November 17, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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ordinary moulded row, thirteen were diseased and 
twelve sound, while those from the high moulded row 
were all sound. 
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BRAMLEY’S SEEDLING APPLE. 
In our last issue we gave an illustration of the New 
Northern Greening Apple, which we supplement to-day 
with a portrait of the second of the noted Nottingham¬ 
shire Apples recently commented upon by Mr. Wright 
— Bramley’s Seedling—a characteristic pen-and-ink 
sketch prepared from specimens kindly sent to us 
by Mr. H. Merryweather, nurseryman, of Southwell, 
who has been instrumental in bringing its .merits as a 
market variety before the public. The variety, it 
appears, was raised at Southwell by Mr. M. Bramley, 
and Mr. Merryweather received a First Class Certificate 
for it at the Chiswick Apple Congress in 1883, since 
which time it has been extensively planted, in Notting¬ 
hamshire orchards especially. The fruits are large, 
deep or somewhat inclined to be conical, bluntly five¬ 
angled, pale green where shaded, and sparsely marked 
with white or russety dots; suffused and slightly 
streaked and spot¬ 
ted with brownish 
red on the exposed 
side; eye large, 
flatly open be¬ 
tween the calyx 
segments, set in a 
moderately wide 
and deep, slightly 
plaited cavity; 
stalk shorter than 
the evenly rounded 
cavity is deep, 
The shoots are 
very vigorous, 
dark brownish 
red, and felted 
with hoary down, 
especially in a 
young state; 
leaves large, 
nearly orbicular, 
cuspidate,coarsely 
irregularly and 
bluntly serrated, 
deep green and 
somewhat hoary 
beneath. 
Its constitution 
appears to be of 
the most vigorous 
character, and the 
hanging power of 
its leaves most 
remarkable, keep¬ 
ing fresh and 
bright on the trees 
long after other 
varieties have cast 
theirs. Mr. 
Merryweather 
writes : “Neither 
heavy clay nor 
light sand inter¬ 
feres in any way 
with its luxuriant 
healthy growth 
and foliage. I have, indeed, seen it in every situation 
and under all conditions, but never saw it where it was 
not flourishing. Canker is unknown to it and as a frost- 
defying flower it is unequalled, producing a crop when 
other varieties are blank.” We may add that its 
culinary qualities are unexceptionable, and with ordi¬ 
nary care it will keep till May. 
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THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
For the first time during the last quarter of a cen¬ 
tury the council of this society had on Tuesday last 
the courage to consult the members of the Fruit and 
Floral Committees on a matter vitally affecting the 
society’s future, namely, to consider the best place for 
holding the meetings next year. The invitation was 
well responded to, and the discussion which followed 
a brief address from the president, ended in a com¬ 
promise, which we can loyally accept for the present, 
because it is entirely a step in the right direction, if 
it does not go at once so far as we could have 
desired. The president put the case for and against 
going to Chiswick entirely very clearly from his point 
of view. He did not claim that there had been a 
large attendance of the outside public at the Drill 
Hall shows, but there had been a good attend¬ 
ance of amateurs, gardeners, and nurserymen — the 
men who really were interested in horticultural 
matters, and that he thought was a distinct gain. He 
was of opinion that the society would not succeed in 
attracting the outside public either at the Drill Hall, 
or at Chiswick. He failed to perceive the advantages 
of Chiswick, and thought that if the society’s shows 
were held there, many exhibitors would not be able to 
show. He considered, for his own part, that a meet¬ 
ing place in London was the most convenient, but 
perhaps it would be well to make arrangements by 
which some of the meetings might be held at Chiswick 
and some in London. 
Dr. Masters remarked that though this was not 
entirely an exhibitors’ question, it was a fact that 
exhibitors would go to Chiswick, and had done se on 
many occasions. The committees had also been many 
times summoned to meetings there, the attendances 
had always been satisfactory, and much good work had 
Bramley’s Seedling Apple. 
been done in a pleasant and agreeable way. His view 
of the question was that as a duty to horticulture they 
should make more use of Chiswick, and as helping in 
that direction some at least of the regular meetings 
should be held there. 
