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from Robert Barclay, Esq. F.H.S. Dutch Rock Melon, from Mr. Henry 

 Bailey of Middleton Park. Keen's Seedling Strawberry, from Mr. Samuel 

 Knevett. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Five sorts of Strawberries. Flowers 

 of iupinus arbustuSjZy. polyphyllus, Watts's climbing China Rose, Frazer's 

 Noisette Rose, Frazer's climbing China Rose, Rose de Lisle, i?6sa indica 

 centifolia, Drummond's Thornless Rose, Boursault Rose, /?6sa Noisette 

 rouge, Scotch Rose, Pieonia albiflora Whitlejii, P. alb. Pottsii, P. alb. 

 Reevesii, P. alb. Humei, P. alb. fragrans, ilflmiilus liiteus rivularis, M. 

 luteus, M. guttatus, M. floribundus, M. parviflorus M. moschatus, Pent- 

 stemon deustum, P. venustum, P. glandulosum, P. speciosum, P. ovatum, 

 P. difFusum, P. procerum, Eschscholtzia califoniica. Glycine frutescens, 

 Mk\\aM.\xm6iana,Gi\ia capitata, Clarkia pulchdlla, iathyrus californicus, 

 Geum coccineum, Galardta aristata, Eutoca multiflora, Collinsia grandi- 

 flora. Irises, Bulbous Irises, Sweetwilliams, Rhododendrons. 



July 7. — Read. Further Remarks on a Description of a Melon and 

 Cucumber Pit, as read before the Horticultural Society of London, at their 

 Meeting on the 2d of June, 1829, with additional Plans, illustrative of 

 these Remarks ; together with a Description and Plan of a Pit for raising 

 and rearing Seedling Melon and Cucumber Plants. By Mr Richard Lacy, 

 Cayton Hall, Yorkshire. Account of a new Melon, named Hewson's Em- 

 peror ; by Mr. Richard Lacy. 



Exhibited Specimens of Indian corn, from Captain Peter Rainier, F.H.S. 

 J?heum Emodi, from Aylmer Bourke Lambei-t, Esq. F.H.S. Two Fruit 

 Pieces, sent by permission of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, and drawn 

 from nature expressly for him, by Mr. George Lance, of 15. Clarendon 

 Square. These were noble specimens of the art of painting, and reflected 

 honour upon the artist. They were exhibited in consequence of having 

 been partly executed from fruit supplied from the Society's garden. Dried 

 fruit of Diospyros Kaki, from John Reeves, Esq. F.H.S, Thsee were flat, 

 covered with a grey sugary secretion, sweet, and pleasant. A collection of 

 Pinks from Mr. Hugh Ronalds. Flowers of Larkspurs and Rhododendrons, 

 from Mr. Joseph Kirke, F.H.S. Flowers of Ferbena Melindres, from Mr. 

 James Young, F.H.S. A collection of Roses, from Mr. John Lee, F.H.S. 

 Godfrey's Seedling Strawberry, from Mr.George Godfrey of Shirley Gardens, 

 near Southampton. Wilmot's superb Strawberry, from Mr. J. Harman of 

 Uxbridge. Melon, unnamed, from Mr. David Lyon, gardener to Sii" Charles 

 Pole, Bart. F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Barnet and Red Antwerp Rasp- 

 berries, Elton, Black Eagle, Waterloo," May Duke, and Knight's early 

 Black Cherries. Twenty-eight sorts of Strawberries. Flowers of Eccre- 

 mocarpus scaber, Gesneria bulbosa, Cuphea Melvilia, Combretum purpu- 

 reum, Quisqualis Indica, ffinothera, lAndXeyana quadrivulnera viminea, 

 tenella, pallida, and ?'6sea alba ; Clarkirt pulchella, C. pulchella var. integri- 

 petala, Galardia aristata, Eschsch61tzi« californica, iupinus ornatus, plu- 

 mosus, and bicolor; Pentstemon diffiisum, venustum, and triphyllum; 

 <Sida ?Malvaefl6ra, Gilia capitata, G. pulchella, ^'nthemis arabica, /beris 

 umbellata red and lilac, ili^alope ??«alacoides Potentilla atrosangulnea, Col- 

 lomia grandiflora, Sweetwilliams, Double Poppies, ilf^alva Munroia««. 

 Geum coccineum, Chelone nemorosa. 



The Fete at Chiswick. — Owing to the rainy weather, this fete has been 

 much less satisfactory than any of those which preceded it ; and to the 

 disappointments in the garden have been added, as we are informed, any 

 thing but civil treatment, by the officers in Regent Street, to those who have 

 applied for explanation or redress. Various angry and satirical letters have 

 appeared in the newspapers on the subject, which, in a journal like the 

 present, scarcely require fm'ther notice. We shall, however, quote an ex- 

 tract or two from the Literary Gazette, and a letter, which, in our opinion, 



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