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mon nasturtium has intertwined its leaves with those of the above-mentioned 

 species ; but not a single insect seems to have touched it. — J. P. Chatsworth, 

 Oct. 23. 1837. [We sent the insects to iNIr.Westwood, who says they are those of 

 the P6nti« brassicae (the common white cabbage butterfly), which often feeds 

 on the nasturtium. It is a curious instance of preference given to an exotic 

 plant, which it is very difficult to account for.] 



Art. VII. The London Hotticultural Society and Garden. 



^txtiHtKitS granted to young Gardeners hy the Horticultural Society of Ijondon, 

 from Sejit. 25. to Nov. 13. 1837 : — 



Sej)tember 25. — James Thompson of Scone, Perthshire, a Certificate of the 

 First Class. 



October 23. — Hichakd Parnell of Heligan, St. Austel, Cornwall, a Cer- 

 tificate of the First Class. 



November 13. — Walter Scott Grierson of Penpont, Dumfries, an extra 

 Certificate of the First Class. 



October 17. — Read. A paper " On the Growth of Stove Aquatics in the 

 open Air," by L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Exhibited. — ^rica Massoni(7««, from Joseph Wilson, Esq., of Clapham 

 Common. Queen pine-apple, weighing 41b. 14 oz., from William Harrison, 

 Esq., F.H.S, Clerodt^ndrum speciosissimum, Crowea maligna; £'rica cerin- 

 thoides, E. curviflora; Gloxinia maculuta, G. cserulescens, Oncidium papilio, 

 Columne« scandens, Rdche« falcata, Euphorbia punicea, Ipomce^ainsignis, and 

 SciWa. hyacmihoides ; from Mr. Green, gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, 

 Bart. French marigolds, from Messrs. Beck and Co. of the Strand. Impa- 

 tiens scapiflora, and Tropae^olum tuberosum, from Messrs. Young of Epsom. 

 Brugmans/a Whymanni, from Mr. Conway, gardener to L. Sulivan, Esq. 

 AUamanda cathartica, Aphelandra cristata, Polyspora axillaris, and Loasa 

 coccinea, from Mrs. Lawrence. Jersey chrysanthemum, maiden's blush, 

 and a collection of dahlias, from Messrs. Chandler and Son. Three apples 

 (name unknown), from Mi's. Fielder, of Alton, Hants. Dahlias, from Mr. 

 Catcleugh of Sloane Street, Chelsea. Green-fleshed melon, grown in an 

 open frame, from John Williams, Esq., C.M.H.S. A collection of cut flowers, 

 from the Hon. W. F. Strangways, F.H.S. 



From the Garden of the Society. — Dahlias, and single Mexican seedlings. — 

 Pears: BufFam's (an American variety of some merit), Boyle Farm wilding, 

 Due de Berri (a great bearer, melting, yet seems to require a warmer climate 

 than this), poire Neill, beurre de Capiaumont, Marie-Louise (from a wall). 

 The flavour of this, like many other Belgic sorts, is not so good when grown 

 smooth-skinned against a wall, as those that are browned on standards. 

 Do}'enne blanc, Seckle, fondante Van Mons (deserves cultivation), Styrian, 

 Gansel's bergamot (wall), moorfowl egg, beurre Bosc, Henri Quatre, Aston 

 Town. — Apples : Wcrmsley pippin (a valuable sort), and king of the pip- 

 pins; the golden noble, pomme violette, Dutch codlin, gloria mundi, mere de 

 menage, Hollandbury, Bedfordshire foundling, Waltham Abbey seedling, sops 

 of wine : all good kitchen apples. Crimson queening, Orack Elma (Persian 

 variety), Foxlej', yellow Ingestrie, Downton, Ribston pippin. Paradise pippin, 

 Blenheim pippin, and autunm pearmain. 



Awarded. Silver Knightian medals, to Mr. Pratt, for the queen pine-apple; 

 to Mr. J. Green, for the Columnc« scandens ; and to Mr. Young, for the Tro- 

 pae^olum tuberosum. 



November 17. — Exhibited. A pumpkin, weighing 1 cwt. 21 lb., from Denia, 

 in Valencia, from Joseph Travers, Esq., F.H.S. Erica propendens, cerin- 

 thoides, curviflora, «bietina, viridiflora var., and sp,; Epiphyllum truncatum. 

 Begonia octopetala, and Zygopetalum Mackayi, from Mr. Green, gardener to 

 Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. Epiphyllum truncatum, from Mr. Lane, gar- 

 dener to John Horsley Palmer, Esq., F.H.S. Cattleja labiata, from Mrs. 

 Lawrence, E.H.S. A collection of new seedling Jersey chrysanthemums, from 



