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head, of Sutton Hall, Chesterfield ; and of Plums, Messrs. 

 Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place, sent a seedling much 

 resembling well-ripened specimens of Coe's Golden Drop, 

 but found to be inferior to that variety in quality. The 

 variety was stated to have been raised some years ago by 

 a gardener at Stanmore, and to be a good bearer as a 

 standard. A fruit of the Courge Marron, or Chesnut 

 Gourd, a small round variety esteemed in France, was ex- 

 hidited by Mr. Deane, of Clapham. It was stated that 

 when eaten in its green state, this Gourd was excellent — 

 by some even preferred to Vegetable Marrow — and that 

 when ripe it was equally valuable as an article of food. Of 

 Potatoes, large and fine-looking tubers of Burgess's Early 

 Prolific, Goldfinder, and Early Shaw, were shown by Mr. 

 Robinson, gardener to J. Simpson, Esq., of Pimlico. These 

 were perfectly free from disease, as were also English-grown 

 specimens of Bermuda potatoes, exhibited by E. Brande, 

 Esq., of Turnham Green. The latter were the produce of 

 sets obtained from Bermuda, and distributed by the Society 

 in spring, together with seeds of White Silesian Beet, a 

 useful kind, two plants of which were also exhibited by 

 Mr. Brande. 



Specimens of " Protecting Material," consisting of two 

 layers, the upper a waterproofed canvas, the under some un- 

 dressed fabric, came from Mr. Yexley, of Merton, Surrey. 

 Novelties from the Society's Garden. Acacia linifolia, 

 a graceful New Holland species, which promises to be useful 

 on account of its flowering in autumn ; Mr. Fortune's 

 Anemone Japonica and Abelia rupestris ; Mulgedium ma- 

 crorhizon, a useful rock plant, but difficult to winter on 

 account of its liability to damp off; and finally, cut flowers 

 of Tacsonia mollissima and Oestrum aurantiacum, the latter 

 an invaluable autumn-flowering conservatory shrub, which, 

 to be seen in perfection, should be planted out in the bed 

 where it has plenty of room. 



Books Presented. 



.lournal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 10, Part 3. From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Nos. 167 to 176 inclusive; List of the Fellows, 



June 1847 ; and Reports of the Council and Auditors, April 29, 1847. From the 



Society. 

 The Botanical Register for October. From the Publishers. 

 Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Academie des Sciences a Paris — 



ler semestre, 1847. From the Academy. 



November 2, 1847. (Regent Street,) 

 Elections. Francis Joseph Sloane, Esq., Palazzo Boutourline, 

 Florence, Fellow ; and Mr. Jose Salvador, of Barcelona, 

 Foreign Corresponding Member. 



