June 16. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 
“ The Chairman, after an hour’s discussion, put the 
1 question, when there appeared— 
For two days exhibition .. 5 
Against it. 16 
“ Consequently the motion was negatived. 
“ Mr. Moyle, of Reading, the distinguished Pelargo¬ 
nium raiser, then said, that exhibitors had frequent 
[ causes of complaint against the arrangements of the 
! subjects of exhibitions, and other matters; and, there¬ 
fore, he moved, ‘ That a Society of exhibitors be 
formed, there and then, to consist of exhibitors 
generally, to watch over their interests, and such 
Society to be represented by a Chairman, Treasurer, 
Secretary, and Committee.’ He explained, in a very 
satisfactory manner, how this Society should act through 
their Committee. 
“ The motion was seconded and put by the Chairman, 
and carried unanimously. Mr. Lochner was appointed 
Secretary, and Mr. Fairhairn, Mr. Hoyle, Mr. Fraser, 
and two or three others, were appointed a temporary 
sub-committee, to draw up the rules, and submit them 
to a meeting, to be held at the same place, at the same 
time, on the next exhibition day at the Park. 
“ The Society are to ejnbrace in their operations not 
only the shows at the Park, but also the shows at Chis¬ 
wick, and at the South London Floricultural. 
“ About twenty names were put down at once, and a 
subscription of 2s. 6d. paid to meet expenses. 
“Thanks were voted to the Chairman for his im¬ 
partial conduct in the chair, and the meeting then 
broke up.” 
Upon the Society thus instituted, we have not yet 
sufficient information to enable us either to form an 
opinion of its desirability, or of its probable conse¬ 
quences; but one question—and a startling question it 
is—suggests itself, and for which we must ascertain 
facts that will enable us to furnish a trustworthy reply. 
Are “ the arrangements of the subjects of exhibition, 
j and other matters,” so unfair at our great Horticultural 
Shows, as to render such a protective Society necessary ? 
! If it is necessary, then is it the severest censure that 
, was ever passed upon the managers of those Horticul- 
' tural Shows. 
The following letter is from Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, of 
: Tottenham, Middlesex, who, as our readers know, is 
: devoting his attention to the almost unexplored mys- 
; terics of Poultry Diseases. 
“ I have been, for the last three or four weeks, so in¬ 
undated with dead and diseased poultry, often four or live 
per day, and letters, usually, by the half-dozen, that I must, 
of necessity, come to some other arrangement, for I find the 
time required to examine all that arrive is really very con¬ 
siderable, and I may add, the cost of carriage is very con¬ 
siderable also; as though most (not all ) arc paid to London, 
there is the carriage to Tottenham afterwards, always 8d. or 
Is. At the same time, I should be very loath to give up 
receiving the subjects, as I have derived much most valuable 
information from their examinations. What should you 
think of such an arrangement as follows ?— 
“ ‘ Letters, asking advice, to be answered through The 
Cottage Gardener, as heretofore. 
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“ ‘ Letters, asking advice by the post, to contain a stamped 
and directed envelope, and to be answered gratis. 
“ ‘ Dead fowls to be accompanied by a fee of five shillings, 
for the time and trouble taken in their examination. 
“‘Diseased fowls, also, to be charged for, Jive shillings 
each, and sixpence per week for keep and medicine.’ 
“ When I inform you, that on Saturday I was two hours 
engaged in cutting up uaedible poultry, and that this week, 
to Wednesday, the arrivals have been five dead, and two 
living, you will, I trust, not imagine that I am actuated by 
mere motives of greed in making such a proposal; but, 
unless the subjects are somewhat lessened in number, and 
the carriage wholly paid, or I am somewhat reimbursed for 
the time I am obliged to devote to so large a number, I 
shall be obliged to give up receiving them. I may mention, 
that many persons have offered to pay me for my trouble, 
but I have always declined receiving any fee, and should do 
so now, but that the number has become so large. In fact, 
the railway porter’s ring and announcement of—‘ Please, 
Sir, here’s more dead fowls,’ are stereotyped.” 
This proposition we think quite unobjectionable, and 
no one who values bis fowls will object to charges so 
reasonable as barely to secure Mr. Tegetmeier from 
actual loss. 
COVENT GARDEN. 
There is very little waste in a London market- 
garden. Everything is turned to account, and sent to 
market for something or other, to be sold for what it 
will fetch. There is at present an article called Greens 
offered for sale, and which some buy believing they 
really are, and devouring them with all the relish with 
which they would Greens properly so called. But, after 
all, they are but Cabbage jdants which have been left 
over after the gardener has had what he wanted from 
them, and which, rather than throw to a dung-heap, or 
dig into the ground, he converts into hard tangible 
coinage at the markets. Vegetables of all kinds are 
now coming in very plentifully. Callages have im¬ 
proved very much within the last week, but, like too 
many in a higher scale of creation, they have very little 
heart. Lettuces are improving very much, and are now 
rather plentiful—so much so as to be pretty common at 
the greengrocers’ stalls. Radishes are very abundant. 
Rliularl is now making only 2s. per dozen bundles. 
Asparagus is also plentiful, and may be bought at 
2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per 100. 
The specimens of Forced Fruit are very fine, par¬ 
ticularly the Grapes, Peaches, and Nectarines. The first- 
named make from 5s. to 10s. Od. per lb., and the latter 
2s. per dozen. Apples are very short, and, on account 
of the indifferent quality, little in demand. Besides, 
since Rhubarb has come in so plentifully, it has quite 
superseded the use of culinary Apples at this season. 
Flowers arc most abundant, both of garden and house 
sorts: to enumerate all that may now be had would 
be to give a list of almost everything which is usually 
met with in gardens. During the winter months, when 
flowers are rare, it is interesting then to see what the 
ingenuity of the gardener can produce, but now all that 
interest is gono. H. 
