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GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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Camellias and Indian Azaleas with Buds. 
ШАН СЕЕКТ, рвати е, 
begs to intimate that he has on han e | 
ready for gemia 
INDIAN. AZALEA 
CA 
MELLIAS, at cien dong £8, 1o, to fn] per тоо. 
d with b ach. 
Early тааз are respectfully саке for theabove. Reference 
ўа, A. VAN Gunn's. GENERAL CATALOGUE, com- 
New an 
m Ms ve and Greenhouse Plants, Palms, Orchids, Azaleas, 
Camellias, Rhododendrons, Conifera, &c., will be forwarded to 
the usual customers, and to all а pplicants as well. 
Agents in London, Messrs. E SILBERRAD AND SON, 
5, Harp Lane, Great "Tower Street, Е.С, 
THE KNAP HILL OYPRESS, 
Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis. 
ANTHONY WATERER 
Will be happy to supply beautiful speci- 
mens of this famous hardy Evergreen, at the 
following prices :— 
3 feet high, 2 crue in et ae ав рег doz 
Р et do. duet 
4 feet high, 3 t a doz, 
ipn high, 4 ею 6 ft. GC cm 215, = 
6 and 7 feet high, ы апа 8ft. do e^ to du 6d. 
No cuttings hav ere enean to, 
е bee from plants he 
which are simply pare in PUER вА splendidly rooted. 
THE LAWSON NURSERIES, 
Evergreen Shrubs for Present Planting. 
Rhododendrons, Ivies in Pots, &c., &c. 
Hothouse, Greenhouse, and Bedding-out Plants 
n ‘ 
SUPERBA — several des 
which some magnificent specimens, perhaps 
Бык. ever imported, 
CLEMATISES in POTS—a large Collection of 
all the leading varieties, including the — flowers 
raised by I. Anderson-Henry, Esq., Henryi, 
к 
wsoniana, үс meiana ; тоз. 64. Desi зм 
CATALOGUES ON APPLICA TION. 
The Lawson Seed 1 and, Nursery Company 
106, SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, 
AND EDINBURGH. 
NEW RHODODENDRONS. 
BIANCHI биш DNE "rrr jos а da oe to 
and g 
CAPTAIN WEBB. Rich deep. Take, Leo 
ap on ats -— pe truss large and good 
de variety, om. one rii Ev hest and кы, 
offe 
PADY Nb Hs e, бону marked vi d Ep 
attractive and distin 
MRS: MOORGE. BROWN. Bright. Tur piak, 
ed, apum ки Фан wh chocolate blotc xm 
pr petal, icc anos y a white spot ; а white ; 
MS d and habit good; a very pleasing and distinct 
compact 
WILLIAM MILTON.—Fine dark crimson, 
distinct black blotch on upper petal ; truss large 
and good; UR = free-growing variety, with ‘dark green 
lanceolate folia, 
&@ The above Rhododendrons iei recommen vis. белсе 
n ic Several seasons can be confidently 
as reall ai om and bardy еъ arietie 
combising oe loss quali ties most аъ іп oming vari attractive 
class of plan ts, viz, vigour o good hab 
€ ge, а and peers blooming, They are now fad in 
um size, 
s. 44 45. the set. 
ad size, ege don py foot .. £6 6s. the set. 
3d size, bushy, 134 to 2 +» £8 8s. the set. 
The usual o" to the Trade. 
MAURICE YOUN 
G, 
MILFORD NURSERIES, near GODALMING, SURREY. 
Ам ач we of и еса CAMELLIAS d 
f constitution, and 
good 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1875. 
THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
dors Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, 
whose auspices the grand fruit 
show tds te een this week held in Edinburgh, 
dates its origin from the year 1809, when a 
mber of individuals associated themselves 
e by suggesting subjects 
for competition among practical gardeners, and 
distributing rewards for the best specimens of 
produce exhibited, or the best modes of culture 
pursued in the various departments of horticul- 
ture, also in the reading of es ge {зе лик by 
practical horticulturists on all g ing sub- 
jects. er meetings, held ponis took place 
in the 
deners. The Society pele incorporated under 
royal charter during the year 1824, when great 
interest seems to have been taken in its wel- 
fare. Many new plants, seeds, and grafts were 
presented to the Society, and as th 
generally placed in the hands of practical 
gardeners for cultivation and afterwards to 
report on them, As such subjects accumulated 
rapidly it was felt by many of the most active 
and experienced members that in order to keep 
pace на the rapid improvements of the science 
as wellas the practice of horticulture, and to 
acquire specimens of all the new EE pro- 
from almost all parts of the жой а , garden 
was indispensable, and to be under the imme- 
diate patronage and direction of the Soc 
not only as a depository for suc 
seeds, &c., as the сонау might procure, but for 
rial of new methods in the € and 
management of those already kno Man 
members of the Society prier ped зер! 
