorts from the latter 
ope t fin 
a oe securities a the corporation, unless 
me 
exhibitor we o notice hereafter. 
la 
ced were shown by re baar t 
es 
tekid, Purity, 
ogg, Sarah, Cardinal, "Purple Perfection, Rival, 
Mr. Hobbs, son ate and oj 
ruit was sh ext ensively $ ‘but 
glorious exceptions i it did n 
remark 
Adonis, Mr. and pao Stevens, New Crit 
James Ho; 
with one or two 
exceed a ity. This 
ly to white Grapes, 
t-can be made with those who hold such 
securitie es, and that little are relief woul 
than indiserimin ad a blic assemblages. The 
progress of gardening might be demonstrated by the 
contents of the garden tel wi. wd the peen of 
t own not 
pipe ah by the measure ; 
e Council hope a if rRe 
raea reduced, a part at least an 
already announced would then | be allowed X go to the 
with the special object of Fandi display. 
re 
& Such are the view 
been formed i in the h 
fo 
horticultu ture, 
a the present Council ; i have 
op of ' reconciling the i in nterests of 
were for ‘the most part unripe. | Queen “Pines were 
good, 
which they were obtained ball not have been fulfilled, 
d 104lbs 
m Mr. Fleming, gr. to the Duke of Sutherland 
at a can Mr. Fleming, also exhibited a miscel- 
lan hicha collection of m of superior exce eellence, to 
ed, 
first p rize was jus It consisted of | _ 
RI. } 
sum be required mi ght 
be raised by the issue of Cixpiication bonds upon the 
security of the Garden and the remaining corpora 
p: opery, ys 
“Tt is true that by the sale of the house in pores 
d extremely well mma two "Providenee and two 
Queen Pine oa two Cashmere Melo ons, et dishes 
Cherries, e dish of Early oe a a dish 
of Ingram’s trawberry. in Nichol 
> gr. to Mrs. 
e assi 
4 Chemical Poea as well as 
es fi 
t little rotna may be effected 
Fellow: s, so as to secure tl 
of this ag institution, What may be ‘posible under 
future and 
action in the absence of which no gar affairs id 
income of the Soc ety, the annual ane! of new Premis ses 
being equal to the balance of interest payable for the 
The Counci e. 
pi ucted, 
« Whatever changes may be contemplated in the 
privileges, pro@eedings or oun netiention. fe the Society 
must, under the Epia r, the by- 
ws. And as no by-laws n antil 
— 
meetings summoned for the purpose, th re will 
ample ap Bin hereafter for a full discussion of 
Mr. Povey, , Mr. Barron, and Mr. Jones. o a Ro. oyal fade 
The Queens from the last-named e itors were most | which r remo rom Som erset H 
excellent specimens of good Pine gro The best | the el d t 
lack Jamaicas came from Mr. Davis. E circumstances they "i was moved en" Mn ‘shy, mR OS by 
Grapes of tho Black Hamburgh — — and , of Powood, that report ceived an 
in all? eautiful, came Fleming bas exhausted teelt i in eran of the greatest social ado pted. After some Sone ation, in ee Geena 
and Mr. Smith “of Norwood, and excellent ‘hunches fl e, by enco! uraging improvements in the all im- | Sir Augustus Dalrymple, , Bart., asked for rR eae 
the mation, 
gr. to to R. Sneyd, Esq. Of Mus s Me. oia Aa "i new esculen nts, and new ornamental plants, will hav was carried unanim usly.* 
oddesdon and Mr. Turnbull iad) aes best ; but Mr. | claims ot received by her Majesty’s niin It was then mov rem Colonel Challoner, seconded by 
Davis an ylor also showed good b unches. To ent, hey trust that an application which they Mr. pea «hat this meeting, after hearing the state- 
Mr. Forsyth’s (of Gunnersbury) Sweetwaters a fi h d fi i uthorises the Council to take 
prize was justly awarded, and good bunches of in will be successful, The difficulties of the S ld the reorganisation of the Society as sind 
me sort e fro cs lake. Mr. Hill sh d d if thi l advi; iota, even though those measu! 
excellent bunches of rince. Mr.T ll had | attained, for the interest now pait upon our fixed debt should ve the aes “of the Garden a 
a ing St. Peter’s, ne ‘which the judges gave a prize, | would the en become available for or any part 
and a seedling white Grape from Mr. Carpenter p of the property therein.” 
