FEBRUARY 5, 1887 T 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
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The Royal Albert Hall Corporation agree to give 
_ the Royal Horticultural Society :— 
e Kepi: use eni ipn; conservatory for fortnightly 
other 
@) урей for the Lindley Library 
bito s of the hers ntific, Fruit, 
Floral, and other Committe 
(с) Ac AN for the Society's office and 
(4) Admission to the Royal Horticultural Gar- 
dens every day, and to the Royal Albert Hall 
(unreserved seats) whenever open to the 
publie. | 
oyal Horticultural Society undertake the 
3 Жансын (but not the structural) maintenance 
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. Albert Hall Corporation. 
of the conservatory, and of such limited portions of 
a 
i ti Hon. and that the Society 
e no ает whatever with the musical 
or other entertainments contemplated by the Royal 
The latter body have 
intimated that at present they are not 
give the Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society 
—. transferable tickets 
THE LIYERPOOL SHOW. 
It will be observed that there is a considerable 
Liverpool in the summer, the small at ance at 
which was due, in part, to the general election which 
took place at the same time was d that 
the counter attraction of the Liverpool International 
4 Shipping Exhibition affected the attendance very 
` issued to the Fellows, in conse que any 
. notices of resignation were энн re the Council. 
1 for critical mca rer n 
: i took 
` exhibitors who filled every class at this exhibition. 
'The Council cannot pass from this subject without 
towards the expenses of the s 
At the commencement of the year the Society 
laboured under the great disadvantage of being 
deprived by the Royal Commissioners of the Colonial 
and Indian Exhibition of the t rmi tickets 
of which m 
THE CONFERENCES. 
The Narcissus Committee, in continuation of its 
E: previous work, held during the past year three meet- 
at which a large number of very interesting 
ous 
m and from abroad, were submitted 
i Severa latón dis- 
in 
a Ege 
wee FASS 
hibition of a unique and most interesting character. 
The Society is also indebted to those botanists on 
the Continent, in Canada, and in India, who, by the 
transmission of ers living plants, Ar and 
documents of various kinds, P ibute the suc- 
cess of the Exhibition а nd Conference. 
The Conference itself was d attended, the in- 
report of the алан and of t 
dps n a рене 
species (drawn y Mr. Dewar, of the Royal Gar- 
deus, Kew, and revised by Mr C. CHURCHILL), 
and various documents relating to кё анн 
history and mode of cultivation of t 
Primula, has ctia recently published "e ice 
among the Fellow 
During the wee e of the provincial show at Liver- 
menclature was held. 
France, and by Messrs. PyxaerrT and VAN 
on that of Belgium. The proceedings have been pub- 
lished in the Journal of the Society, and circulated 
among the Fellows and others interested. 
At the e time a series of prizes for essays on 
the “ Strnctm ure and Function of Roots,” given by the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, were distributed by the Pre- 
sident, the second prize мат cues by one of the 
Society's gardeners at Chiswic 
CHISWICK. 
The practical work at Chiswick has been carried 
out during the past year in the usual suus. and 
the ager maintained in a state of efficien 
he special trials by the various ae 
i ough not so in some m years, 
have yielded dod results. t Committee 
trials consisted of Potatos, Peas, RANA and 
Tomatos grown at кич pp in each class several 
Meuse I awarded. 
A col n of cie smaller and hardier high- 
flavoured aa together with a number of Ameri- 
can varieties, planted in an unheated house two хен 
ago, have fruited during the ana season, and so 
interesting notes have been obtai 
'The trials of the Floral Committee were also con- 
ctions of 
ion 
ders forthe inspection 
and epus of the Салыб, 
taken during the early part of the year 
Chiswick extensive experiments for 
being obtained and plants raised of nearly eve 
known variety. Owing, however, to the difficulties 
raised by the Excise authorities, these had to be 
abandoned. 
Tur INDo-COLONIAL EXHIBITION. 
