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Romaiae verte Maraichere and Laitue Chou de Naples, the former 

 a green Cos, the latter a Cabbage Lettuce, both from cold frames, 

 which were covered on several nights with Frigi domo ; Scarole a 

 fleur blanche, Oseille de Belleville, French Sorrel, and Broad- 

 leaved Sorrel, Curled Chervil, Normandy Cress, and the two 

 kinds of Lamb's Lettuce, or Corn Salad, called by the French 

 jMache d'ltalie, and Mache ronde. Concerning the Lettuces, it 

 should be stated that they had been watered occasionally with 

 manure water. 



VI.— BOOKS PKESENTED. 



Journal of the Statistical Society, Vol. XVII. Part I. From the Society. 



April itJi, 1854. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— AWARDS. 



Knightian Medal : — 



To Mr. Packman, Gardener to J. Gadesden, Esq., F. H. S. 

 Ewell Castle, Surrey, for a flowering specimen of Rhododen- 

 dron Dalhousianum, the first plant of the kind that has 

 blossomed in England. The only other place in which it 

 had blossomed in Britain was Dysart House, in Fifeshire, 

 where it produced flowers last year, under the care of 

 Mr. Laing, gardener to the Earl of Rosslyn. Mr. Gades- 

 den's plant had had five blooms on it ; but two of them had 

 dropped ; of the three flowers left behind, each corolla 

 measured about 41 inches in diameter, and as much in 

 length. They somewhat resembled the flowers of the white 

 Lily (L. candidum), except that they were deeply tinged in 

 the throat with yellow. Notwithstanding their great size, 

 they were not at all flimsy in texture ; on the contrary, the 

 petals were thick, and the flowers extremely well formed. 

 When it is considered that a single stem, some 18 inches in 

 height, produced five flowers, the display that may be 

 expected to be made by a large specimen, covered with 

 blossoms of the dimensions stated, must be grand indeed ; 

 and therefore, whether this Rhododendron prove hardy or 

 not, it must certainly be regarded as a great acquisition. 



To Messrs. RoUisson, of Tooting, for a collection of Orchids, 



