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is of a good colour, and тнр not grow to 
; but my plantation of them this year is com- 
ima | posed of all ‘rogues ”—not one i and not -~ ^ 
tof | to cut, whilst Backhouse’s are coming in 
also have cut so ome. Thos, Wynne, Great Hemsby Hu 
ould ! (ш pe 
а Tomtits, —Can any of your readers give ay dt 
ab. for ie, congregation of these birds into flocks this 
in Thi ош; IO o'clock, just bee 
lucts the н pay ante ‚оп the Chest- 
lent, ts and Limes growing around our ice-house over 
He 150, and many more w flying about from tree t 
ting tree—1 should think in all over 200. ave often 
nus | seen from twelve S pta together, but we hav 
says | never before’ seen any as on - occasion, 
own y Lane, Pyrgo Park pee Nov. 2 
- The Horticultural Association of the Future 
кш (see р. 690). —In examining the principles upon which 
pe a horticultural A acta ought to be founded, and 
bnt theintentions by which its мйне, гй should be actuated, 
the we cannot d than to t asis for our 
the observations the early part of the career of the Royal 
td Horticultural Society of Lon which, 
"E h it has unhappily veo to realise, perma- 
uS ]y the intentions of the eminent and able men 
— who originated it, nevertheless started in the right 
the nd gav ing the early part of the pres 
say pe nical science which entitles 
that | ito the grateful recollection of horticulturists odis a 
Mr | out count a society having importan 
ady objects in view, which ought to be беге 
li lo enter upon a career Битан. increasing іп use 
nly ness, mus tain at starting and in perpetuity such 
т? elements of action іп harmonious combination as will 
ld e only temporary but continu y 
ere vital З се be certain recognised 
cuts wise principles by which t ie yg чу should be 
nto | govern nalogou sed e say, to those which 
vith | regulate successful priva nterprise ; these 
fil | principles or ridi should be " clearly understood and 
ont | thoroughly g teed as ` e departure from 
hest or violation of them impossible. The executive of the 
Royal HE вои then, ар 
ее classes, or men of three- 
ulse it ave to 
b 
erhaps, r yet bee 
—the ene и artes inexhaustible 
igh 
Ы id 
is necessitated to exist? It is time, then, 
Horticultural Association, actuated by 
rcd such as these, ra root in the country ; 
hat it m. tablis 
a Уру gestis and practical now! j 
ide all narrow views and petty interests, heartily с 
bine, it onia f be absurd to vocem ume i ve 
success, o 
ge 
main of medical ex egre oiii 
pose that the 
affairs of a body representing a br: 
as horticulture—resulting from long study, obse 
Uk рене, апа ames adf s, can be other t 
i i and деч jer dominate, 
e virtually exclude ә 
ч 
ad, and whose positions give 
these weight РА home. It may invite the co-operation 
of the public, but must rely for support upon the 
country at large, not upon eleemosynary or casual 
help from лае in some specially favoured dis- 
trict. Such a so — жее now become a necessity of 
the time, and in ath hale indicated is briefly 
Vine a career for vm Horticultural Association of the 
ardeners? 
and Walnuts, — In the 
d © ы кын 
having experienced quite the le rse t 
quite expected to s communica 
evidence or — à сетити 
or broke the shells of the 
obliged to Mr. Ollerhead if he will giv 
of his сонини this season, »- te Y us 
shells were opened or broken. Roo 
how the 
Seakale Ca Culture,—Some time ago I saw a corre- 
spondent mend Seakale to be earthed - pus 
Celery, in genes of covering with pots. As I 
anxious to try that уган I want to know if the 
Seakal 
and when the outside cracks in the spring 
d you will yc find the ‘Seakale fit for cutting. 
An explanation will oblige. A mateu 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal pev De 1.—David Wooster, 
, in the o the severe weather 
poc was a very país attendance at this meeting, and 
was wit a sufficient number of 
Fellows wid pt ов ег Ф orm nec 
quorum. The Rev. M. J. Berkeley commented upon 
the excellence "qe some Smooth Cayenne Pines from 
Frogmore, and expla cente he well-known system 
adopted there of planting the Pines out in ridges on 
beds about 6 feet dee a ons moo on 
W shown by Mr. 
to have peen 
Floral Com 
einn nam ind. Prin of iic 
Made = Raby, сэ Һе thought, 
e the Fruit rather than the 
etter. 
peo mg well-known Louise Bonne of 
called attention to several 
Mr. Berkeley then 
de Apples brought before the Fruit Commi! 
€" Él ntioned a remark | made at the committee that it 
ange е 
belore sending t them for adjudication, as, by so doing, 
he members of the committee would be saved the 
trouble of tasting many utterly worthless things put 
he Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. 
Berkeley for his his uniform kindness in so readily placing 
NS ee а e Fel- 
m ge n of Bebe meetings, and he 
(the Chairman) also observed that the thanks of the 
Soci inen were also due the Fruit and 
Floral Committees m the valua 
iei had rendered to the Society ios the present 
he meeting then Mons to January 19, 
кю Sed 
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Dec, 1.—A. Murray, 
?—Mr. Berkeley made some 
gus X e» bark of a tree— 
he fun ep 
menium both basidiospores and asci, with 
урой; "fs itis to be made the рен, of farther i in- 
vestiga 
Pw Poinsettias. ас Judd, gr. to Lord Hill, 
me diseased Poinsettias. The first symptom 
The colouring matter 
the tr ultimately shrivel, The roo 
fectly healthy. The specimens were referred to Mr. 
at least not Ба 
Liberian Coffee. ec PER ED d leaves of 
this "iln pd sent by Herr J, A. well, the 
German Consul, and which were spe be 
ected with the leaf di eylo: Cursory 
— аи yo bear out this view, but the leaves 
will b orted on at a future time. 
Injuries Lifted by Insects, МЕ А. ay read 
a paper advocating, inter alia, the formation of a 
joint co r ious societies for the pur 
of collecting statistical and other information as to 
the nd amount the ravages effected by 
inse e paper excited great interest, and will 
shortly be published in our columns, together with 
rkeley on the same subject, 
wing what 
aio adopted i in pam er of his recommenda- 
tions in the Hop KT 
The n. i T. Dose awen rae atten- 
— to his M which consists camphor 
dissolved in thylated spirits to sa Nace and 
mixed wi consistence of cream. - 
| so to be fit for use with a sy in E 
this had been sg ante a most efficacious E 
igating in de OM mealy-bug, oom rei. "gs 
FLO гина DE Denny in | the chair. 
This, thi ist meeting of the sien was as DET RE 
ut few «uy few 
r one, and 
subjects s К. Clarke, ve А р-а Twickenham, 
senta beautiful proas ‘of yclamens in flower, in- 
cluding a batch of a strain which produc 
arger flowers, and which in addition to mere size have 
other points of o recommend them. From 
r. Westcott, Castl urham, came a 
f Wales, a 
M 
nicely fruited plant of apre Princess of W 
seedling raised fi well-known varieties Prince 
о 
Votes of thanks were accord. 
FRUIT Doe odi eee Webb, Esq., in the 
chair, Fro r. Jones, the Royal Gardens, Frog- 
iin andsome yenne 
Pines, weighing та reg each, and to which a Cul- 
Commendation was awarded. ts. Ki 
Ontario, Canada, sent 