received an award, It w. tated to be a cross| The Council, TEEN as anyone the| A discussion ensued. Mr. Blandy, on the part of the 
between the Black Hamburgh and Sweetwater, indispensable necessity of augmenting the fixed income Congail after ably exposing the fallacies and incon- 
pes "in poi M had capitally | of the Society ; in the absence of which all plans for of Mr. Godson, s sand patio? etly that although 
fruited specimens in the form of s, and ot ing the per nce of the i saom e Ton l were pa ago iin: Pas tab the Panty 
atham. ast precarious if not abortive. It is not to and were re. 
leas I 
that the present rate of ar, is too high; and 
the brig entirely agree with „those wh o urge the 
of 
oa 
ady to any sa 
the honour of the Acai to affect th a Eag yet Fd 
could give no unconditional pledge upon the subject, 
that the Corpo- 
aint should be able to meet its engagements ; that 
The Chairman also 
m ai inquiry from Mr. Gadesden, 
that the paid ot the resolution ‘was to enable t the 
Mil th, 
also exhibi by Messrs. Turnbull, Frost, Mitchell, | necessi 
and 0, gr. to Mrs. Oddie. Messrs. yres, enri If practicable 27. 2s. would be better man 
and Hill h r the best Nectarines. Th e | 32. 3s., as 3l. 3s. would be than 47. 4s., the latter s 
chiefly the Elruge and Violet Hative. being still paid by rom only who desire to retain ji - 
of oo a capital dish of Brown Turkey came from | yileges com: rate with su ount. It is 
Mr. Snow, and Mr, McEwen of Petworth foe itiöwed thought that many will desire to continue that sub 
good scription, will consent to split their 
both black and white first-rate examples 
xamples of them | extremel 
should it be unfortunately found that such a measure 
r to a question from General ugustus 
exhibited i in thi is class, 
Strawberries, in the shape of three excellent dishes, 
eame from Mr. Turnbull ; 
m 
trust that eventually the change will e been 
eficial ; but this can be the result of | 
When, how wever, it is a — of the 
| Society inei in vigour, that its m e steadily 
| applied to the advancement of horticulture, pile that all | 
- | of the views of the Council 
read :— 
*In r A tus Dal- 
rymple, Bart, “ibe inp Fem into a Pare explanation 
directed the following letter to 
be 
“47, Rue de Clichy, Paris, Ji 1, 1856. 
—Since the 1st oft May [have peo ooking ashy 
orticultural Society, and the 
“ Dear Sir, 
| for information respecting the H 
the subscription 
were shown A oor Wortley and Mr. Cuthill. 
The | the Council confidently believe that friends enough o of |t 
great co 
D me the deficiency then foun; 
latter were ce from the open ground, where | gardening are t, pe- D A in this untry i i. = bor a ‘should resolve to i Ardan ii 
it has shes ome tim: | provide amply th ired for such importan gement to the extent of doubling the sum (Twenty 
Of l Dalrymple and Mr. | purposes as y Gr within in the, Koné of the Society. Ta | Pounda) Í rised you (in April) to put down to m Bagre” 
Tegg had the highest ae and the best scarl be effected the Council would in The Emy Emperor Da soem ath nt A pet aa om 
fleshed, a small kind, came from Mr. Bailey, f| On | for the ratk and on of his people, with all the 
i | the er ae would desire to extend t y | rare trees and plants long since naturalised and matured in the 
CA R EES TITA È and by giving the promenade portion of m ios orcas e a mega on 
HORTICULTURAL, June 24.—A special general meeting | Garden ‘the most scientific and practical ch | meng other oe ek Moca “thas hinga rencia 
mS p « Many observe that the Society has become too much | thi Gardot, to replee with magniicent exoti, shoal’ pass 
P et arden, 
Semin vhs Gren athe ne "ayn ih ny Mein no mach ett a cnc 
Council was read :— that Carie a be gs have absorbed that would | por sae 7 of the loss to the nation of the manifold benefits 
ii f last S 1G l Meeting | been applied to practical horticulture. | afforded by the Garden, by the skilful managemen propa- 
lied The iption for raising | In this pe = pecan Council in some measure gation a i es nae Sy A SENES yi reni 
the sum of 50007. for the purpose of trying the |concur ; but it must be remem t the urgent 374)! rng Aed enough, and we may never 
à the has been pecuniary necessities the Society first caused the see again the gay crow lto adorn the Fêtes; but 
open till this day, and now amounts to 3267. 2s. system of ars to be established, and that such surely be great horti ficutural body “es n arar r pm Sh 
This sum has been promised by 200 ont of the necessities have never ceased to exist. And even now sebepentiontly the splendid Siraan. of the OA Ai 
Fellows of the Society, and by 29 strangers, and is £ it ia the bli of many gentlemen that the exhibition of and Hs grounds. I will hope so at least til Tuesday next. 
p plants must 
mainstay of the Society. 
