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season, whilst this year the judges for the Exhibition at 

 the Garden remarked, that out of a number of Bromham 

 Halls exhibited they only found one good. 



White Paris Cos Lettuce. — Seeds of this have frequently 

 been distributed to the Fellows of the Society, as the very 

 best summer Cos Lettuce. The specimen exhibited Mas 

 ^rown on the top of the ridge, between rows of Celery. 

 The entire plant weighed 4 lbs. ; but some in perfection a 

 week ago weighed 4 lbs. 5 oz. The leaves hood over each 

 other at the top, so that tying up for blanching is scarcely 

 necessary. It is a fortnight or three weeks longer than any 

 other Cos in running to seed. 



Early White Scolloped Gourd. — This is the name under 

 which the seeds were received from America. It is some- 

 times called the Crown Gourd., and is the Patisson, or 

 Bonnet d^ Electeur, of the French. The plant forms a 

 round bush, not running like most of the tribe ; and the 

 fruit is produced very close to the stem. 



Egg or Apple Squash, or Orange Gourd. — So named 

 from its shape, colour, and size, resembling that of an 

 Orange. In size it forms a very wide contrast with the 

 Mammoth Gourd. 



Chou-rave blanc Hdtif de Vien?ie, and Chou-rave 

 Violet de Vicnne. — These are said to be finer fleshed than 

 the common Kohl-rabi, which is used for cattle. 



Pois sans Parchemin, or Sugar Pea. — The sort the 

 pods of which are cooked like those of French Beans. It is 

 much used on the Continent. 



Books Presented. 



Verhandlungen der k. k. I-andwirthscliafts Gessellschaft in Wien, &c. Vol. VII. 



1st and 2nd Parts. From the Agricultural Society of Vienna. 

 Journal de la Societe d'Horticultiire Pratique de I'Ain. No. 1. From the Society. 

 The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. VII., No. 27. From the 



Society. 

 The Transactions of the Microscopical Society, Vol. III., Parts 1 and 2. From the 



Society. 

 The Athenaeum, for Mav, June, and July. From the Editor. 

 The Gardener's Magazine of Botany, for July and August. From the Publishers. 

 Vergangenheit und Zukunft der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Aka- 



demie der Naturforsdier, von Dr. C. G. Nees von Esenbeck. From the Author. 



Sept. 2, 1851. (Regent Street.) 



Awards. Knightian 3Iedal: To Mr. Fleming, Gardener to 

 the Duke of Sutherland, at Trentham, for an old Queen 

 Pine Apple, weighing 7 lbs. It was an exceedingly hand- 

 some fruit, but hardly suflSciently ripe. 



