THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 525 
national pluck and courage which had distinguished them | sympathy of the Society was a comfort al u- 
throughout the globe, whenever their services were called forth | niary assistance, and was often expressed by the r people at 
We bad on many occasions toasted the services of that | their humble homes to each other; ‘‘the ential 
be | ki m oul d 
VY, 
na 
or many 
r 
the new fairly in. This an 
see by having several varieties for each 
It rarely happens that they all either bear or 
erop in . in ntl 
that they 
Pears and t 
bear alternate seasons. This a plið& 
o Pl 
ums. 
rden in this neighbourhood where 
E eee Pon the wall were six Jargonelles. 
w il t either have had 
that the family must er through all dangers would enable them to overcome those by 
co w. they were at present surrounded. It will be more | the ladies could exercise an influence ove that 
glorious for Great Y promote the happiness and peace | influence whi ached the pocket. He wou m to 
of mankind than in continual attempts to increase her territo remember that they were not met that ni i rsonal 
and he trusted th ther nations would follow our example | gra ification alone, but to assist in aning and supporting 
keep a fi . and benefit by our experience, and let present and future ages charity w. were so great, and he hoped that the 
seasons for six, or even ight m feel and know that we ruled in a spirit of Christian philan- result as satisfactory as migh ired, and enable 
een in another garde where I counted 11 thropy for the benefit and enjoyment of all. He coup ed the | it to confi mount of happiness upon its 
little else) on the wall. Even with | 22me of C Wood with the toast. The toast having He would conclude by asking them in ity to 
ve trees (and ILulEe € ohsesd K id duly received, Colonel Wood, of the Bombay army, returned | the Gai deners’ Royal Benevolent Insti tion.” 
jection of Plums, they mg g eiT | thank: t. He said that he had been 30 years in the service | dra: idst eering. 
sp, month earlier, and have ended ita month later. | of th ndia Company, and had a son in the Nizam ‘Alderman Mechi rose and said that it was his ea? to 
a I was ina garden where the proprietor cavalry. o had received a letter from India naming one | propose the health of their excell hairman, Henry Pow- 
of all, hsb Ribston Pippi N officer who in a recen n had cut down 20 men with his | nall, “A friend in need was a frien ed,” and thi 
that all his Apples were Hubston ippins. Now | own hand. He hoped that such conduct would be rewarded | Chairman was that friend. Whilst he (Ald. M ) regre 
his crop, | by the Vict He thanked them for the honour they | the absence of Lord ussell from that dinner, he still 
nd Navy.” 
have been a month later g g Į 
months 
a 
‘two * : : į e was 
J} the increased chance of having n0 | sure they would all rather not have had to drink. They had e 
atall. enjoyed the patronage of that illustrious nobleman for so mary | country, and attributed to them the preservation, in a end 
While secretaries of country horticultural societies | years, whose name was enrolled upon every society for the ad- | degree, of the liberties of England. e proposed the C 
how their want of knowledge of country yancementof agriculture, of gardening, of the arts, and ofscience, | man’s health on those groun apart from his position that 
ge allowed to sho i for “J le P hose name and whose deeds we know not in England only, | evening, 38 he was the Chairman ef the Bench of Magistrates 
irs off priz ‘or argonelle ears, | but throughout Eur he t patron of art. They had | of the richest and first country in the world. The toast w 
na and Greengages,” we cannot loo. for | then not to rejoice in his presence, but to w that he had | drank with vociferous cheers. k 
Bihston ement amongst our its. e Wer rted from amongst the Events would, sooner or later, The Chairman regretted the short notice he had had to preside 
mh improv ts titi th sof deprive a generation of i efactors; but they had lost, | over them, as well as the accident that, placed him in the chair. 
