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size of the flower, the proper place of the variety in the 

 classification of peaches or nectarines cannot be determined, and 

 the description is necessarily incomplete. 



MELON.— Mr. Turner, F.H.S., Royal Nurseries. Slough, 

 exhibited a fruit of his Scarlet-fleshed Gem. It was very hand- 

 some, about 2 lbs. weight, roundish-oblate, thickly netted, and 

 was considered one of the best scarlet-fleshed varieties. 



KIDNEY BEAN.— Specimens of a Runner Kidney Bean 

 were also exhibited by Mr. Turner. The pods were narrow, 

 parallel-edged, and when 6 inches long were still very tender, and 

 without seeds. It was very much superior to the New Zealand 

 Runner Bean which accompanied it for comparison. 



PEACH.— Fruit of a Peach grown in a 13-inch pot, in the 

 Garden of the Society, was exhibited. The tree was presented 

 by Mr. Rivers in 1857, under the name of the Bourdine. In 

 many collections, what is so called has proved to be the same as 

 the Late Admirable ; but that from Mr. Rivers appeared difierent. 

 The fruit was nearly eight inches in circumference, and weighed 

 8 oz. It was of a roundish form, pale yellowish green, slightly 

 tinged with red next the sun ; flesh but slightly rayed with red 

 at the stone, from which it parts freely ; melting, rich, and very 

 excellent. 



A Sub-Committee, which met from time to time at the Garden 

 at Chiswick to examine samples of vegetables grown for comparison, 

 made several trials of a new patent Lawn Mowing Machine, which 

 had been sent to the Society for the purpose of being tested, by 

 the manufacturer, Mr. J. Whitaker, Bedford Mill Iron Works, 

 Leigh, Lancashire. After repeated trials, the Sub-Committee 

 were fully convinced that this machine was one of the best that 

 had been brought forward. It was easily drawn and turned, and 

 both cut and cleaned off the grass in a perfectly satisfactory 

 manner. They came therefore to the unanimous decision, that 

 Mr. Whitaker's was a first-rate machine. 



September no, 1859 (Chiswick Garden). — Mr. Edmonds, F.H.S., 



Society, chiefly for the purpose 

 Grape in fruit in the large i 



