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tables which they bave thus afforded. The very high 
arent in most of the collections, and the 
very lose "n. even exciting competition 
prize, must t have given the Messrs. Carter a great deal 
s ана аѕ ‘it certainly did the visitors 5 F vox it isa 
t liberality 
should have met with such an abundant r е 
It is unfortunate that at the 8 ерт os at et 
a precedent should m set of allowing ex- 
hibitors to stage mo an the s stipulated variety rof 
r three 
at we 
ulton, 4th. We may state 
of things staged all round, that Mr 
i ollo 
tion contained TE varieties 
Carters Early m, Laxton's Р Fillbasket, 
G. ilson, James' Prolific, abd Carter’s Com- 
mander-in- Chief new Mammoth Longpod Bean, 
he Hedsor Bean, Carter's White Advancer French 
Bean, and a splendid sample of the Cri lageo- 
let Bean ; Covent Garden White Cos Lettuce, Aspa- 
gus, Mush s, Bailey’s Selec Cauliflower, 
White тарен Onions, James M diate Ca 
ots, American Strap-leaved Turnip, Mona's Pride 
Potatos, Solid White Celery, Pem d Parsley, and 
the Little Heath Melon, &c. men have worked 
harder than Mr. Gilbert to infuse enthusiasm into 
such a common-place subject as ulture of vege- 
tables, and we heartily congratulate him on his 
success 
Messrs Carter & Co. also offered prizes for six 
dishes of Peas, so to show =- the competition was a 
popular о one it m ned that there were six 
competitors, the production of pem being of a very нет 
Мг. Cro 
order of m m serit The Ist prize went ro 
о J. B. Lousada, Esq., Sidmouth, who h вы 
did samples of m: › Proli rrow, Laxton's 
Hundred fold, Wilson, Com- 
ief, M " 
С. 
and Laxton's Omega. 
Pragnell was 2d. 
Messrs, Sutton & Sons’ —_— for "s La of Peas 
brought out four competitors, nell came 
in Ist, with well fill иа Е Є Никей, Сош- 
i f E 
H. Elliott, des р J. Hibbert, Esq., Braywi 
Maidenhead, a very good samples 
sere Son also offered four prizes for any 
rts, "There was 
cases, and e: ча чысы for the six dishes, in — there 
were e — dee iles, gr. to & 
rington Ist, fine vam les of 
Раа, very m 
"supplant "Superi William 
Hogg. Laxton's No. І; and Mr. 
to J. B. «n hic: Ms: 5 2d, "with Su 
Dr. Hogg, Pochi Fillbasket, Laxton's 
9. I, and Uni The —— exhibitor also 
took = шщ prizes in the classes for the best dozen 
ogg, Lxx ton's Ae T mega, and 
liens Dé ‘First; Mr. Gilbert being Ist with Sup- 
planter, Mr. Chard with Fillbasket, ini Me. Miles 
| with сев 
ongst miscellaneous subjects we may mentio: 
a ea and eile, well grown collection of Let- 
= m Messrs. Carter & Co. 
kir CoMMITTEE.—Dr, Denny = 2 chair. 
First-class Certificates were awarded Me 
essrs, J. and - Lee, 
Coltoni and B. Rodwelli ; ; bé кч 
orange-scarlet, and 
с хеш 
ue маму "n. ma: y ked cvs 
$ dæ; 
Alium. 
L Browni, 1. E cana L. canadense, and its 
gh, Duke of 
Em 
variety flavum. The thanks of the committee were 
Bateman for a cut spike of Liliu 
s, gr. hitbou S 
fot в a tut Pike of Cattleya Hak excedingly Petit 
ызын г; andto Mr. К.Т. Vei of Exet 
fora ye uot Nertera depressa. Seed ling Pelar” 
vertes were shown by Mr. Georgeand Mr. Lax 
T COMMITTEE.—Henry Webb, Esq., in ihe 
ae om the Society’s garden at Chiswick Mr. 
teen varieties = Currants, and samples 
much superior ғыт to 
the Early Sulphur. Te . Dean, Ealing, sent 
sam 
FRU 
chair. 
— sent 
market gardener, i 
of the Monarch Gooseberr 91 w the 
fe prow ср Уе the trees are bearing Qs ain. 
e quantity of this nuo and his 
на, S all eoe ы e literally loaded with fruit. It is a 
large hairy Dg Feed, of good quality, and, having a 
tough skin, of the very best for market work 
said not to touch it, from what 
illiam Paul, Waltham 
at Chiswic 2 pos 
bearing hab A. dish of Early ra ier Peaches was 
brought by ? Mr. o ud gr., Wycombe Abbey. This 
is perhaps the ше Реасһ җы dt the specimens 
own were ripe on the open wall, and on a tree that 
had e been Мале, on July 5. А vote of thanks 
arded. 
