PROCEEDINGS. 



capitally swelled and ripened Black Jamaica Pine, weighing 

 4 lbs. 1 oz. ; and a smooth-leaved Cayenne, weighing (3 lbs. 4 oz. 

 From the same establishment, also, came examples of the Orange 

 Jelly Turnip. This variety was raised by Mr. Chivas, of Chester, 

 and is certainly a Turnip of most excellent quality, the skin being 

 thin and smooth, and the pulp solid, sweet, and good. As to its 

 growth, it was stated that Mr. Chapman sowed some seed on the 

 27th of May, and had Turnips in high order for table by the 7th 

 of July. Tested in the kitchen, it was found to be everything 

 that the best kind of Turnip should be. 



Mr. Martin, Gardener to Sir H. Fleetwood, Bart., of Hill 

 House, Windsor Forest, produced well-grown, but very unripe, 

 examples of Muscat and West's St. Peter's Grapes. 



Col. Salwey exhibited an " Apricot Peach," reported to be a 

 hybrid between an Apricot and a Peach, and to partake a little of 

 the flavour of both. The tree had been raised at Egham Park 

 from a stone brought from Florence, where the fruit of this 

 variety is much esteemed. It was shown, however, to be nothing 

 more than one of those yellow Clingstone Peaches which are 

 common in the north of Italy, and which are not generally culti- 

 vated in this country, because our summers are too short and 

 sunless to give them the proper flavour. The same gentleman, 

 also, showed half-ripened spikes of the large yellow Italian Millet 

 (Panicum italicum), which is used by the Germans and Italians as 

 an article of food. 



Mr. Burns, of Chevening, who, it will be remembered, gained 

 a prize for Peas at the last meeting, again sent Shilling's Grotto 

 as good as before, showing that under favourable weather there is 

 little or no difficulty in keeping up a supply of Green Peas to a 

 very late period. " This variety," says Mr. Burns, " is a good 

 second early sort. I have four rows of it, each thirty-two yards 

 long, and they look as well as if it were the month of June. They 

 were sown on the 23rd of July." 



Mr. Muirhead, Gardener to Lord Charles Well esley, at Conholt 

 Park, furnished a large trayful of Early Frame Peas, young and 

 good. He stated that he had been gathering Peas daily from 

 some time in the beginning of June up to the present date ; and 

 that he would be able to gather them all this month, and even 

 later should unfavourable weather not set in. 



Mr. Harley, Gardener to the Duke of Leeds, at Hornby 