At the request of the Royal Commissioners of the 
ае doc Indian Exhibition, the Society last 
hard et charge б the plants sent home by the 
ad Colle and prepared them for the Exhibi- 
don. "Th s important and burdensome hem Was 
carried out with complete success. whole of 
the plants were placed in و‎ Exhibition in perfect 
health, and maintained vigorous ovem 
during the Exhibition, dide dé care of d 
ner work  necessar = occupied a rabie 
room and interfered with A preme 
ick rk of the Chiswick ак 
A correspondence was entered into with the 
—ÁÁ of the Colonial едт тиринин Exhibi- 
tion with rganisi connection with it 
special olio codi of tropical pen iieri economic 
lan ч as special groups illustrative of the 
с ic vegetation of the several t. It 
was also suggested that an Ho be 
made to introduce on а commercial scale tropical 
and other colonial fruits, little замы to fruit 
consumers in England. The Commissioners were 
unable to accept iis proposals of the Counoil, as it 
was 
Commissions should arrange their own 
As regards fruit, however, the Council believe that 
in consequence of their suggestions, energetic efforts 
were made by the rae ae to send their fruits to the 
Exhibition. At ma 
formed a very «лор feature. 
of colonial fruits now bids LE to become a perma 
nent commercial enterpris 
DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS, ETC. 
Applications from Fellows for plants, seeds, &c., 
continue to be received. During the past year 825 
resent system 
lint satisfactory. of late years 
A of ordinary flower and vegetable 
seeds, such as are procurable from the trade, have 
been prepared and distributed, The Council hope 
o arrange in future for the distribution of plants 
and seeds of a rarer and more valuable character. 
They are glad E announce that, in addition to those 
they will be able to grow at Chiswick, they have 
received dose of rio md seeds for distribution 
from Sir WILL LEE, 
c Henry SCHRODER, тез я MICHAEL Ёоѕтев, 
. S. Сосвтлоір, Royal Gardens, Kew (through 
Ww. d. "Trai von Dyer), Colonel Верроме, Hon, 
and Rev. J. T. Boscawen, Mr. i F. ILSON, 
Colonel R. Trevor Стлвке, and Major Masox. 
the quantities of some of the дт available must 
necessarily be limited, special -—- ts will 
have to be made for their distribution 
ther e, 
It is satisfactory to note that the Fellows now 
exercise their DL of purchasing, at wholesale 
prices, the fruits miim Society's gardens, to 
а greater extent а pert 
The Frost Report on кы pn 1879-80 and 
1880-81, by the Rev. G. Henstow, and the Report of 
the Pear Conference held at Chiswitk in October, 
1884, prepared by Mr. Barron in the same style as 
the Apple Congress Report, will shortly be issued, 
THE COMMITTEES AND EXHIBITIONS, 
Scientific, Fruit, and Floral ару кы at 
South Kensington have carried on their la 
usual during the year, and to them the thinks of the 
Society are due. A great variety of extremely in- 
teresting | new plants and eed ave been submitted 
of First-class Certi- 
The exhibitions held in the conservatory 
ear have been throughout of . чу ҮЛ: 
Rose Society's Show in July, that of cottagers’ pro- 
pes in September, of hardy 
display of fu Gladioli, he 
hardy plants, was 4 orti by several nurserymen, 
and attracted much intere 
A т feature in 1886 was the collection of 
Orchids ower shown by Mr. SANDER, St. 
Albans, ius the auspices of the ча in а plant- 
house specially constructed for The 
plants were continually ni BA. an effective 
display was maintained without a break until late in 
t This collection, as well as those re- 
ferred to above, created great interest, so neg so 
that it was frequently difficult to get near 
Council desire to point out that "e fort- 
nightly meetings of the Society are becoming more 
and more the recognised occasions for the intro- 
duction of new plants to the MS 'They believe 
that for many years the finest and most beautiful, as 
well as the most curious, horticultural novelties, 
whether of natural or artificial origin, have been 
first seen publicly at these meetings, 
