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afresh. 2nd. That after being cut, the product should be en- 
trusted to Dr. Grilbert for examination, viz. such weighing, drying, 
analyzing, &c. as he might think necessary ; and he undertook 
to send his assistant to take notes previously, and assist in the 
work of cutting, sorting, packing, &c. 3rd. That the plants be 
not thinned this season, but allowed to take their chance ; and 
that they should be again inspected later in the season, when 
the course of experiment for next year could be discussed. 
It was ordered that these resolutions should be communicated 
to Dr. Masters, who had already taken full notes of the progress 
of the experiment, in order that he might complete any observa- 
tions he wished to make before the plots were cut. 
EXHIBITION or THE EOYAL HOETICULTUKAL 
SOCIETY AT NOTTINGHAM. 
June 27 to July 1. 
This was the first of the Provincial Shows held by the Society 
which took an independent character, those of previous years 
having been held at the same time as, and usually in close proxi- 
mity to, those of the Koyal Agricultural Society. This arrange- 
ment, owing to the preponderating attractions presented by the 
Agricultural Show, did not prove so satisfactory as could be de- 
sired, and hence the determination to hold the Provincial Horti- 
cultural Shows at some independent centre and at a season more 
suitable for a display of flowers. Of the success of the Nottingham 
Show there was never any doubt, thanks to the active exertions 
of the Local Committee and the well-known horticultural procli- 
vities of the inhabitants of the town. 
Since the great International Horticultural Show of 1866 there 
has not been so grand an exhibition in this country as that at 
Nottingham, which, in the unavoidable absence of the President, 
was opened by Col. Scott, E.E., in the presence of the Mayor of 
Nottingham and other officials of the town. The spaciousness of 
the tent under which the main portion of the show was arranged 
permitted of a picturesque disposition of the plants, which, as 
regards the condition in which they were produced, w^ere deserving 
of all praise. Eoliage-plants, flowering plants, Palms, and Perns 
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