4)66 Horticultural Society and Garden. 



" grievance" can have nothing to do with it. We are glad now to learn, 

 for the first time, that Mr. Knight's pines look well ; which, however, though 

 a proof that they may be grown well by his mode, is no proof of the supe- 

 riority of that mode to the practice in general use. If there is one gar- 

 dener in a hundred who is of a different opinion, we are very much mistaken. 

 Why do they not try Mr. Knight's mode at the Horticultural Society's 

 garden at Chiswick ? Will any reader ever think of such a mode who can 

 procure tan or leaves (p. 4,31.), or apply steam to beds of stone in the 

 manner of Mr. Hay? (p. 443.) — Cond. 



The Otaheite Pine. — Sir, For the satisfaction of Mr. M'Murtrie (p. 231.), 

 I beg leave to give you a particular account of the introduction of the 

 Otaheite pine into this country. In the year 1797, Mr. Birt received a 

 package from the West Indies, consisting of yams, tamarinds, aloes, &c., 

 and, amongst the rest, six gills of the pine in question, but so withered that 

 it appeared very doubtful whether they would grow. Now, it happened 

 that Mr. Tyley (then gardener to Lord Anson at Shugborough) came over 

 to Colton, to assist Mr, Hodson in shifting some orange trees into new tubs, 

 and, seeing the gills, wished to buy one; upon which Mr. Birt made him a 

 present of three of them, the whole of which grew. Of the three left at 

 Colton, only two succeeded, and these were afterwards most probably sent 

 to Shugborough. The above, I believe, is substantially correct, as I had it 

 from Mr. Hodson himself In conclusion, I must beg leave to inform 

 Mr. M'Murtrie that, if he intends to contradict this statement, he must 

 bring forward something more than mere probabilities, otherwise even his 

 great name will have very little weight with either me or the public. I am, 

 Sir, yours, &c.— C. F. Webster. Fazeley, May 18, 1829. 



Art. v. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



June 2. 1829. — Read. Description of a Melon and Cucumber Pit; hy 

 Mr. Richard Lacy, of Cayton Hall, Yorkshire. 



Exhibited. A plant in flower of jSymphytum asperrimum (a valuable food 

 for cattle), from Mr. D.Grant of Lewisham. (p. 442.) Flowers ofPassiflora 

 alata, and plants in flower of i?hodod^ndron catawbiense and R. fragrans, 

 from Messrs. Chandler and Son. Bananas, from Mrs. Beaumont of Hexham 

 Abbey. Fruit of the Cactus speciosissima and Cactus speciosa, from Mr. 

 Henry Groom, F.H.S. Cucumbers, from Mr. Richard Lacy. A leaf of the 

 Talipot tree, from Lieut. Seddon, R.A. Knevett's new Pine Strawberry, 

 from Mr. Samuel Knevett, F. H.S. Seedling Rhubarb, from Mr. Myatt of 

 Camberwell. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of Glycine sinensis [Wis- 

 taria Consequana], Glycine frut^scens, il^fmulus liiteus var. rivularis, 

 M. guttatus. M. moschatus, Collinsz'a grandiflora, ikf^spilus grandiflora, 

 Cratae^gus Oxyacantha rosea sup^rba, Bignonia capreolata, yE'sculus 

 Pavia rosea, ^. flava, and ^. rosea, Geum coccineuni, (Spirae^a bella and 

 S. triloba. Straw-coloured Broom, T^raxinus O'rnus latifoHa, Ranunculuses, 

 Paeonias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, YellowiJosa Bankszts, Spartium 5c6rpius, 

 Scotch Roses, Rose de Lisle, varieties of iupinus tomentosus, L- poly- 

 phylliis, L. ornatus, L. arbustus, L. micranthus, L. nootkatensis, Pent- 

 stemon procerum, P. decussatum, ovatum, Chelone Sconlen', Clarkia pul- 

 ch^Ua, Eriophyllum caespitosum, Valerianilla cong^sta, ^'sculus Pavia 

 parviflora, Yellow Scotch Roses, and varieties of Heart's-ease. 



Jnne 16. — Exhibited. Li-tchis from China, from Mr.Samuel Mart,F.H.S. 

 Six sorts of Indian Corn, from I. A. Jones, Esq. Flowers of George the 

 Fourth Rose, from Mr. T. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. A collection of 

 bulbous Irises, from Mr. Henry Groom, F.H.S. Twenty sorts of Flowers, 



