2 GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
383 
pirosted. Té is the duty of the present C 
¥ the resalt of these measures and ai such ah 
of men of | 
h 
3 rine 
. ou 
who nas have rn to attend i it, w with power 
r papers, to rm adesm 
ia, ea an 
alteration we provement in ev yery 
matter 
agr Council | mit: 
advise the Council a capon 
subject ps- income and expenditure. eC 
not necessarily consis n 
vill be attended with the 
the 
om- 
5 becn t 
v to paii but a 
s accounts and other 
h may Gea il cannot conclude their Report without 
scoring 6 — eat n of the Society to to 
ff re deseription of Nova Scotia. As 
+) a small number of the emigrating class feel dis- 
| osed to ¢ out “rit selves exclusively “to the ocoupa- 
inak of fishermen, among those of that class who ha 
| sought a ko ome on the shores of America, durin 
but a very small proportion have thought 
ze more than a passing glance 
The object of t ork is to disabuse the publie 
"| asin, a t show posi this ree apres a of the mee 
is n inferi or to our other N. 2 American colon 
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WD 
ho 
ave bonnier 
its co 
tno jal the 
anns an 
h 
nd valuable Sweats 
us is we 
candidly o 
s 
plants and Ros disposed as not 
n ete display, but to enable the 
rate plant. In 
excellent ~via 
w. į 
n 
ave, ee been better draine It having 
and 
aving been lifted an 
e 4} 
of | which the 
ey 
i the new works i 
purposes. act esi Sr 
pii and the arpan donors whos appear 
the os the best thanks of the Society are rinse 
So great, inde and cordial has been the 
pea by the Gardeners, Nurserymen, an ca 
the United Ki ngdom i in ist, tik in the = a rm 
that mana of the 
— during the year, and of er v 
interest 
eedsmen of 
ps vipas 
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4 
5 
IF 
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& &. 
> 
k 
se ae avi quite vdifierent. 
surveys have been made; no emigration age 
been appointed = Eam PAPA nor has 
re JE expended any funds or taken any 
eps towar ds conveying information abroad 
e rning it. ‘Sa ne’ then, r to 
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+ 
ness, would appear 
made during the pas 
most valuable and grire REE. 
the other eon “go woe ag rages eager 
support the meil, every T 
that the romian vot P the Society will. quickly be 
leki 
he gr ; 
cen collection of Vines, partly > with a view to 
dof ascer. 
"O 
On the h Pt 1 
ason to believe 
uthorities of Nova Scotia as much as 
mith. and sustained energy those of Canada and New 
eyes 
of se 
Per Ha aiton now steps forward to demonstrate the 
paa of = rat pr colony. He eer i 
1 
+: +, 
ie quality of others, and partly asa means of 
1 
had moe if 
Mr Charl A A antt 
ok > on the Report now mare F t 
ral Fea ures: 1, Geographical Posi 
of the Grapes. Nor has the Kitchen-Garden_ been neglec- | 
lated to t neial position 
Asregarcs +h 
rel the fina 
| Society. He particularly anita verte 
he en, and upo 
enditur e at 
beseen from 
as. g RE 
Appendix) | Re E 
nd 
oe 
Perr. ke 
that the spre 1a has consider ably 
that year and the present, t, the affairs of the Society will 
seem tohave deteriorated—not im 
snd 1857.8 were ere s0 poe gage“ m as to afford 
satisfactory g 855-6 the debt ot 
the Society was i in round nu of which 7400. 
bore interest. At the at r ae 8 a is reported b 
improved : but bo orien the 
plied that k Me 
value of the Boa Sis was set too high, yet | $ 
Council were advised it 
money a they ae Such a 
sold every day. 
>| during ge yore 
not having found a purchaser. AEN utlay in the | £ 
garden it must st be remembered ‘that the money for eae 
house was not to 
the house 
which ucts 
d prospects of the |3 
upon the large 
m the House in| /# 
t set down at 47001, which he con- | 2 
Sec t 
„The re rd ro ad 
would produce the 
to be 
e state ar r money market | © 
ht account for the 
fiice 
5, Electric Telegraph 8.” 
s to have guided Mr. Hamilton, ‘theo noting 
exaggerates and m may therefore be taken asa aee i Sor 
To the climate and agriculture he devotes separate 
chapters. The first he assures us is vat no means 
extremely rigorous, disagreeable, and ciate as is 
eae believed; on the con rary, the a 
length of human life is there greater = in 
Canile; 
H 
a 
be ioe u which ie bear interest. 
this tands 
pro. 
