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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGR nade that GAZETTE. 
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» Royal Commissioners, with a view to 
$ t e 
* rtoo 
as to the — of interest on any sum so 
not exceeding 50,0002., and as to the amount of rent to 
— — by the Society, being of the most liberal 
a new Garden at Kensington Gore, t ne Roy "eg Gommis 
In the event of the 
| Horticultural L Society ars rdiet to assent to the 
The Garden will 
^or — em Kensington Gardens, and in nei very 
fa and rapidly rising town of * firs -class 
MI "apa es 
be in the rum 1 of | 
Raya 
sioners would treat with them, 3 on what mns eneral p: rinciples above indicated, it will afford H.M.’s 
That reperi ana - mpa in January; it was on Į with the Council 
within the last two or three days that an answer had | of f the s Society, ttli details of 
cen received, an i “the, Connell had co n E an agreement ‘apo that gene hr basis.—I have t the 
e te rms on wh hic ich the 
| honour ‘to be, ex ent servant, 
E ss Lir ^ 
be 
er meeting to hear 
nissioners 
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— fashionabl e districts in London. The shape mnd | 
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and, :— 
e 
* Whitehall, July 4th, 1859. 
North to the South, admits of the formation ‘of : sues: |. 
5 then read the following 
y, F. Py S.“ (Signed) *E. A. Bow 
two poi inte i in that lioc it 
uld be as we all to direct ere to them, as aed bts 
"y important, most especially with regard to that 
seilous matter, rent. There was no ai 
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fixed rent E 
3 Sir,—I en irena by H. M.'s C 
rec 
for effective and orn tal treatment, and is well 
adapted besides for — ective display of sculpture; 
while — e Winter eee at*the upper end, and a 
colo — roi — ih will afford a promenade 
of — of a mile in length, sheltered from 
heat and cold, a nd a 8 The Colon 
on offer peculiar facilities for the display 
d Frui or ual Shows, ti from all those 
ich haye not unfrequently marred 
Fêtes, 
—— advantages in mind, the Coun 
of doubt, that with — hearty —— 
nude will | so, 
of the Flowers to acqua 
| inve stigate how far its adoption . could be made to con- 
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8 eipt of your aid of the 26th char ged. In the first ou the orgy: d would be 
January las e t income (whieh 
Horticultural Society w whethe nissioner l any money that 
would be willing to receive a proposa al um the oriety | might be borrow. | br rdum or otherwise), before 
for renting the central portion of the main an of the question of reni came to be consider ed at all. 
| the Commissioners’ es at Kensington Gore, and if Tho R f the surplus 
upon what terms. Is Commissioners direct ne | of income, after the payment of all the Society's 
quaint you in repi for the information of the | expenses, 228 be 2000}, then that was to be the 
Council of the Society, ed bag ay mere del red eee rental; they would take t. the 20001. it was 5007. 
ing this communication tim | only they would t rake that, and if it was nothing m 5 
of their anxiety to — whe ion all the | d have 8 ſor ren ut if. o n the 
consideration which its importance deserves, and to hand, 122 profits exceeded the 20000 the the Co om- 
missioners s ari were to share sd was left 
of the Royal Commissioners which 
rally — i — ym will be 
enabled, while pig. steadily i in view ‘the | cientific 
0i bjects of 
with the periodica 
—— — it, one of oa most attractive iow Of ME 
n the neighbourhood of London; and the ked ng 
have the satisfaction of knowin ing that they „ha 
nt 
and the S S 
en them This: rental of 20001. fixed by the 
equ ally 
for which they are hms oa The result of their etin ave 
inquiries has been to satisfy them that the pr opasa of to pay upon money to be borrowed by selves in 
- pape res opportunities of realising a plan order to join the Society in the adis ar for con- 
"hy s to t They were to ja 50,0001. , 
the „ and advantageous 
8 the one 
E 
ay 
ral interest of science an 
during the more inclement season ie. 
ter Garde 
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sra - rtion of the m 
pa 
horticulture may be advanced, pe 2 e other ihe | 
gen 
8 other impo rt- 
ant decis was hn ee was to ben dors rent : yr 
yea Nr clear peri ei the rent was 20007. a year, 
5 setting apart and tl e Socie 
ety coul 
Eb. s 
for 
of the ostate. ns desired l by the Society, to the extent of | n 
— estimate of the 
or the 
Them sibi liberal the support which 
shall meet ke and — nobler the scale o: 
med an — the 
greater will ts" the — not to m the certainty, 
of a successful and remunerating resu! 
about 
war Serta character. As respects the pp 
which the above-mentioned enclosed space a 
li MR so far as Jie » the 
e Society, the Commis- 
Should the General Meeting adopt ¢ the views of the 
Council, e epp nm then arise, as to the mode of 
raising so l. 
