30-i> IIorticLiliural Sociclij. 



A Paper was read, On the Geology and Geogiaphy of 

 Sumatra, and some of the adjacent islands; by Dr. Jack. 

 Communicated by H. T. Colebrouke, Escj. 



IIORTJ CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Feb. 4-. — The following papers were read : — On the autumn 

 and winter management oi cauliflowers, so as to preserve them 

 through the winter. By Mr. Creorge Cockburn, gardener to 

 William Steven Poyntz, Esf|. — On the cidtivation and propa- 

 gation of Gardenia radicans. By Mr. Sanuiel Sawyer, gar- 

 dene*" to Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Esq. — On the management of 

 fig-trees in the open air. By Mr. Samuel Sawyer. — Notes on 

 the effects of frost upon glazing. By Joseph Sabine, Esq., 

 F.R.S., &c., Secretary. — On foixing strawberries. By Mr. 

 George Meredew-, gardener to Charles Calvert, Esq. 



Feb. 18. — The following papers were read: — On a method 

 of treating potatoes, so as to preserve them in a fresh state du- 

 ring the winter. By Mr. John Goss. — On a variety oi' Bras- 

 sica oleracea fimbriafa^ called Wobiu'n perennial cabbage. By 

 Mr. John Sinclair, gartlener to His Grace the Duke of Bedford, 

 at Woburn. — On the ferlilization of the female blossoms of fil- 

 berts. By the Rev. George Swayne. Mr. Swayne suspected 

 that the infertility of the filbert was occasioned by the defi- 

 ciency of male blossoms ; and it occurred to him, that by ob- 

 taining branches of the wild hazel, and suspending them over 

 the filbert plants, he woidd compensate for that deficiency. 

 Tliis experiment he tried with complete success, and the paper 

 gives an interesting detail of his mode of operating. 



March 4. —A paper on the cultivation of melons in the open 

 air, by John Williams, Escj. was read. — A communication by 

 the Rev. John Bransby was read, stating some usefid particu- 

 lars as to the best mode of cultivating the Tctragouia cxpansa, 

 or New Zealand spinach. — A paper by Mr. John Lindley, tlie 

 Assistant-Secretary at the garden, was read, containing some 

 particulars relative to the seedling varieties oi" A/naiy/l/is, whicli 

 had been raised by the Hon. an.d Rev. ^^'illiam I lerbert, and 

 flowered in the garden of the society. — A large collection of 

 fruits, preserved in spiiits, was exhibited ; they were brouglit 

 home by Mr. Geoi'ge Don, a botanical collector in the service of 

 the society. They i>ad been collected at St. Gliomas' s, Africa, 

 Maranhani, and 'i'rinidad. 



