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from the same source, and which the Marquis kindly allowed to be 
shown along with the other specimens, was exhibited in the council-room in 
the month of October; anda better proof of the opinion of the Fellows 
regarding it could not be given than the numerous inquiries which were 
made whether such fruit could be purchased in this country. This has 
been communicated to the exhibitors, and it is believed that one or more 
of them intend even this winter to send to England a supply of the same 
apples for sale. 
Purchase of Mr. Foley's Statue of “The Boy at the Stream."— 
One of the means towards the success of the Prince е в attempt to 
combine Horticulture and Sculpture in the Society’s garden, was to be the 
yearly purchase of some work of art which should have been exbibited at 
the Society’s Exhibition of Sculpture. For this purpose the expenditure of a 
sum of £500 was sanctioned by Her Majesty's Commissioners of the Exhibi- 
tion of 1851 for the year 1863, and at the close of the Exhibition of Sculp- 
ture, the Members of the Fine Arts Committee, to whom the Council had 
entrusted the duty of selecting the work to be purchased, met for the pur- 
pose of doing so. Considerable difficulty was felt in coming to a decision 
in consequence of the excellence of many of the works exhibited, and the 
selection was ultimately decided by ballot, when Mr. Foley’s “ Boy at the 
Stream " carried the day. Mr. Foley i is now at work, executing the statue 
in marble, and he expects to have it in its place before the opening of the 
Exhibition of Sculpture next year. 
Donations.—The following donations have been received since June:— 
Нив Most Gracious MAJESTY THE QUEEN. 
1 plant of Opuntia cochinillifera, with Cochineal insects upon it. 
Mrs. г BAKER, 2, Hanove yn. Notting Hill. 
| plant of Ficus йин. 8 fee TER 
GE etd Esq., Mitcham Hall, Mi 
1 plant of Araucaria excelsa, 12 feet t high. 
Thos. pues a ., 22, Ely Place, Holborn, W.C. 
Den of a Gipsy Girl. 
as Relief of Napoleon III. , 
Mrs. n Cave, F.R.H.S,, 85, Wilton Place, S.W. 
0 Seeds of Box Tree; Attees (Seeds); Kutukie Seeds, used by dyers; small bag 
of Hazel Nuts 
€ € sap? Coane, Е.В.Н.З., Welton Park, Daventry. 
John are nae ,, F.R.H.S., ао, Rutland Gate, S.W. 
17 Packets of laere ous). 
LANDT, С.В wh Miss Paul, F.R.H.S.), 10, Onslow Crescent, S.W. 
- 1 Packet of Pepper ЗА m Cashmere; 9 Packets of Seed, not named, from 
Cas ; 2 Packets of Indian нае Л Seed; 1 Packet of Indian Wistaria 
Miss ови, F.R.BS., < Addison Road, Kensington, W. 
1 plant of Ficus elastica 
Haace, Jun., Nurseryman, E 
= ded x Drummondi, Louise Grell Pi Pho Drumm ro d A j p Potnia, 
h PON 2 Petunia, Marie Ko onchus € 
PaL a Nod graddidore : а Hhouberithiféti. 