that it mig 
k rr am, | 
si been rd to loc 
bers contemplated its being 
e mere extinction of debt. rench 
the 
d Mr. 
rg some ar exhibitions, — he 
attracti on: 
considered _ to 
eat 
ee ted tl pil 
yn pya referr 
“The coldest season is com rised in the first three 
this cg the cold 
oes { 
Pears | pi 
and | air C= Hala 
to adver oo and m them mor 
little paragra a appeared i 
the Times or any of the other daily papers informing |7 
in N, 
sn 
the re-organisation of the Society, its liabilities are |; MOTE y aen 0 ; but, owing to 
necessarily resto to their former x ° inst same liad the god forte to ge tac ii y every thaws, it very rarely attains a —_— epth th 
inference can be fairly drawn fi he now pre- fident it g e the number | 1006 on the high n 
sented, unless the RESULT OF THE EXPENDITURE in| of p doa saa a ost ae 7 | pression very generally prevails mong the inh abitants 
is taken into account. The great object which contributed: in “aa “the nds expen Society. ‘The of the -e that the stp are gradually becom — 
Council has had in view has been to increase the | Chairman Wa ved tha su estions coimed milder. a fa ct—if it really i is one—which is by som 
Society, and the regular ea a ie ear DR LEE a. 
income; for they hold all revenue arising from other | pej i: in giles ra r ter D rd ing anne of the soil. Spring may be considered 
to be too un to afford any safe indica- oon a ton exhibitions. fi gren Berii to comm with April. Throughout this senata 
tion of the Society’s available m increase the that the Report be received, which, bein 7 accioshpladl reece meer alar iý during the months of April and May, 
numbers, one method only could be employed. In! py Mr. Warner, was carried nom fno Chair- |the climate is still subject to Sréquent, and sudden 
proportion as the Society was rendered more useful, or | man then announced that H-R-H. the Prince Con- of sapakin Ema ean 
more agreeable, as its influence i in Ook hai meS i ` ally 1 into summer; it consists rather 
interests of Horticulture was made more comet. fa it | W, Wilson Saunders, ar of a series of aa alternating between two. 
was to be that new members would join in | Lindle Secretary; Sir John W Ramed Bex. ae tte fog: which Nova i been 
It affairs in a satisfactory position. | g How. = Godson, Esq hd Wie a a =~” | somewhat unjustly celebrated - ing spring, 
‘Was to accomplish this end, that an unusually si Membees of Commcils said: Gharles T h, Esq fi t on the Atlantic coast. They are for 
on the Garden di the year under | and Mr. J Ternet sua: Austra oie ih the most part, to the t line, ly ever extending 
ney the risks of exhibition were encountered, |... La ede at Be = for | ®BY distance i nland. In ordinary seasons, they finally 
that the general outlay upon cir and great interest he conti o gako an. whole about June. * * * Agricultural operations 
fe to increase, The effect of | Society, and for the handsome a ees ar eines in pel dhe: gars, 
most satisfactory, | bad.aotod towards it He had hoped that some gentle- May. Owing to the a, with which vegetation 
ney the 1st Ap il. 1857. | P <i ogy he Jf would have performed | P h 1 S and ae act that 
yielding an income estimated at th k ai Aak at be t winter aiya are rare’ rew never, sown in Nova § 
Council can also report i ep oan wae tiie ti ing Mea coe this is a uien bus “s season in the farming dis- 
revenue derived the sale of Garden | pest ie a r E aiid aait During the next three months, 
1856-7 amounted to only 497., but aaa seasusiesiadiegs T ak of Vice tn forming Ker Nova Scotian summer, the weather is 
reached the sam of 148/. „In the year | aid of the funds of the Society. Earl Grey had great 
h liabilities of the Society are a a ee we 
in 1696.5, yet the para eager ang obligations of the Sa A Dr, Lindley for what he 
a t having been put into | had don tte Secretary: 
cota iense crane ia The compliment, the 
Taak dina pee pene ae maintained | rat 4 announced that the next “general meeting 
oo arent eames ut diminuti nm 
joined the Society, produ- | 
of nearly 9007. Norisit un siom 
to avail 
ee ee eee 
urposes. eady there has been in 
charged with all 
been 
Notices of ooks. 
ova Scotia considered as a Field for Emigration. 
en P. S. Hamilton, Barrister-at-Law. 8vo, pp. 91, 
scenery. 
with an abundance and variety fo 
he sportsman, who carries to | 
an ardent love | 
22 
year | 22 j 
the threesummer iie or 
respecting the agri- 
in illustration of = 
ee cs “PRODUCE OF AN A 
ie frome in this his township 
n ao 
