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ety ia Kingston, Dr. L, aided in the formation of the Royal Botanic Society of 
London, and will do all in his power to aid a similar Society here. Canada is in- 
terested in diffusing a knowledge of her botanical productions, and equally so in ac- 
quiring productions from other countries suited to her soil and climate. The Uni- 
versity of Queen's College is interested in the formation of a Botanical Society and 
Garden, Botany being taught in the College. The piece of land in front of Queen's 
College has a fine aspect and excellent drainage. It is well situated as a site for 
glass hot-houses. If the College land is found insufficient in quantity for a botani- 
cal garden, other lands might be obtained for extending the garden. The new 
garden of the London Horticultural Society will be small in extent, but promises 
to be all the more perfect in its arrangements, partly perhaps in consequence of its 
circumscribed area. The gardens of the Apothecaries' Society at Chelsea, and of 
the Botanic Society in Regent's Park, London, are of comparatively small extent. 
A garden of small size, with space for subsequent extension, involves less outlay, 
and is more easy of accomplishment. Half an acre of hot-house on the new and 
economical plan invented by Sir Joseph Paxton could be conveniently and cheaply 
placed on the ground referred to in front of the main building of Queen's College. 
I send sketches of the plan. The cost would be small, the frames being made by 
machinery of Canadian wood, and the glass procured from Birmingham, St. Helens, 
or Newcastle, The glass houses are portable, as well as cheap, when construct- 
ed upon this plan. A terrace walk being constructed to run parallel to the broad 
balcony in front of the College building, and beneath this terrace a Paxton or Drm- 
son glass house, good space would be afforded for delicate or exotic productions 
during the Canadian winter, and admirable exhibition buildings during the summer 
and autumn. From the balcony, in fine weather and during exhibitions, addresses 
and announcements might be made to members and visitors on the terrace beneath. 
In the College class-rooms lectures might be delivered, and scientific meetings and 
conversaziones held. The balcony would serve the purpose of a music stand when 
music is deemed desirable. To establish a Botanical Garden as well as a Botanical 
Society in connection with the College it would be necessary, first, to obtain the 
sanction and assistance of the College authorities; second, the cordial concurrence 
and co-operation of the public, and more especially of those who take an interest in 
horticultural pursuits. The equivalent to the College would be that the Botanical 
Garden would render its organization more complete, and would furnish the Pro- 
fessors of Botany and Materia Medica with specimens to illustrate their lectures and 
teachings. The interest excited in a scientific subject taught in the College would 
add to the number of pupils in the classes. The public would find an equivalent in 
having, in the very centre of the city, and of easy access, a Botanical Garden fur- 
nished with all that is needed for horticultural and florticultural displays— a place 
of high intellectual resort, to which they may hereafter proudly point as one of the 
