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APPOINTMENTS FOR, [HE THE ENSUING WEEK. 
ОКЕ 
Royal Horticultural Society : Council, 
апа Belentifie, Fruit, and Floral 
TUESDAY,  Jax.ll4 Committee 
National ova ‘Society : General Com- 
mittee Meeting. 
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12—Royal Microscopical Society, 
SHOW. 
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THURSDAY, Jax.13 Mid-Winter Show 
SALES, 
Roses, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Border 
: Plants, Bulbs, &e., at Stevens’ 
WEDNESDAY, Jan.12{ Rooms. 
. | 5000 Lilium auratum, Roses, Plants, 
, at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
: ; ET PEA 5000 Lili um and other Bulbs 
THURSDAY, Јах.134 from Тарап, Im Taparia Orchids, &c., 
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| Plants, Bulbs, &e., at Stevens" 
SATURDAY, Jan. 154 
ии Bulbs and Plants, at 
Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
To many of our older readers, the 
e ath 
'Tuo 
with feelings of oes for his nda of 
for his loss, and of gratitude for the mani- 
fold services he rendered to Horticulture and 
Bo То some of our newer friends, how- 
ever, ной a8 Moore will be little more n a 
name, as, for the last three or four years, he had 
incapacitated by failing health from taking 
HOMAS RE was born near Guildford, on 
инс - 1821. In early life he held, we believe, 
bordinate ions as a gardener, and 
Medicus served some time at Mr. FnAsEn's Lee 
afforded opportunity for Moorr to engage in 
other occupations, notably in the study of Ferns. 
It is probable that he is best known to the public 
at large by his numerous publications on Ferns, 
British and foreign. His labours in this depart- 
ment stimulated the growing taste for their cul- 
tivation, and were marked by infinite care and 
patience, so that his contributions to the history 
of Ferns will long possess very great value. It 
is however to be regretted that his very useful 
dex Filicum was never completed. But 
‘ern: no means monopolised Moore's 
attention ; on the contrary, there were 
few men, perhaps none, who had a more 
pe 
thorough acquaintance with garden plants, nor 
was this knowledge confined to their botanical 
pe e was an ardent florist, versed in all the 
minutis of the florists’ art, and in full sympathy 
with their aims. 
Although his own work as a practical а 
was latterly necessarily limited e circum- 
stances under which he was placed, few men were 
more колду, versed i in the art, and, 88 а соп- 
sequen 
e, 
for dace years as а judge, not only of his own 
specialties of florists' flowers and Ferns, but also 
of all descriptions of plants and fruits. The wide 
нает {а of his knowledge, his papel and the 
ess of his judgment, gave great value to 
or ire and his лгу on the subject are 
as canonical. In the organisation ап 
£g 
n 
doubt in great measure attributable to his inval- 
uable services as one of the Secretaries. At this 
time the work he effected was little other than 
prodigious, but all was done quietly, without То» 
and apparently толош effort. For 
he was either Secretary to the Floral Comm ittee, 
or Floral ‚шулы of the Royal Horticuliural 
Society, " which capacity he took a share in the 
nt of the garden at Chiswick. As for 
society started, MoonE was the man w 
lion's share of the work, usually without thought 
of fee or reward, but simply from genuine love of 
and а pei to be useful, and hence 
ustee of the Lindley 
Library, of the Veitch Memorial, and other 
similar offices, 
For several years, Mr. MOORE. was connected 
with the editorial department of this Journal, 
first as the assistant of Dr. LINDLEY, and later as a 
colleague of the present Editor. This appoint- 
ment brought him into relation with gardeners 
and botanists of all degrees, and gave him a grasp 
of horticultural knowledge and requirements 
beyond what falls to the share of most men. Of 
his services to this journal we cannot speak too 
highly, nor can we over-estimate the value of his 
loyal co-operation and support as a friend and 
кета е. For many years the Editors were acting 
conjointly, b and this 
was the case also in other matters where "the two 
men were jointly employed, as in the preparation 
of the Treasury of Botany and of the Epitome of 
Gardening, in both of which, however, Moonx 
took much the larger part, uuo. i 
to revert to his literary activ 
enough already to dem what е 
of — he led, but we have not mentioned 
the Florist and Pomologist, the last-named a 
recently discont emet Besides these he edited | 
the revised edition of THompson’s Gardeners 
Assistant, shes jointly with the present 
writer the article * Horticulture" to the Ew | 
clopedia Britannica, and which was afterwards | 
expanded into the Epitome of Gardening. To the | 
last he was asssociated with Mr. WARNER and 
Mr. В. S. WirLiaws in the editing of the Orchid | 
Album, and it is only last week that we had to 
chronicle Mr. Moorn’s services to the National | - 
Dahlia Show at the Crystal Palace. So thatit | 
may well be said of him that though, of late, 
owing to impaired health, he has withdrawn io | 
some extent from — labours s, he nevertheless | 
died in harness : 
Of all the successors of PHILIP MILLER i in the 
direction of the old Ch 
T RU P 
on publie grounds it is but just to make. : 
In spite of the unfavourable weather on Wed- 
e 
friends stood beside his tom : 
Cemetery to testify by their presence their sym- 
pathy with the survivors, their grateful appre- 
ciation of his labours, and their sense of his value 
as a friend and a colleague. 
INTERNATIONAL OF 1866.— The death р.‏ ی س 
nomas Moors recalls the Great International }‏ 
Horta Exhibition of 1866, and the names of‏ 
mbers of the Executive Committee whocarriel |.‏ 
iin stupendous show.‏ ج 
of them have i over to the лага These‏ 
include Sir С. Ww. р у Жи; Chairman ; Mr. J E:‏ 
J. Blandy, h ‚ See mann, "for some —‏ 
time the Secre‏ 
John Standish, John Fleming, John Gibson, Thome | 
sborn, Charles Edmonds, ert Fortune, 
Thomas Moore. Of those that survive there are x 
D. Cooper, Bart., Treasurer ; Dr. Masters, Botani 2 
Congress Secretary, and Editor of the Report of 
Proceedings; Dr. Ho neral Secretary ; Pre 
cas Bontley, and Messrs. William Paul, John Lee, 
ei 
d 
tary, , making tw enty -four in м; and of the long row% | 
acted # 
judges, how many dave passed away in tait] 
yea rs! 
-— “THE ROSARIANS' YEAR Воок.”— 
perpetuals are perpetually increasing. It ope 
a sympathetic account of the labours en Mr. P, Geosat 
Prince, “the Prince of Teas,” a who rende! 
so дин. e — by his ae gig of the 
dlings as . When one considers that 
budded on this stock have ar 
of a far superior quality, and кема to tap ас 
be wondered А, їп йе result. 
the Orange Fungus, but his account. of the life 
of the неее is not very encouraging, OF 
it goes to show that the калыу must be € 
vented in воще way rather th. fronted. 
writers have their say on the jugs subject. 
comes а summa he events of е уеаг. 
Editor prophesies M ер ofthe Man 
€ it erm i m 
anted. Mr 
essful. Mr. Maw ey, as 