i mpevivio: Me our | at a time si 1 icipated, one of the most generou: and | He hoped the society would increase, and indeed he was glad 
t me: e one entitled to their gratitude, | to see that it had progressed since last r; rus it 
sym) Y, grets ; and however high the station, however would go on and prosper. He should have much wished that 
splendid the talents in others, he was such a man as t never | Sir Joseph Paxton or Mr. lderman Mec taken his 
a w lacı e an) etted that it was his . Mr. Cutler, the Charity’s, Secretary, pressed him to 
mother. edad mournful duty on that n to propose the respected with t th and zeal for the cause which is so 
m for these varieti ow be| mory of t i zlato ye his Grace the Duk Si a nt well ore and pt e > ) as naea I ware 
i ir own i would | shire. He (the airman) would say no more; w. ilst his | gave him pleasure to see the way in w ch the Secretary exer- 
| alowed to ge Osis aie ali eae x wou lordship lived he was loved, and now that he was gone his | cised his abilities for the benevolent purposes of the society, 
dude them from oda toge z as | hame is remembered and his loss regarded with regret. and he (the Chairman) was sure they would agre th him 
Bolertson, Gardener, Duffus, near Elgin. The was drank in solemn silence. in saying that he was entitled to their very best 
airman then said that however he might regret the | thanks for what he had done. He wished Mr. Cutler health 
= enobleman whoshould have occupied the chair he | and life to witness the greatest prosperity to their Institution. 
felt unfeigned pleasure in ing the toast of the evening e would conclude by thanking them all sincerely for the 
Although that nobleman was ent, he (the Chairman) wished y in which they had drank his h ; and begged to 
i Presidents and Sir Joseph Pa: 
GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT : ight Pri 
~ INSTITUTION.—THE ANNUAL DINNER. ta bis let to have occupied that chair which he so unworthily | Sir Josep axton, M.P., rose and agree ig na 
‘ednesday evenin: i filled. roposing th: w pi he ir Joseph Paxton 
ne ee ion poni ant at the cst ied A Sag oppressed with very great anxiety and some fear lest from the | as one of the Vice- to return his most 
‘witha magnificence and floral spendour which has never been t aa i > thanks for the honour done him, and expressed 
eal i ld suff He ha o0! T 
deners Royal Benevolent Institution.” When addressing an | pleas have heard 
assemb as aware that t i- | Chairman, a trusted a 
tution i iti 
y at large, 
say urn fo! 
labour of those engaged in it, and the luxuries enjoyed by the | men had done so much for 
ublic, that they di not come forward and contribute more | as the gardener. Talk of agriculture ; 
iberally to the solace of the aged and worn-out gardeners. behind horticulture. He could not sit wil per- 
On looking around him seeing th h: ose dents who had been most 
was everywhere, he trusi he did not appeal in vain for | active in ‘working out the interests of the Institution. 
assistance for th who were the producers of such things. The Chairman then posed th of- Mr. Wrench, the 
dary pig bie ee porge seaeitude they | thanked. th in i fons, and 
would just remin em of the deep debt of gratitude they | than e company i 
į | owed ; gardener, and the claim the latter had on the | doing so expressed his Tirai the Opnemen el 
e 
he company to place upon him. 
in the evening ; but it m Lone another e a Sar proposed = me gre’ pee 
when we left try, and came to the ities of the their very use Frag terg +e atier Taro Thanks, 
the list of donations and subscriptions, 
g the rincipal ones : — His Grace 
intended to have 
that day he found an invitati 
Palace awaiting him. As an invitation from such = 
co: d, and | thi 
a 
oo occasion. The Chairman then said that the 
thon kin t evening was one that needed no observation 
It had been well said that the only praise which a his 
monarch should receive was the love and prosperity of the 
That, he was sure, o n essed in a pre- 
z un ith hi n Wood, Esq., 102. ł0s.; W. Merce! 4 108, . 
nt the labour of the body perhaps, but the | Hervey, Esq., 10l. 10s.; James Veitch, jūn., Esq., 10% 10s. 5 
mind was at work, for the mind was brought into play in the J. Solomon, Esq., 10l. 10s. ; Alderman Mechi, 5l. 5s. 5 H. G. 
