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good management fixed on to gain the medals, ratlier 

 than bestowing them as is above alluded to. He (the 

 author) instances the enormous bunch of the Syrian 

 grape produced in a hothouse at Welbec in the 

 senior Speechly's time. Had such a bunch been 

 exhibited at the Society's rooms, it probably would 

 have gained the first prize, and which the author 

 considers w^ould have been wrong ; because the 

 highly respectable Speechly did not deserve even a 

 bronze medal for this single bunch, but ten gold 

 medals for his uniform success in the production of 

 every fruit which he cultivated : adding, that, if 

 medals were distributed as rewards for general and 

 uniform good management in business, the gift 

 would not only be a passport for the owner through 

 the world, but a satisfactory recommendation of him 

 to every one needing his services. 



The author cannot, however, withhold his willing 

 tribute of praise from a Society which has already 

 done so much good. And though its Transactions 

 are more splendid than needful, and come forth at 

 too distant periods to be really useful, still the exer- 

 tions made to correct the nomenclature of our best 

 fruits, and identifying those sorts worthy cultivation, 

 together with the distribution of grafts, &c, (of 

 which the author lias largely participated) has been 

 and continues to be of signal service to the country 

 in general. Another proof of the influence and cha- 

 racter of the Society may be inferred, from the great 

 number of first-rate places being now filled by men 

 who received the rudiments of the profession in the 

 Society's garden. 



