The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-01 00:00:00

TO DR,. LINDLEY.

My complaint is, that the Council have compromised the honour
and importance of tie Society.
First, by publishing a, most inefficient and improper circular,
in which the public was invited to exhibit productions for cer-
tain prizes, and whish list betrayed a total want of knowledge on
the part of the framers, and by forbidding any productions to be
placed on the tables, except such as were mentioned in the cir-
cular ; and, secondh, by allowing the respective merits of the pro-
ductions to be decided either by incompetent or partial persons ;
and by withholdincg the prizes promised for the best productions,
and thus acting dishonestly to the competitors.
Sir, I would pass over the first charge lightly, because the
greater part of the mischief lay in one single paragraph, which
paragraph forbade Nny production to be placed on the table except
those mentioned is the list, a measure which banished from the
exhibition very many of the most interesting fruits, flowers, and
plants ; for instan;:e, strawberries, cherries, apples, pears, plums,
gooseberries, orantes, shaddock, currants, &c., hardy rhododen-
drons, tulips, ranunculuses, dahlias, all hardy annuals, and in fact
every othor production not mentioned in the list. The paragraph
cannot be mistaken.

N.B. "No EIHIBITION CAN BE PLACED ON THE TABLES
UNLESS THEY BELONG TO SOME ONE OR OTHER OF THE
CLASSES ABOVE DESCRIBED."

Thus, I have is a few words called your atttention to that cir-
cular, which betrtys, upon the face of it, the incompetence of the
parties who concocted it. Productions in great number were
placed on the tales, belonging to none of the classes above enu-
merated, and prizes were actually given for such, productions.
For evidence to prove the second charge, I will appeal to the
visiters, to your own gardeners, or to any nurseryman among all
who hare attended the exhibitions. If you desire cases, they will
cite thgtrit for there are plenty.
There were cases in which the medals were withheld unjustly_
there m ere case, when silver ones were substituted for gold ones—
there were gross cases of ignorance or favouritism in the judgments
—and there was universal disgust at the novel and disgraceful mode
of controlling the judges, by the deputation of the Council.

Yours,, &c.
AN ORIGINAL FELLOW OF THE HORTICUL-
TURAL AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES.

These Letters are followed ,by several others addressed to the
Editor of the "Horticultural JouVnal," complaining of individual
cases of unfairness; among these,' One from Mr. Glenny, from which
we take the fellowing passage
But, Sir, to show that so far as4t was safe, I was to be curtailed,
and was curtailed, I have the most unquestionable authority for
saying, that 1 had a right to the gold medal for the best six single
specimens of stove and greenhouse plants. I had a right to the
large silver Medal for twenty varieties of China and noisette roses,
all of which were exhibited on standard and dwarf plants: and I
had a right to the medal for hardy azaleas, because I was the only
person who txhibited them, according to the circular. Now, these
three medals were withheld.

Upon these points, I have the opinions of the best cultivators in
the kingdom ; for being now quite inured to the illiberality and in-
justice of the Horticultural Society, and fully prepared to expe-
rience it, Inever troubled myself about it, until the injustice was,
pointed out.

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
GEO. GENNY, F. H. S.
We leave our readers to draw their own conclusions.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
Near the Forest of Doan.
TO I3E SOLD BY AUCTION, IN FOUR LOTS,
By MR. ADAM MURRAY, '
At Garraway's Coffee-house, Change-alley, Cornhill.
On FRIDAY, July 15, at Twelve:o'clock.
THE very VALUABLE and BEAUTIFUL
FaEHOLD ESTATE of HIGH MEADOW. This
property comprises the site of the residence of the Noble Family of
Gage, a site which commands one of the most extensive and cele-
brated prospects in the district ; and descends thence, in the wind-
ings of a lovely and well wooded valley to the village of Redbrook,
upon the River Wye. It is situated in the parishes of Newland and
Stanton, one mile from Coleford, four from Monmouth, twelve
from Chepstow, and only twenty-two miles from Gloucester. This
estate affords a very eligible investment, while at the same time,
it presents two or three delightful spots for the erection of a villa
residence, being pleasantly situated in a very salubrious, as well as
picturesque, country, with every facility of communication and
carriage, terminating, indeed, at a short distance from the banks
of the Wye, where it is navigable. - The views on the banks of that
river require no other .description, than that, in the immediate
neighbourhood, they comprehend Tintern Abbey,Yiercefield, and
Chepstow ; but it may be added, that the new and excellent road,
which now connects these objects, is in the whole line one of
the most picturesque in the kingdom. The property comprises the
capital farms of High Meadow and Cherry Orchard Redbrook
higher and lower) Grist Mills, and the newly erected lime-kilns
at Bell's-grove ; containing, in the whole 393 a. 1 r. '2O p. of fine
red loamy soil, in arable, meadow, pasture, and woodland; excel-
lent farm-houses, and suitable agricultural buildings, all in good re-
pair. The lands lie compact, are well enclosed, and sheltered by
thriving plantations belonging to the Crown, and are situated close
to lime and coal, and to the best markets in the kingdom for the
sale of produce.
May be viewed, on application to Mr. John Worgan, Cherry
Orchard, near Coleford, of whom printed particulars maybe had;
also at Garraway's ; of Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, solicitors,
Symonds Inn, Chancery-lane, and of Mr. Adam Murray, surveyor
and land-agent, 47, Parliament-,treet, Westminster,