; he re than a må Ly bl. 5s. rs. J. & C. Lee, 5l. 5s.; Henry Orm- 
is | son, Esq., 5l. 58. 5 Seward Snow, Esq., 5l. 58. ; Robert Glen- 
inni Esq, 5l. 5s.; Messrs. Lawson & Son, 5l. 5s. 5 
and no monarch had ever 
a t Dagny tee warhol who merely went out to work. His wife sees da y hi 
strength di ing and age © ing on him ; she d ds being | dinning, i 5: fag e 
. Drank acco eft behind by her partner in life, and de ed of his solace , Esq., 5l. 5s. 35 Low, q., 51. 58.5 ee 
by the National Anthem. The Chairman’ then | #24 support It might have been that for many years that umber of smaller donations. M iiaa” a 
“His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Albert supp n scanty, still there was a © mforter and a | announced a legacy of 50l, through Mr. Dandy, from 
of Wales, ae the rest of the Royal Family.” "He ae sharer nd the heart of affection clung round in the | late Charles Palmer, Esq., Shacklewell. PB eo 
ey would drink that toast with enthus: decline of life what it loved, and they wished joy to its | he ten ered his thanks urner, of ae that 
: | end each other’s company as they had done in days g auti ers which r rehi y 
The Institution did well to and comfort the widow of the gentleman had fixed up at his own r. pred 
us he had o g , and hs Chairman ) rejoi same socket — E piim ond eee as and 
taken a prominent part in that see by the last rep at 11 urnis. em with a fine display O rox. Cam 
t Ta z ii e W the cut flowers had been supplied by Mr. Pau r, 
i ae x T, while others contributed towards the orna- 
than 1 a-year each. Their ag $ 
pr ge that he feared they would not be long on the list Mr. Waterer, whi le - 
of the society’s bounty, as they averaged 72 years each, There | mentation of the room. 
are 29 he was surpri T 
Mr. Hi 
eners, and surp: y ‘he an posed bat th 
i when he considered all things. Let them look at what Horti- | thanking him not only fo Dis suppos oo roe country. 
g! ith fog : ap gratitude would propose culture had done for society sees Pay „o years. H Tee 3 ferred g e Jiteratu ari stated that 
me i uch to sanitary science and to me science oe cerest ree indo 
Gl ae k nthu- | attributed m ry h of the improved | ho cultu as ning a ord es le ir 
rning gard 
r 
rdialit; 
ce 5 y. rank wi 
seein ieee to the Prince and Queen.” 
thi H 
our sym: trus } 
ted they mould never | Nothing of vegetables but the Potato. Tet Te) Gould to | pioneer years before any other Pig health of Mr. Mechi, as 
the ce and garrets of the metropolis, and they would find e Chairman next with t tification. Mr 
the covered the produce of the garden a t they would all Thanks adverted to what his 
e man’s children enjoyed health inst scurvy; | Alderman Mechi 3° fonsaid about agriculture being 109 yona 
they enjo: luxuries of the garden instead of disease friend 8 Joseph t aroso from a disinclination 
death Whilst enjoying the luxuries of the n het behind horticulture: iry improved ods of farmin 
of hardshi die. They add to that prowes: © | they would acknowledge the debt of gratitude they owed that |in the farme "ion them. Agriculture was ñ very 
disappoint P, or ty would ever ind aud 10 day to the worn-out en He (the Chairman) had only to | and spend money ipo were 98 millions of peo to 
aay other nations ie gone Bad bee ep sod in them repeat his anxious hopa be Vas a to noel gag are =. ie Soili iot wait a fortnight for their Aan 
world. Ni commi . y $ ‘y W i 
distress had No hardship, difficulty, Din ay Bepi y those who could not be relieved the | He concluded by expressing & hope that they would all live to 
evi 
er been able to detract in one iota from that 
