464< HoiiicuUnral mid Geological Sociel/cs. 



legists, without detaching them from the genersjl body of the 

 cultivators of natural history, and without increasing that sub- 

 division of them into detached and insulated Societies, which 

 perhaps has already been carried to excess among us. — Edit.] 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Nov. 4th. The following communications were read : 



Description of a Pear-tree on which the Operation of reverse 

 Grafting had been performed. By Mr. William Balfour, 

 Gardener to the Earl Grey, at Howick, Northumberland. 



Observations on the Effects of the Winter of 1822-3 on 

 tender Exotic Plants growing in the open air at Kingsbridge, 

 Devonshire. By Abraham Hawkins, Esq., F.H.S. 



On a Method of destroying Caterpillars. By Mr. Henry 

 Ross, Corresponding Member of the Society. 



Additional Notes on the Utility of Grafting Wax. By 

 David Powell, Esq. 



Nov. 18th. The Silver Medal of the Society was presented 

 to William Wells, Esq., F.H.S., for his attention to the im- 

 provement of Horticulture, and for his success in raising new 

 Varieties of Double, Semi-double and Single Dahlias, Speci- 

 mens of which have been shown at the Meetings of the Society. 



The Silver Medal was also presented to Frederick Gar- 

 sham Carmichael, Esq., F.H.S., for his attention and skill in 

 Horticulture, as evinced by the Specimens of Fruits shown by 

 him at various Meetings of the Society. 



Dec. 2nd. The Silver Medal of the Society was presented 

 to Mr. Robert Buck, Cori'esponding Member of the Society, 

 Gardener to the Lord Bagot, for his skill in the Cultivation 

 of Pine Apples, as evinced in the several Seedling Fruits shown 

 by him at the different Meetings of the Society. 



The following communications were read : 



An Account of a new Variety of Plum. By the President. 



On the Cultivation of the Pine Apple in low Tenijjerature. 

 By Mr. Archibald Stewart of Valleyfield, N.B. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Dec. 5. A Paper was read, entitled Remarks on the Geo- 

 logy of Siam and Cochin-China, and certain Islands in the 

 Indian Archipelago and Parts of the adjacent Continent. 

 By John Crawford. Esq. M.G.S. 



Dec. 19. A Paper was read containing Geological Ob- 

 servations collected in a Journey through Persia from Bushire 

 in the Persian Gulf to Teheran. By James B. Eraser, Esq. 

 M.G.S. 



The author is of opinion that both the east and west sides 



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