PROCEEDINGS. 



were particularly well coloured, considering the sunless 

 season we have had. They were stated to have been 

 ripened on tlie semicircular wire trellises with which the 

 borders along tlie sides of the walks at Frogmore are fur- 

 nished, and which have the advantage of exposing the fruit 

 well to the action of the sun and air. 



Bariksian Medal : — 



To M. P. A. Brefort, Nurseryman, Rue de Maquetra, Boulogne- 

 sur-mer, for a collection of Pears and Apples. It consisted 

 of 160 fruits of old and new sorts, including a considerable 

 number which were synonymous. The following were 

 previously known sorts: Duchesse dAngouleme, St. Lezin, 

 Bonne Louise, not the Louise Bonne (of Jersey), Beurre 

 Ranee, Chaumontel, Bon Chretien d'Hiver, Bezi d'Heri, 

 Poire de Chypre, Bon Chretien Turc, Catillac, Bellissime 

 d'Hiver, Dearborn's Seedling, Napoleon, Muscat d'Alle- 

 mande, Colmar Van Mons, Mausuite, Messire Jean, Belle 

 Audibert, Gilogil, Virgouleuse, Bergamotte Panache or 

 Bergamot Suisse, Jaminette or Colmar Jaminette, Doyenne 

 Sieulle, Urbaniste, St. Germain, Martin Sec, Royal d'Hiver, 

 Sucre Vert, Bergamotte de Paques, Duchesse de Mars, 

 Culotte du Suisse, Amadot, Beurre Duval, Calebasse or 

 Beurre Bosc, Poire Cure or Vicar of Winkfield, Crassane, 

 Calebasse Grosse, Angelique de Bourdeaux, Delices d'Har- 

 denpont, Leon le Clerc, Bergamotte Sylvange, Fortunee de 

 Parmentier. — Soi'ts new or but little known in this country : 

 Beurre de Racquinghen, Colmar d'Hiver, Beurre d Austerlitz, 

 Lepsom, Vingt Mars, Frederic de Wurtembui-g, Van Assche, 

 Veterans d'Hiver, Catinka, Passe Meuris,. Poire d'Angers, 

 Tarvernier de Boulogne, St. Isidore, Beurre Quetelet, 

 Doyenne du Comice, Delia Alost, Beurre Sterkmann, Jules 

 Brefort, Nigelle, Bergamot Sageret, Triomphe de Jodoigne, 

 Comtess de Fremoy, Beurre St. Holier, Louis Philippe 

 Vauquelin, Pai'manie, Poire Capucin, St. Michael Archange, 

 Ananas, Louise de Boulogne, Colmar Bonnet, St. Jean Ba- 

 tiste, Oken d'Hiver, Faux Sprew, Certeau Gris, Cruckshanks, 

 Philippe de France, Eliza d'Heyst, Colmar d'Automne, 

 Doyenne Crotte, Josephine, No. 1010 Van Mons, Cam- 

 bronne, Tarquin des Pyrenees, Calebasse de Nerckraan, 

 Beurre Clergeau, Tombe de lAmateur, Beurre Moiret, 



