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Davy, gardener to G, Smith, Esq., for very fine bunches of 

 Black Hamburgh grapes, and for what is called Wilmot's 

 New Black Hamburgh Grape. The berries of this variety 

 are much more fleshy and large than in the common Black 

 Hamburgh, and are remarkable for having the surface 

 covered with small indentations, as if they had been beaten 

 by a hammer. 



A Banksian Medal to Mr. Povey, gardener to the Rev. J. 

 Thornycroft, for two handsome specimens of Black Jamaica 

 Pine-apples, the largest of which weighed 5 lbs., and mea- 

 sured seventeen inches in circumference and nine inches 

 in length, the number of pips being nine. 



Certificates : To Mr. Stanly, gardener to H. Berens, Esq., 

 F.H.S., for a good specimen of Rodriguezia planifolia. 

 To Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, for Chironia floribunda and 

 a handsome species of Begonia from the Oregon mountains, 

 resembling B. sanguinea. To Mr, Gold, gardener to Sir 

 W. W. Dixie, Bart., Bosworth Park, Leicestershire, for 

 two Queen Pines, weighing 4 lbs. 8 oz., and 4 lbs. 10 oz., 

 measuring fifteen inches in circumference, and ten inches in 

 length, the number of pips being nine in both cases. 



Books Presented. 



Botanical Register for October. From the Publishers. 

 The Floricultural Cabinet for October. From Mr. Jos. Harrison. 

 The Florists' Journal, No. 62. From the Editor. 



The Magazine (American) of Horticulture, from its commencement in 1835 to 1843, 

 inclusive, 9 vols. From the Conductors, Messrs. Hovey, of Boston. 



November 6, 1844. (Regent Street.) 



Awards. A Knightian Medal to Mr. Webster, gardener to 

 Mrs. Huskisson, of Eartham, Chichester, for a beautiful 

 cut specimen of Renanthera coccinea. 



Banksian Medals : To Mr. J. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for various Orchids, especially Galeandra 

 Baueri, Mormodes citrinum, and a finely-grown specimen 

 of Epidendrum nutans. To Mr. G. Maude, gardener to 

 E. C. L. Kay, Esq., for two Providence Pine-apples, the 

 largest of which weighed 7 lbs. 1 1 oz., and measured 9 inches 

 in circumference and 18 inches in height, the number of 

 pips being twelve. 



Certificates : To Mr. Jack, gardener to G. Loraine, Esq., for 

 Pleroma Benthamianum, a Melastomad with beautiful deep 

 violet blossoms. To Mr. Cuthill, of Camberwell, for 

 Leianthus nigrescens, a plant nearly related to Lisianthus ; 

 it was about 7 feet in height, and covered with a multitude 

 of nearly black star-shaped flowers. To Mr. Tant, gar- 



