PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Munro, Gardener to Mrs. Oddie, at Colney House, St. 

 Albans, also sent Muscat Grapes, considerably past their best, 

 and along with them some bunches of West's St. Peter's. 



From Mr. Jones, Gardener to Lady Charlotte Guest, Dowlais 

 House, Glamorganshire, came a Queen Pine Apple, weighing 

 3 lbs. 7 oz. " The plant which produced it was grown in a 

 1 0-inch pot, in turfy peat, sand and broken oyster shells. This 

 was merely an e.xperiment which I intend trying again more 

 e.x.teusively with winter fruit." 



M. Langelier again furnished examples of Pears from Jersey, 

 which, as before, served to show what fruits are cultivated under 

 certain names in the Channel Islands. One labelled Duchesse 

 de Berri appeared to be Mons. le Cure ; Rouse Lench was 

 Jaminette ; Beurre de Flandres was B. Ranee ; Winter Crassane 

 was true, and there were two kinds unknown, viz., Beurre de 

 Gabert and Epiue de Tours. 



From M. Webber & Co., of Covent Garden, came very fine 

 specimens, for the season, of Beurre Ranee and Easter Beurre, 

 Winter Nelis, Ne Plus Meuris, Old Colmar, and Jean de Witte, 

 Pears all true to name. 



J, Luscombe, Esq., F.H.S., of Combe Royal, near Kingsbridge, 

 sent cut specimens of Luculia gratissima, and Linum trigynum. 

 He said, " as a proof of the constitution of the plant, and of the 

 climate of South Devon, I send the expanded portion of a bunch 

 of flowers of Luculia gratissima, produced in the open air, in my 

 garden. The plant is trained against an East wall, near a 

 chimney, in which a fire daily burns ; it has only had a ragged 

 mat over it (which injured it), until the last few weeks, when a 

 frame of rough boards was placed against it at night. Beside 

 it is Gardenia Fortuni in very fair condition. Was this winter 

 one of ordinary mildness, I think the Luculia would have been 

 quite satisfactory, as there are five heads of bloom, on a plant 

 about three feet high. The flowering spike of Linum is also from 

 a plant growing on an open wall." As additional evidence of the 

 mildness of the climate of Devon, it may be remarked that at a 

 former meeting Mr. Luscombe exhibited some very fine Oranges 

 and Lemons that had been grown on an open wall in his garden, 

 where the only protection they received even in the coldest weather 

 was a mat or two and some wooden shutters. 



From E. Brande, Esq., of Turnham Green, came specimens of 

 glass labels. They were made in the same way as common 



