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Britain. It was stated of this, that from a sowing made in the first 

 week in July, the first dish was gathered in the first week in 

 October, and that " the crop continues abundant, with blossoms 

 coming out daily." 



Very good Knight's Tall Marrow Peas were furnished by Mr. 

 Culverwell, Gardener to H. Millbank, Esq., of Thorp Perrow, 

 -Yorkshire ; but they were shelled, and therefore could not be 

 compared with other sorts in the pod. 



Some foreign Peas came from Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent 

 Garden ; but they appeared as if they had been mildewed, and 

 were altogether in bad condition. 



Along with his Peas, Mr. Burns, of Chevening, sent a collection 

 of Pears, consisting of Flemish Beauty, Comte de Lamy, Marie 

 Louise, Gansel's Bergamot, Crassane, and Seckel. 



Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, also furnished an exhibition of Pears, 

 composed of Marie Louise, Beurre Bosc, Crassane, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Gansel's Bergamot, and Van Mons Leon le Clerc, 

 all fine fruit, but um-ipe. 



Mr. Snow, Gardener to Earl de Grey, had Marie Louise, Passe 

 Colmar, Brown Beurre, and a sort unknown, together with cut 

 specimens of Aralia japonica, from a plant twelve feet high, 

 growing in the shrubbery, at Wrest Park, in Bedfordshire. 



Mr. Mc Ewen, gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, contributed 

 Pears, and a dish of Keen's Seedling Strawberries; fine-looking 

 fruit considering the season, but somewhat acid. 



Golden Drop and Blue Imperatrice Plums, plump and good, 

 came from Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhampstead. 



Mr. Woolley, Gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., sent a dish of 

 Morello Cherries, in good condition. 



From Mr Jarvis, Gardener to J. Buck, Esq., of Croydon, came 

 two Queen Pine-apples, each weighing 3 lbs. 12 oz. 



Mr. Povey, Gardener to the Rev. J. Thornycroft, F.H.S., sent 

 an old stool of Black Jamaica Pine-apple, with two suckers on it, 

 each carrying a ripe fruit of fair average size ; it was stated that 

 the plant which produced them had ripened off a fruit of 4 lbs. 

 weight in November last year. 



The Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Hoddesdon, communicated Dendrobium 



flexuosum, a sort in the way of D. longicornu, with white 



blossoms striped on the lip with orange. 



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