236 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Horticultural Society, held 11th October, 1848, in the 
‘lower Government Garden.” 
“‘The promoters of the Society had long seen that there 
was great room for improvement in the manner of conduct- 
ing the affairs of the old Sydney Horticultural Society,’ 
and had endeavoured to procure the adoption of certain 
reforms, which they considered necessary, and which the 
committee of the old Society declined to adopt. This being 
the case, a Provisional Committee was formed early in the 
present year, whose labours resulted in the establishment 
of the present Society. ... 
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The show was held in a tent, and Governor Sir Charles 
Fitzroy opened it, arriving in the Gardens ‘‘by the private 
gate.’”? He wasreceived “at the pond under the bamboos.”’ 
(The clump of bamboos is in its old place, though the pond 
has been somewhat remodelled.—J.H.M.). 
The account, of which this isan abbreviation, is interest- 
é 
ing because of the references to gentlemen and their 
gardens, and to some of the plants exhibited on the occasion. 
I have before me the ‘‘Second Annual Report of the 
Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society, with a 
list. of officers, names of members, abstract of expenditure, 
awards of prizes, list of new plants introduced (during the 
year 1849-50), anda report of a sub-committee appointed 
in connection with the objects of the industrial exhibition, 
and directions for the formation of orchards. Printed by 
FH, M. Stokes, 337 George Street South, MDCCCL.”’ 4to pp. 30. 
There is no mention of the Society in the Australian 
Almanac for 1850. 7 
In Ford’s Sydney Commercial Directory for 1851, isa 
list of office-bearers, which is the same as the original list 
with the exception that the two McLeay’s drop out, and 
1 The Australian Floral and Horticultural Society. 
