September 5. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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Weather near London in 
1853. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.&8. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock Day of 
af. Sun. Year. 
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SEPTEMBER 5-11, 1854. Baromcter . 
Thermo. Wind. 
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Rain in 
Inches. 
Rises. 
5 
To 
Cryptophagus phoeerrhseus. 30.373—30.304 
08—50 N.E. 
20 a 5 
37 a 6 
2 38 
13 
© 
1 22 248 
(5 
w 
Cryptophagus ruficollis. | 30.280—30.219 
68—44 N.E. 
— 
22 
35 
rises. 
1 42 249 
7 
Th 
Ips 4-pustulatus. | 30.108—30.017 
67—43 N.E. 
_ 
23 
33 
7a 18 
15 
2 2 250 
8 
F 
Aleochara cinnamonea. 29 . 937 — 29.904 
64—45 N. 
— 
25 
30 
7 33 
16 
2 23 251 
9 
S 
Meloe autumnalis. 29 . 866 — 29.753 
65—46 S.E. 
10 
27 
28 
7 4 7 
17 
2 43 252 
10 
Sun 
13 Sunday after Trinity. 29 . 818 — 29.669 
67—41 s. 
02 
28 
26 
8 4 
18 
3 4 253 
11 
M 
Coccinella 12-punctata. 29 . 961 — 29.886 
57—56 s. 
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30 
24 
8 22 
19 
3 25 254 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-seven vears, the average hiuhest and lowest tem- 
peratures or these days are 08.7° and 48.1° respectively. The greatest heat, 83° 
6th in 1850. During the period 102 days were fine, and on 87 rain fell. 
occurred on the 7th in 1646 ; and the lowest cold, 30°, on the 
On the 2Gtli of August a Meeting of the British 
Bornological Society was held at their Rooms, 20, Bed¬ 
ford Street, Coveut Garden. The meeting was held 
specially to receive and determine upon the Rules for 
the Society’s governance, drawn up by a Sub-Committee 
appointed at the previous meeting. After some verbal 
alterations they were adopted as follows:— 
I- —The Society shall be designated the British Pomo- 
logicax Society. 
II- —The objects of the Society shall be to examine and 
report upon all Fruit Trees, whether indigenous to Great 
Britain or introduced from foreign countries; to determine 
their nomenclature and synonyms; to investigate their 
physiology and diseases; to promote their classilication, 
cultivation, and improvement; and to ascertain their eco¬ 
nomical uses, and adaptability to the various latitudes, soils, 
and exposures of Great Britain. 
III- —Per the purpose of carrying out the objects of the 
Society, it shall consist of three classes of members, viz., 
Ordinary, Honorary, and Corresponding. The number of 
Ordinary and Corresponding Members to be unlimited, but 
that of the Honorary' Members not to exceed eighteen. 
H -—Ordinary Members shall consist of those who are 
engaged in the study and cultivation of Fruits and Fruit 
Trees, or who are desirous of promoting the objects of the 
Society. They shall on their election pay to the Society an 
entrance fee of ten shillings, and one year’s subscription; 
and on the 1st day of Augustin each year subsequent to their 
election, the annual subscription of ten shillings shall be due 
and payable, and every member shall be liable to pay such 
annual subscription until he gives notice of his resignation; 
such notice of resignation to be delivered to the Secretary 
before the 1st Monday of August, or the member be subject 
for the subscription of the current year. 
V.—Honorary Members shall consist both of natives of 
Great Britain and of foreign counti-ies who shall have 
distinguished themselves as pomologists. For the election 
of such members it shall be necessary that they be nomi¬ 
nated at one of the regular monthly meetings, and their 
election shall take place by ballot at the first monthly 
meeting subsequent to their nomination, a majority of two- 
thirds of the members present being necessary for the 
election of the party proposed for an Honorary Membership. 
Honorary Members shall be entitled to attend and take part 
in all the meetings of the Society, but shall not be required 
to contribute the fees payable by ordinary members, nor 
shall they have a vote on any question affecting the manage¬ 
ment or decisions of the Society; but such of them as 
contribute to the funds according to Rule IV. shall be 
entitled to all the privileges of ordinary members. 
yi;—Corresponding Members shall consist of persons 
residing in various localities of this country and abroad, 
who shall have opportunities of advancing the objects of the 
Society; and particularly of those in orchard districts, with 
whom the Society shall establish correspondence with the 
view of obtaining all the information attainable respecting 
the varieties of Fruits cultivated in these districts. Such 
corresponding members shall possess the same privileges, 
and be subject to the same rule as Honorary Members. 
VII.—The Office Bearers of the Society shall consist of 
a President, four Vice-presidents, a Council, a Secretary, 
and a Treasurer. The President, Vice-Presidents, and 
Council, to be chosen at the first Annual General Meeting 
to be held in August in each year. 
VIII. —A Sub-committee of five members shall be ap¬ 
pointed to act as judges of the merits of Fruits. The 
decision of three of the members of such sub committee to 
be considered as final. Such sub-committee to be appointed 
annually at the first General Meeting to be held in August. 
IX. —A Secretary and Local Committee, not exceeding five 
in number-, shall be appointed for every county of England, 
Scotland, and Ireland, and for the Islands of Guernsey, 
Jersey, Wight, and Man. 
X. —Three Auditors of Accounts shall be elected annually 
from the General Committee, and to which office the 
Secretary and Treasurer shall be ineligible. 
XI. —The Society shall hold its ordinary Meetings on the 
first Monday of every month, at the Society’s Rooms, 20, 
Bedford-street, Covent Garden, to conduct business, and 
receive and read communications, and report upon subjects 
submitted for examination. At such meetings five shall form 
a quorum. 
XII. —In addition to the ordinary Meetings, there shall be 
four Extraordinary Meetings, to be held in July, September 
November, and March, for the purpose of exhibiting collec¬ 
tions of Fruits, and reporting upon their merits. 
XIII. —Strangers shall be admitted on the personal in¬ 
troduction of a Member to any of the Ordinary or Extra¬ 
ordinary Meetings. 
XIV. —The financial year shall close on the 31st day of 
July in each year ; and on the first Monday in August the 
Annual General Meeting shall be held, when new office 
bearers shall be elected. 
XV. —A Special General Meeting may be called qt any 
time by a requisition signed by not less than twenty 
members, and forwarded to the Secretary, who shall forth¬ 
with give fourteen days notice of such meeting, and the 
purport thereof to each member; and no other business 
except that mentioned in such notice shall be entered upon 
at that meeting. 
XVI. —All elections shall be by ballot; and two thirds of 
the votes of the members present shall be necessary for the 
election of the candidate. 
XVII. —The Society shall publish its Transactions quar¬ 
terly, each member being required to take a copy at a 
charge of sixpence. The price to non-members to be one 
shilling. 
XVIII.—No alterations shall be made in the foregoing 
Rules, except at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, 
or at a special Meeting called for that purpose in accordance 
with Rule XV. 
W. Stephens, Esq., was elected a Vice-President, and 
Robert Hogg, Esq., author of “The British Pomo* 
logist,” was elected joint-Secretary with Mr. Spencer, 
the latter gentleman wishing for the aid of some com¬ 
petent coadjutor resident in London. 
Many very influential names were added to the list of 
members, including Mr. Fleming, of Treutham, Mr. 
Glendining, and others as well known to gardeners; 
and the Society now includes by far the greatest part of 
the best horticulturists of England. Many amateurs 
are also included among the members, but we hope for 
No. eCCX., Vol- XII. 
