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gardener to James Thome, Esq., of Mawbey House, South 

 Lambeth, for a very fine bunch, perfectly ripe, of either 

 Musa Chinensis or Cavendishii ; but from its pale colour it 

 was thought to be the Chinese variety. It weighed when 

 cut 13 lbs. 10 oz. It was stated to be the produce of a plant 

 two years old at the time it showed fruit, which was in August 

 last. It had been ripened in a stove the temperature of wliich 

 ranged between 50° and 60° Fahrenheit, for these last four 

 months. Tlie plant was grown in a tub, in soil com- 

 posed of three-fourths sandy loam, and one fourth rotten 

 dung, with plenty of drainage ; the roots, however, pro- 

 truded through the bottom and over the sides of the tub, 

 and were permitted to range freely into the bark bed in 

 which it was plunged ; it occasionally received liquid 

 manure during the summer. 



Certificates of 3Ierit : To Mr. W. P. Ayres, of Brooklands 

 Nursery, Blackheath, for a nice specimen, about two feet 

 high, of Boronia triphylla. "I exhibit," writes Mr. 

 Ayres, " to-day a small specimen of Boronia triphylla, 

 wliich I think may be very justly described as one of the 

 most beautiful of early blooming greenhouse plants. This 

 plant is one of two years' growth from a three-inch pot ; it 

 has been grown from February to October in each year in 

 a strong moist stove heat, and has been wintered in an 

 intermediate house. It will be perceived that the leaves 

 are less curled than they are generally seen on this plant, 

 and I think this may in some measure be the effect of the 

 free treatment it has received. This would seem to teach 

 us the necessity of resorting to experiment in order to 

 determine the proper treatment of certain plants belonging 

 to the same genus, and it ako shows what very different 

 management plants from the same country require to grow 

 them in perfection. The soil it is growing in is Wimbledon 

 peat, sand, and potsherds." To Mr. Dobson, gardener to 

 Mr. Beck, F.H.S., for a nice collection of Orchids, consist- 

 in"- of a purple variety of Dendrobium pulchellum ; Cyrto- 

 chilum maculatum, Oncidium lacerum, and Odontoglossum 

 pulchellum. To Mr. Henderson, gardener to Sir George 

 Beaumont, Bart., Coleorton Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, for a 

 handsomely grown Antigua Pine-apple, weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz. 

 To Mr. Butcher, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 three bunches of Muscat of Alexandria Grapes of last year's 

 growth in good condition. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. Two Enville 

 Pine-apples, weighing respectively 3 lbs. 13 oz. and 4 lbs. 



