48 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[JULY 10, 1875, 
could eee ee rare А 
were 
a 
Any + ot duel ould pull mesa 
uarrels, but they all sh t 
pon endeavour to retrieve the almost broken fortunes of 
the Society. 
Mr. MACKENZIE said that he —_— үт one ought 
tibt diced oo Ры t of th o had not 
a perfect knowledge of чебин а that 
in the selection of their future President that would be 
borne in mind. With respect to the | Royal Commis- 
— г 
way in opposition to 
ociety. The great thing was 
Oe - 
HIRLEY HIBBERD rose to move a resolution, 
меч dl a Lees deal of interruption and confusion 
med his 
UILTER reminded the Chair and other 
ey had desired 
matter, 
RMAN : Notatall We did nothing of 
: Oh, yes. You stated that as men 
the , something 
done to place our Society upon a sound and firm 
The CHAIRMAN : I shall ask the ing now to 
— the accusation brought against us, and if the 
eeting does so I shall be prepared to answer it. 
ie SHIRLEY HIBBERD said he rose to move that 
Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart, Mr. 
and Mr 
a many intelligent men w d 
be well placed upon the Counci 
to remind them e gentl 
resolution had been the ey acceded to 
ce, loyally supported by the Fellows of the Soci 
There could be no doubt thatto those gentlemen th 
en piven most loyal sup that t 
ЕД; Е, Gopson asked whether those gentlemen 
who ven in their resignations were now members 
of the ede not? 
. Mr. SHIRLEY Ита formally moved his resolu- 
on. 
Mr. BRAGGE, Birmingham, said he had great 
the resolution of Mr. Hibberd, 
gentlemen had completed 
did not stay in office, 
in promoting horticulture in the midland counties. 
The CHAIRMAN said that there could be no doubt 
pene the fact of his three my 
their ions. uld be remem 
bered that at pe last meeting he stated that another 
called for the f 
— not 
ing, but, at the 
Б in which 
scm, arem in themselves, 
REI not appointed accordi pro r, because 
the "dE thing should 1 have Peen s submitted 
kA i Without saying a — word 
minated, 
Y - thought it "à highly 
ould be submitted for 
з 
i 
sad үс чфыг" upo! 
сэй гче hat 1 “ny ama 
the general disc 
ha 
but some allowance for gentlemen 
who went =. = Council and devoted their whole 
time PE its busi 
W. A. qe Will you allow me to call 
айба to the fact —— 
The CHAIRMAN: zn I wil not. Do you sit 
down, sir. If you want to make a speech you can do 
so afterwards. 
The CHAIRMAN then said he would cher the meeting 
why he and his friends E 
Council. It was because the Council 1 was 
composed of horticulturists. [Uproar.] 
very possible that every section of the Council ba 
be filled 2 by horticulturists. Не was 
ery member of the Cui. should be 
a зы ода i but that should not be done until the 
to pieces. He 
would be placed in a good and so 
had now —- to aee hod — 
Tees and that of Sir Costi 
ook farewell of the Society in 
osen 
Admiral Hornby said he had come to the Council, 
and had found no cliqueism in its ee He 
an active for 
за 0 yet they all wished to see the — pie 
upon a sound footing, so that the science of horticul- 
at Council would say 
he did not firmly astare; 
without attached t 
ere 
without any other object ia 
tion of the interests Society. In 
that had been said e believed there was a 
iety, and that they no 
He felt perfectly certain 
Roma С Sewer actuated b 
four years, eo obtained man vis Pom 
he е the Society short of funds, 
ainst 
Mr. ЗНЯВ HUME, repudiated the idea of 
a nominee of the horticultural or any other 
in the Society. He denied also that he and 
is friends were obstructives. No doubt they 
had failed in their mission, simply because they 
had come to terms with 
Her Majestys Commissioners. The Council had 
— intended not to рну the prize money, and tbey 
rather sur ve received a back-handed 
мт which forced iui into the County Court. 
not they coul 
М E KELLOCK smid that they had put upon 
nce (who declined on nite 
the Cou 
" of ill зе, Mi С=с Admiral Horn 
r that, when he was asked to 
take a seat upon the Council, he was told 
v uld be a iro Е horticulture. He had done what 
ty, t 
i 
Garden entirely for South Kensingtonians, and t 
the horticultural world should know nothing about 
em. Howe that was not the ral feeli 
the Council he denounced such a policy as 
The policy of ury 
preponderated the Council would not 
mei its difficulties. 
OWNALL rose to ask whether they "e ee 
to es up the whole proceedings of the Cou 6: 
— uy "43 to do now was to del. w h the 
Lord МУЛ» CHURCHILL : I beg to move а vote 
of thanks to ury and I other gentlemen who 
have tendered their 
The CHAIRMAN : I do not n Me a vote of thanks 
should to us, and I will not accept a vote 
of наи shape of au nit. [Loud cries 
of “ 
Mr. PINCHES said it was not really the fault " 
those gentlemen who had retired that they had n 
successful, Sure Bury and "he ms 
iven a great deal of valuable time to 
the Society, and he was not out of 
place now in proposing a vote of thanks to the 
Chairman. 
Mr. GUEDALLA seconded the motion, which was 
carried, and the proceedings terminated. 
корсе had 
usiness 
Midland aes Grand Horticultural Ex- 
worthily combines a display o 
with various harmless amusements, such as the dense 
population of smoky Birmingham know how to appre- 
ciate. The present exhibition is one of a pro 
ed for the benefit of the ней institutions, 
year the Birmingham and Mid Institute, 
nic e was established to provide scien аме instruction 
for the artisan e to ig 
hood, by means of den: scientific instruction, 
cterised by the песие апа — = its 
stove and house ring p 
ks of Roses, very raped display 
of fruits and vege 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. —In the class 
for sixteen Messrs, E. Cole & Sons, of Me me 
mr ime J. Cypher, of Cheltenham, too 
er 
Hendersoni pe hoeno- 
coma prolifera, fresh and ад a t ы feet oes and 
much across ; a well-bloo 
feet ; жың ue 
Cypher had Allamanda Мы em а free-flowering, 
highly-coloure ured sort, not sufficientl wn ; Com- 
bretum purpureum and гае ѕресіеѕ each about 
in ood Allamanda nobilis, its 
wes deep selon san. P uite eclipsing those of i 
companion, i end erscn ; Bougain villea glabra; 
o J. Spode, 
Esq., editi "Park, poems i); "И ECL 
Fem Lawn, Cheltenham. e Mr. P gr. to J. 
per E. Parmentieriana rosea. 
ad utifully-flo Phoenocoma, 4 feet over and 
about 24 feet high; Anthurium Scherzerianum, with 
about sixty s элет 2 little past its best; a 
Stephanotis | aman поме tulipiferum, 
beau- 
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