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above referred to, and the suggestion for the occasional admis- 

 sion of the pubhc on easy terms, are, without doubt, all parts 

 of one great whole, to forward which he was skOfully availing 

 himself of the interests of the Commissioners of 1851, of those 

 of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, and of those of the Com- 

 missioners of the Exhibition of 1862. The pyramid which His 

 Eoyal Highness was raising had for its apex the happiness and 

 improvement of the people, and rested on the advantages to be 

 drawn from free access to the works oi Art and Science ; and 

 although his project was spread over the space of half-a-century 

 to come, and Providence has withdrawn him from a share in 

 the work, there is eveiy reason to hope that many now living 

 will yet witness its completion. 



One thing which especiaUy demands admiration in these 

 arrangements of His Eoyal Highness is the happy way in which 

 he has known how to combine the diverse and even conflicting 

 interests of different bodies so as to direct them all to one end, 

 and at the same time to make the desired course the most 

 advantageous and prosperous for each and all. 



At the same time that the arrangements already noticed 

 were in progress, the Society had been rapidly advancing 

 in other respects. In February, 18 GO, the Fruit and Floral 

 Committees had been re-constructed. Special paid Secretaries 

 (Dr. Eobert Hogg and Mr. Thomas Moore, each distinguished in 

 Ms own department — Dr. Hogg for a knowledge of fruit, and 

 Mr. Moore for that of flowers) had been appointed to them 

 respectively, and they had entered on their duties with zeal and 

 vigour. The Horticultural world recognised the efforts making 

 to advance the science, and have met them half way. New 



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