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proving as it does that Pines, to be best flavoured, should 

 have a thoroughly well-aired house while ripening their 

 fruit. 



Knightian Medal to Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, for various 

 Orchids, more especially Oncidium spilopterum, a hand- 

 some and scarce species ; an Oncidium from New Granada, 

 Peristeria elata with four strong flower spikes, and Steno- 

 rhynchus cinnabarinus. To C. B. Warner, Esq., F.II.S., for 

 Zygopetalum maxillare, Dendrobium formosum, and Catt- 

 leya violacea, the latter bearing thirty-six open flowers. 



Banksian Medal to Mr. Plant, gardener to J. H. Schroder, 

 Esq., F.H.S., for Phalsenopsis amabilis, and a nice plant of 

 Dendrobium formosum. To Mr. Mason, gardener to Sir 

 John Kennaway, Bart., Escot, Devon, for a Queen Pine 

 Apple, handsomely formed and well swelled, weighing 

 6 lbs. 5 ozs. 



Certificate of Merit: To G. H. Ward, Esq., F.H.S., North- 

 wood Park, Cowes, for a dish of Muscat Escholata Grapes, 

 a variety raised by Mr. Money many years ago, but till 

 now lost sight of. It was then considered to be hardy, and 

 very suitable for out-door culture. Those exhibited, how- 

 ever, had been grown under glass. The particular charac- 

 teristics of the variety are its size, and the length of time it 

 hangs without shanking or shrivelling. Mr. Ward stated 

 that he had had berries in December, which measured more 

 than four inches in circumference. To Mr. Chapman, 

 gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., Withington Hall, 

 Chelford, for Melons, more especially a striped Hoosainee, 

 weighing 6 lbs. 4 ozs., a variety much grown and esteemed 

 by the late Mr. Knight, but which it is now difiicult to 

 find genuine. This was, however, the true variety raised 

 from seeds fifteen years old, which had been received from 

 Mr. Knight. The other sorts exhibited were two Ispahans, 

 weighing 10 lbs. 11 ozs. and 4 lbs. 14 ozs., and a Cabul, 

 Qh lbs. The Ispahan and Hoosainee were grown in a pit, 

 heated by tanks under the bed ; and it was stated that this 

 was the third crop of Melons from the same pit, besides its 

 having produced above a hundred large early cucumbers, 

 which were cut away (with the exception of one plant, 

 which continues still to produce fine fruit) as the Melons 

 advanced. The first and second crops of Melons were sent 

 up to London in June and July, consisting of Beechwood, 

 Ispahan, and Cliina, the two latter kinds being of very fine 

 flavour. To Messrs. Backhouse, of York, for Achimenes 

 venusta, a charming rosy purple-flowered species, appa- 

 rently the result of a cross between patens and rosea ; the 