twenty guineas each to raise a fund 
establishment of е i а garden, and іп үр 
eue ect they were liberally supported by many 
eurs of horticulture iie over Scotland, 
In this way, and by vance from the 
funds of the иса: $ sum amounting to 
4000 was soon raised, and piece ad 
the south side of the Royal Botanic Carter 
i have pur- 
exhausted these funds, and therefore application 
was made to Government to make the purchase 
and to let the land to the Society at a fixed 
annual rent. This rent amounted to £140 
a year, and left the annual subscription fund 
free to be applied in enclosing and laying out 
the ground, raising the necessary buildings, and 
in stocking the garden. Until the year 1849 the 
Society went on successfully, b g numerous 
ho clearing the way, and always keeping 
outofdebt. During 1854 debtbegan to accumu- 
late, and notwithstanding that the efforts of the 
Council were constantly directed to reduce the 
expenses of management and labour, the funds 
of the Society gradually became unequal to 
bear the annual rent in addition to the neces- 
sary charges of keeping up the garden. Appli- 
cation for relief was accordingly made to the 
Lords of the Treasury, an nd it was answered, 
that although a remission of rent could not be 
conceded, yet that a grant of £200 per annum, | 
о be paid out of the money at the disposal ed 
x *'Trustees for the Manufactures, &c., fo 
and as a pugil could not be on, a 
meeting of the existing p members 
took place, and eted i in offering the grounds 
up 
years the garden was in 
nothing definite having been arrange 
etri. hesap negotiations were going 
At last a sum of £2000 was given for the 
buildings. which enabled the Society to pay up 
the outstanding rent then due to the Exchequer, 
while the sale of the pot plants and movables 
was sufficient to pay the other garden expenses 
which had been incurred. 
After the relinquishing of the Society’s lease, 
the ground, in 1867, by special arrangement, 
and notwith- 
ME the extent of ore occupied, it is 
still me E for the purpose of developing the 
specimens as they ought to be. The trees were 
mostly lifted when of ine size, and are all quite 
capable of being removed again,if donesoon, and 
if any part of the adjoining unoccupied Jands 
(of which many acres at present exist) should be 
added to the garden, 
land should be leased for building purposes, the 
arden will sooner or later 
become deteriorated p" the growtl 
which the garden is at present famous), and its 
re 
poses, the atmosphere of the garde 
preserved, and it would prove useful for cultural 
purposes during several hundred years to come. 
e Edinburgh Horticultural Society was 
н during the year 1858. On the termina- 
tion of the old Pathan Caledonian Horticultural 
Society, the 
and received all the mint ite-books, with a sum of 
money which remained over after all debts were 
paid. hampered with a garden, the new 
Society is now going m prosperous Ls hol 
exhibitions independent Жепет 
years the old Caledonian Horticu 
EH — À 
| was very fortunate with i i 
wat latterly they proved a pm owing to the 
requency of wet days, and were ultimately dis- 
continued, 
The first President of the Society, in 1809, 
was His Grace Alexander, Duke of Gordon, 
followed by Sir James Hall, Bart., of Dunglass, 
a celebrated MUE as afterwards by 
Charles William Henry, Duke of Buc- 
cleuch, and next by the ree ‘Earl of Dunmore. 
During 1832 the present Duke of Buccleuch 
was elected President, and has continued to be 
ce. 
took place i an ha 
office till his death, September a ne no in 
June, 1843, Dr. Neill (having by this time ob- 
tained the title of LL.D.), received a handsome 
testimonial, subscribed for by 600 Scotch prac- 
tical gardeners, for zealous and long-continued 
devotion of his time and talents to эн cause of 
horticulture. About the same a marble 
bust by Steele was presented to him by the 
