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Stamford, a seedling Pine, weighing 4 lbs. 3 oz., notwith- 

 standing that It had been cut a fortnight or three weeks 

 In appearance it was something like an Enville. From 

 Mr. Judson, of Richmond Villa, Brighton, a boxful of a 

 seedling Grape called " the Richmond Villa Black Ham- 

 burgh." The bunches were small, well coloured and bloomed 

 and like the Hamburgh, except that the berries were more 

 oval than those of that variety. From Mr. Burrow, gar- 

 dener, Brough Hall, Yorkshire, some specimens of Royal 

 George Peaches and Elruge Nectarines. From Mr Monro 

 gardener to Lord Clarendon,:at Grove Park, Watford, a 

 beautiful dish of Figs, apparently the Brunswick. From Mr 

 Chapman, gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., a hybrid 

 Melon between the Ispahan and the Hoosainee, a white- 

 fleshed oblong fruit, weighing 11 lbs. 4oz. It was inferior 

 in flavour to both its parents. Also a green-fleshed Cabul 

 Melon, weighing 10 lbs. 13oz. And finally, from Mr 

 Culverwell, gardener to the Lady Augusta Milbank, Thorpe 

 Perrow, an unripe Beechwood Melon, well grown, and 

 weighing 4 lbs. 4 oz. Also a new Cucumber called " Thorpe 

 Perrow Cucumber," a seedling from the Sion House, stated 

 to be three weeks earlier than that variety. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. A hybrid variety 

 of Anemone japonica, produced between that sort and the 

 white Indian A. vitifolia. The result was an improvement 

 in the shape of the flowers, but they were much paler than 

 those of the Japan Anemone. Also the beautiful lilac- 

 flowered Abronia umbellata, which is scented in the evening ; 

 Pentstemon heterophyllus, a Californian species, with narrow 

 leaves and pretty lilac pink blossoms; Begonia Fuchsioides 

 and acuminata, grown in a cool greenhouse, where they 

 flower profusely and acquire a degree of colour and beauty 

 far beyond what they obtain when nursed in a warm stove. 

 The same establishment also furnished fruit of the Impe- 

 ratrice and Downton Nectarines. 



Books Presented. 



Sraitl.sonia.i Contributions to Knowledge, Volume the First, and Reports of the 



timiUisonian Institution. From the Institution 

 Ampelographie Universelle, on Traite des Cepages les plus estimes dans tous les 



V ignobles de quelque renom, par le Comte Odart. From the Author. 

 I he Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Number 19. From the Societv 

 1 he Athenaeum for August. From the Editor. 



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