74 



HKU( KEDINGS OF TlIK 



Annals o/ the Lyctum uf Nutunil History oj PsU-tv Yurk, Nos. I, 

 «, 3, 4, Vol. IV. from tl»e Society. 



Comptes rniiliis dvs Sntticcs de l\4cadl'm 'ie des Scinices, kc. Nos. 

 25,(1, 7, sfcond Imlf year, IH'AH, from tlie Acadt'iny of Sciences. 



Botanual lit-iiislcr for FihriKinj, i'rom the PublisluTS. 



Biuttr's lirilish Floivcrini^ Plants, No. 79, from the Author. 



Harrison's I'loricultural Cahint t for February, from the Editor. 



The AthentTuin for Jaiuiary, from the Editor. 



Feb. 19, 1839. 



SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Society proceeded to the election of a new Member of 

 Council in the room of Charles Ilolford, deceased, when the scru- 

 tineers reported that the election had fallen upon Thomas Harris, 

 Esq., of Kingsbury. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following letter to the Secretary from Mr. W. B. Booth, 

 upon the mode of constructing wire fences, for training espalier 

 fruit trees upon, and for other purposes, was read : — 



" Carclew, January 29, 1839. 



" Sir, — I beg to hand you the following particulars respecting 

 some wire trellises lately erected here, which you may, probably, 

 not deem unworthy of submitting to the notice of the Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



" The object for which they are intended is the training of 

 Espaher fruit trees ; and it occurred to me in the course of erect- 

 ing some wire fencing to divide a portion of the park, that a 

 similar kind of erection might be advantageously introduced into 

 the kitchen garden, which would answer the same purpose as 

 the expensive wooden, or cast iron, trellises usually met with in 

 those places where the Espalier mode of training is adopted. I 

 accordingly submitted the plan to Sir Charles Lemon, who has 

 since had it carried into execution to a considerable extent. 



" Wire erections of the kind I am about to describe are not 

 uncommon, I believe, as fences, in some parts of the kingdom ; 

 but in Cornwall it is only within the last few years they have been 

 introduced. Mr. Gilpin, in his excellent " Hints on Landscape 

 Gardening," p. 2 17, has noticed the wire fence as being best suited 

 for those parts near to the house, or to the approach, but he has 

 not shewn the manner in which it may be erected. The accom- 

 panying sketches and details will, I trust, supply this deficiency. 