A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Fellows 
of the Royal Horticultural Society was held on 
i with the requisition which 
number of the Gar- 
on k the chair, 
there very full attendance of the Fellows. 
The Feeding Secretary read the advertisement calling 
the meeting, a was about to read the minutes 
of the last турра when— 
The CHAIRMAN said : t your смес that 
the minutes of the last кА өз i se taken as read ? 
etim FELLOWS : Yes, taken as find. 
5 oa Гот. can you me these 
Ais as being rea 
Mr. BRAGGE (Bina eig “protested Josten the 
g minutes, this being a special meeting, 
called for a ae purpose 
The subject was dropped, after a short discussion, 
= then— 
he анна said that the meeting had really 
iem con to consider the conduct of Lor vi Bury 
(himself), Sir Co utts Lindsay, Mr. Bonamy ee, 
and M me with respect d - non-completion n of 
their sesiptiations: Now, he was quite sure all these 
m least, he. слага speak he himself— 
would listen depend де у (ширк bu h had to be 
brought against t sam of course, he 
should reserve for himself and for his friends the PM 
of reply to anything which might be said. No doubt 
m and som 
Now, with t to that, he begged to 
that ‘explanation на been offered to eres which 
had removed that impression from his + The 
ou 
Mr. EARSON 
MÀ зам he af 120 m 
esent at the meeting, and, as а онамо he 
was never more surprised i in his life thanto see his lord- 
He thought, as others s with hin 
position 
thought, that his lordship had з 
ы» of Council. In A he. and bis bis friends 
considered the chairman was 
at 
Certainly not. 
, I thought. pus Bury had 
esigned, ree other members of Council 
had resigned. If I am wrong correct Y. but really 
I thought. Lord Bury Ге” vacated that chair, and that 
of the Council would have taken it 
fact was this—Lord 
Did Lord Bury 
sema 
stopped the way. 
ik after publicly giving up his that he was 
to take that chair again? - 
a. 
Mr. S. Н. Gopson : Unless the gentleman con. 
cludes with a motion, I object to him saying anything 
more. 
Mr. BATEMAN said he was sorry to anticipate the 
speech of the gentleman who had been addressing the 
meeting, but he could now simply say that he thought 
the noble lord in thes air was going to speak of the 
P: of iege and his cotiespus which ha 
and, than that, to ex inn p why 
those resignations kad. - been — e had 
no idea t explanations the noble lord had ad offer, 
but of one aee he felt certain, ga that was that the 
crisis in the interests of the Royal Horticul tural 
were in the agony o tiie eg crisis, but the qu 
as, what were they to What was the state of 
their Society? It was i tween the 
d the R d h 
some of his colleagues. possi 
more depressing than walking through the gardens of 
the Society. ow much easier it was to destroy than 
о create. Nothing could be more painful than to 
ори. the present Wednesday's meetings with the 
form 
The б, AN : The meeting appears to be under 
a great misa apprebension—that i is, that T and my three 
colleagues do not intend to resign, That is a great 
mistake, i 
A FEL 
The CHAIRMAN: When you have т ‘talking I 
will tell you 
Another FELLOW : Is there any resolution before 
the meeting 
The CHAIRMAN: Well, the soe of my 
n the chair and his colleagues, is 
lordship rad gy no doubt, exercise very great influence 
with respect to the negotiations with Her Majesty's 
gigs ама He distinctly told them yu if they 
did not keep those oyal 
his lordship i 
ELLOW: We Mg my lord, to receive 
the UAM of Tem President ‘and other members of 
the Con cil, 
Tus DALLA : I came here to ask you—I being 
o ch practical experi 
public мй ар e to пак the "Society, but stick to 
the helm 
At this point much interruption ensued from a 
al altercation between Mr, Li 
h 
so Басаева а erat sd 
breach of eace seemed imminent, On 
quillity peng restore 
The ees said that there was really no busi- 
e meeting but the one, and was to 
consider 6 аа ct o Bury and es, 
wh ignations 
were before ihe T Fellows, but the resignations were not 
complete 
A yu c : When will they be completed ? 
The СИТЕ МАМ: Those who called this meeting 
* Lord Alfred Churchill, L wen uld 
w. 
еп vie i in very 
to £6000. 
at ОЕ іне his lordship in rus pier had been 
through tha 
. made the cats Ardea i t 
| ги мүнө oy oem з=н 
t 
e еа into 
"le 
A letter from the 
e Кешыр: c conduct was 
so violent tat he hal to retire. e e report 
not true. He had signed the requisition for call- 
ing ine meeting, because he thought it was one which 
it was his duty to 
J. VEiTCH said that early ш. Jone Ше the 
houl 
і his i EU p 