The 8 believe 
issue of a certain num mabe of Life Me mberships; but as 
the success of the unc in some measure 
depend upon the vigour with w is undertaken, 
e t this may be effected by the — of th 
2 tle visitors * [s 1e — and a 
pos | 
ean 
the 
sioners — that the eee — be laid out an 
ecessary 
| and bje the risks they experienced at 
as an i tal garden accom- | Chiswick from storms, which had so materially affected 
panimen Traces, ea. de K., and with | their t "he Commissioners claimed a 
the additi oa a conservatory or winter Deia at the veto in management on the und that if the 
— wi. the a to be executed in ist the s with | Gardens did answer should not 
pla ns approv oved b e Commission ; whilst es |in the power f the Society to tum — to any use 
the Comwissone ers coul 
r | which netion such as 
Per * 
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& bein T eee | 
ze Gardens, v waaa 
narmonious who 
m afford a 
nstance, e they x were aw are Met 
ntle connected vita tig Horticultural Society 
pira ever "think of st "s thing: as to 
prevent the 8 2 such a 58 1 * 2 ted 
He 
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ig 
buildings that may be hereafter erected irn du 
of the 
and it is of n that the is should-not be in 
any way eir completion, if once determined 
ei» — ther 
general objects of the. —— - a 
hone Gardens against any ee 
at any eqs would next 
proceed to deseribe a pro qp of the Gardens 
om a dr te on which ve saw ie over the 
head. 
ecure e dee, 8 
en- Dr. Lindley th 
of these wor s0 intended 
estimate them, moiety or abis, ae. 2 in 3 th 
that sum of i en a necessary part of the plan, nor 
— Aste ee and oiety the cost of was it wie — ath n which they had to do, as it was 
Extend bo. tha- datina an s ania — the — D a. CE out. the grounds | not to be at the pone of the Horticultural . 
pon similar to ose mem- as before me inter- 
bers. the Council been inclined t ke t] Rp rm 
ject a —— commercial 3 and to place it in 
the h ands of a com , there 
+h 
obtained. But the Council felt that such a course 
ld Hh 
is little, doubt th rat suem 
Society 
aan ene portion. of the — - sce in 
a 
the plants 
it ee re prove a et ame traction, Mà then 
rang f uisite amoun t within 
pr - ti 
A Ls 
aH 
will on th part e at thes own | 
he former or san ive ay ee together with | 
and magnificent s 
terra ces, n nd 
1 Soth for —.— bbs and 
no dou 
of the Society ; nor would — support and 3 
e the Roy p sa Vinos of 1851 have been ex- 
ney speculati * 
therefore o profer te "tleir hopes of suecess in the 
and in the desire which will be Min 
ishment of a scheme 
bu: 
— 
whie 
was chartered; and thir € pre no doubt 
that their confidence in the support of the public will 
be justified by the result. 
to 
part of Chiswick Geode Gardens, 
mired to furnish decorativ 
at Kensi m Gore. 
keep up the experimental 
and also as much as may be 
ive plants for the new garden | 7 
th 
The noble Chairman, in opening the proceedings, 
to the dien of the — and the necessity 
its improvement, oing so 
rief recapitulation of the eyed: of the 
from its establishment. He referr 
which they w ere called 
to the — of 
and in d 
entered pe^ 
together, pan abaded 
- offer of tho 
to the par. allowed 
—— 
— necessarily prepa ratory to the la; 
ont of the Gardens. The Com 
in 
| — the best. 
from among them that oe which might be 
The arcades would be - feet high in in 
ess to them would be had by covered 
the clear, and acce 
rental on| A 
with necessary plants and materials 8 be able 
> - 80 "t in any — — 18 late € W 
other par e bus ae € 
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the Societ h year 
— is to say) — There shall be first deducted from the 
would be a — tiA = d 15 
W that this 1 n a great pn ti e 260. yt 
long. by 75 feet wide. It was not rap gas to = 2 
ne 
— 
respect of ex 
— 
but to confine it entirely to such plan 
EA in greenh onses, and only require shelter 5 ‘the 
eather. 
sible from walk n the ag of the 
arcades, while the "other ‘level, 20 feet Tower, would be 
e on any priucipal itl 
POW ed 
g con- 
nected by magnificent flights of stops. The groundao th the 
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to 
not a ing 50,0007., which may be borr 
Commission, and expended on works on the 
— of this ievest me the surplus receipts after ‘the 
1 a yo veg And if the surplus ex- 
ceeds th —.— a forth, equal to a moiety o 
the residue, VE pe od of regulating the amount | to 
of | effec 
ne 
races, and the visitor on entering the Darin 
from one level to another, each 
scription of plants growing on 
ted, as the wi 
m and Brompton Sopes wir 
Com ee gratos upon suc 
terms the plot of land in the vicinity of Kensington, | 
— thought that the — 5 — of such gare 
s those pro would effectually tend to resusci 
ix perso s shall be annually appointed, 
Š eee. oy "the Society and three by the Commission, such | 
With respect to ornamental 
that there should be a qu 
of * wi aterworks,” as | 
iu the * 
. — elsewhere. 
ite in 
bad bee 
Lindley, i3 — 
of w roposed should be done by the 
Socie 
Dr. Lindley ques the subject, by adverting to a 
communication having been made by the Council to 
mes a T a a e 
zw 5 pes 
Pere ae chairman to vote on 
oe i "d nality of votes to have a 
rs, beari 
e A 
e certain plants there.“ 
was half the zd 
ch was stated. With 8 i ae all 
s of the here, doubtless re plants 
t would er pev "— n » e noft =e — 
dern garden ‘ould d l 
out a indes d place 
they * 
I, = did yes believe 
— P be modified in n such manner as § 
Great room of the Society o of Arte, Adelphi, W.C., Londón. 
the 
ms above spied are 
aae 
e was eee Sev salad by 
grounds at Chiswick, giesa experimental 
rations m ight cepi ied on, and plants — for 
nt to — The continuance of some 
dor 
bei 
deemed necessary by th 
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