CXXvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



position, for " kitchen gardening forms one of the most important depart- 

 ments that can be undertaken by a first-class gardener. A gentleman 

 very naturally expects that his gardener should at least be able to produce 

 first-class crops of fruit and vegetables." And if, in regard to the latter 



point, a few, whose memories carried them far back to the palmy days 

 before 1862 when Chiswick was a charming village in the country, were 

 heard to regret the breaking of a long bond of happy connection between 

 the Society and Chiswick, yet the great mass of gardeners attending 