Mr. Shirley Hibberd was of opinion that the meetings 
at the Drill Hall had practically come to an end, there 
was now nothing to see there, nobody came to see it, 
and the whole thing had proved a mistake. There was 
ample accommodation at the office for the exhibition of 
novelties at the meetings of the committees, and the 
Drill Hall meetings should be abolished. Everybody 
was sick of the Drill Hall, but not of Chiswick. 
The secretary, the Eev. W. Wilks, briefly stated the 
tenor of some twenty-nine letters on the subject which 
he had received, from which it appeared that eleven 
were in favour of going to Chiswick, and eighteen were 
against the proposal. 
Mr. G. Bunyard and Mr. Pearson thought the hour 
of meeting was too early ; Mr. Cannell was of opinion 
that they should go to the Crystal Palace, which had 
many advantages as a show place, and where he 
believed they could be accommodated on nominal 
terms ; and Mr. George Paul, speaking as an exhibitor, 
did not think the Drill Hall had been a failure, and 
was adverse to showing at Chiswick. 
At this point the general feeling of the meeting 
appeared to be that it would not be advisable to leave 
London altogether, and Dr. Masters rose to move a 
resolution requesting the council to make arrangements 
for holding a certain number of meetings next year at 
Chiswick. This was seconded by Mr. Hibberd, and 
carried. 
Mr. Wilks then asked for an expression of opinion 
as to the desirability of continuing to hold the London 
meetings in the Drill Hall; and after some discussion, 
in which the difficulty of finding a better place was 
pointed out by members of the council, it was resolved, 
on the motion of Mr. H. B. May, seconded by Mr. 
Bunyard, that the council be advised to secure the 
Drill Hall for another twelve months. 
The New Bye-Laws. 
At a subsequent meeting of Fellows, called to pass the 
new bye-laws, the president explained that the delay 
which had taken place in bringing them forward for 
adoption had been unavoidable, owing to the time and 
care which had 
been taken by the 
Fellows’ Com¬ 
mittee and the 
society’s solicitors 
in drawing them 
up in conformity 
with the terms of 
the charter. 
Mr. Charles 
Noble protested 
againsttheir being 
asked to pass the 
chapters en Hoc, 
on the ground that 
the rules had only 
just been placed 
in their hands ; 
but on Mr. Pearson 
explaining that 
the only really im¬ 
portant changes 
that had been 
made were in chap. 
X., which dealt 
with the election 
of council and 
officers, the whole 
were passed with 
little trouble. On 
two points only 
was there any real 
opposition to the 
wording of the 
rules. The first 
related to the elec¬ 
tion of honorary 
foreign members, 
and was raised by 
Mr. Dyer, who 
proposed that the 
number should be 
limited to twenty, 
as under the old 
bye-laws. Mr. 
Pearson moved 
that the number 
should be raised to thirty, but this was negatived. 
In the second case, the new rule objected to, 
also by Mr. Dyer, was the most important one 
of all, inasmuch as it was that which regulates the 
procedure of electing members of the council. Under 
the old bye-laws the council practically nominated and 
elected whomsoever they chose. Under the new ones 
this power has been taken from them, and any two 
Fellows may recommend any other Fellow for removal 
from or election to the council, and the balloting list 
shall give the names of any Fellow or Fellows proposed 
for removal or election, and of the proposers and seconders 
thereof. Mr. Dyer could not see how this arrangement 
would work, and wanted power given to the council to 
propose what is usually called a house list. This was, 
however, regarded by the meeting as the old plan 
under a new name, and the Fellows Would have none 
of it, for the new rule was carried. With reference to 
the election of president, Sir Trevor Lawrence stated 
that the revision committee had made a proposal that 
no president should be elected for a longer period than 
three years ; but it was thought advisable that this 
point should be held over for discussion and settlement 
at the next annual meeting. 
