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(about $32,000.) This sum was mostly received at the monthly exhi- 

 bitions of the Society, at their garden at Chiswick. £3500 has been 

 paid of the Society's debt. The amount now due by the Society is re- 

 duced to £13.554. T. A. Knight, Esq., was elected President. 



At the meeting on May 2d, a paper was read by Dr. Lindley, from 

 the President, on the cultivation of strawberries. Messrs. Chandler ex- 

 hibited Camelh'« japonica var. coiallina and eximia, i?hododendron 

 Smith//, and other plants. Mrs. Lawrence exhibited an extensive col- 

 lection, among which was the Camell/a reticulata. Mr. Green, gar- 

 dener to Lady Antrobus, exhibited six remarkable seedling cinerarias. 

 Mr. Glenny exhibited a handsome specimen of Eriostemon iuxifolium. 

 Mr. Young of Epsom exhibited Camell/a japonica var. coccinea major. 

 Clematis montana, from the Society's garden, was very beautiful. It 

 possesses an odor similar to vanilla. 



May 16th. — Mrs. Marryatt at this meeting exhibited seedling cinera- 

 rias and a fine specimen of Cliv/a nobilis. 



Jtine 6lh. — At this meeting Mrs. Lawrence sent nine specimens of 

 heaths, and Cosmel/a rubra and Phlox Drummond/. Mr. Hogg and 

 Mr. Mountjoy exhibited fine heart's-ease. Mr. Dennis showed a broton 

 nasturtium. Mr. Rawson exhibited a hybrid Rhododendron between 

 R. arboreum and R. ponticum, which is said to have been brilliant 

 and beautiful. Mr. Glenny exhibited Kennedya dilitata and coccinea. 

 The flowers from the Society's garden were Gaillard/a picta, Phlox 

 Drummond/, Sedum azureum, and two petunias, a blush and a seedling 

 hybrid; Ferbena Tweedi«raa, Nemophila atromaria, Collins/a bicolor, 

 Clematis montana, and a large number of elegant calceolarias. The 

 meetings were attended by a great number of the nobility. (Hort. 

 Jour.) 



An Exhibition of Plants took place at Worton Lodge, on the 22d of 

 May, under the most distinguished patronage: as the exhibiters were 

 persons who had taken prizes at the horticultural and metropolitan so- 

 cieties, the productions were generally of the highest class and in the 

 greatest perfection. Gold medals were awarded, of the value of £15, 

 £7, 10s. and £3. Mr. Butcher, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Red- 

 ding, gardener to Mrs. Marryatt, Messrs. Lucombe, Piuce &. Co., 

 Messrs. Brown, Mr. Gaines and Mr. Wilmot, were the principal re- 

 ceivers of the prices. {Id.) 



Spirce'a japonica. — A new species with this name has been lately in- 

 troduced by Mr. Low of Clapton. It is of an herbaceous habit. The 

 flowers are white and are produced very freely, and, contrasted with 

 the deep green foliage, have a very neat and pretty appearance; it is, 

 without doubt, a plant of great merit, and one in which no collection 

 should be wanting. (Pax. j\lag. Bot.) 



Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs. — This flourishing 

 Society held its second show at Beulah Spa, on Thursday the 24th of 

 August, 1837. It was one of considerable interest, and a large amount 

 in premiums was awarded. Like all the shows of this Society, the spe- 

 cimens were remarkable both for their rarity and for the skill displayed 

 in their cultivation. Upwards of twenty prizes were awarded for dah- 

 lias, the show of which, as early as this date, was veiy splendid. The 

 most successful competitor was Mr. Widnall. His stand is stated to 

 have been "truly beautiful," and the only winning one deserving the 

 distinction of giving the names of the flowers. They were exhibited 

 with the names attached, and obtained the gold medal : they were as fol- 

 lows: — 



Widnall's Lady Dartmouth, Marchioness of Tavistock, Juliet, Em- 

 peror, Paris, Perfection and Sir Walter Scott; Springfield Rival, Glory 

 of the West, Dodds's Mary, Jeffrie's Triumphant, Exemplar, Nimrod, 



