612 Lo7idon Nurseries, 



Brown's Mule Pink, French Marigolds, Double ten-week Stocks, J erbena 

 pulch^lla, Aublett« and Melindres ; Eschscholtzja californica, CEnothera 

 quadrivulnera, viminea, Lindley««fl, and decumbens; Tracbymcne caerulea, 

 iupinus plumosus, polyphyllus, and ornatus; G\\in pulchella, Clarkm pul- 

 chella, Galardia aristata, Chelone nemoi'osa, M\m\.\\\x% moschatus, Pent- 

 stemon Richardsonii, campanulatum, atropurpureum, and Hollyhocks. 



August 18. — Read. On acclimatising Plants ; by William Pyle Taunton, 

 Esq. F.H.S. History and Description of the Varieties of Camellia japonica 

 that have been imported from China ; by Mr. "William Beattie Booth, A.L.S. 



Exhibited. A Hoe, invented by Mr. Lea of Warley, near Halifax, com- 

 municated by the Rev. John Armitage Rhodes. This was a contrivance by 

 means of which the blade of the hoe could be unscrewed from the shank, 

 and taken off to grind; it had also the advantage that one handle would 

 answer for several hoes, and the necessity of taking off and resetting the hoe 

 in its handle every time it was ground was obviated. Seedling and Dwarf 

 Dahlias, Seedling Noisette Rose, and Hamburgh and Frankendahl Grapes, 

 from William Wells, Esq. P'.H.S. Seedling Dahlias, from Mr. Renn^ Lan- 

 gelier, gardener to William Hervey, Esq. F.H.S., of Acton. Magnolia 

 grandiflora, and five sorts of Apples, from Mr. Joseph Kirk, F.H.S. Belle- 

 garde and Millets, Mignonne Peaches, five sorts of Melons, Elruge Necta- 

 rines, and Black Hamburgh Grapes, from Mr. Henry Bailey, F.H.S. Moor 

 Park Apricots, from Mr. John George Fuller, F.H.S. Ten sorts of Apples, 

 from Mr. Thomas Gibbs, F.H.S. Green-fleshed Melon, from Mr. Thomas 

 Bailey. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Fruit : Ribes aureum prae'cox, 

 sangulneum, and tenuiflorum; Gaultheria Shalloii, nine sorts of Pears, 

 twelve sorts of Apples, Late Duke Cherry, Red August Siberian Crab, 

 Prijnus dasycarpa, and Melon of Nukschevan. Flowers: Chrysanthemum 

 monspeli^nse, Combretum purpureum, Eccremocarpus scaber, Donia villosa, 

 Ferbena Melindres, pulchella, and Aublet/o;; Trachymene caerulea, Esch- 

 scholtzia californica, ^'nthemis arabica, ffinothera viminea, lAmWeyana, 

 decumbens, quadrivulnera, pallida, and a new species ; Galardm aristata, 

 Gilia pulchella, //iblscus africanus. Coreopsis tinctoria, lanceolata, diversi- 

 folia, and Atkinsonii; Pentstemon ovatum and Richardsonii, Clarkm pul- 

 chdlla, Jg^ratum mexicanum. Double Stocks, Mule Pink, Double China 

 Asters, iSenecio ^legans, Double French Marigold, Double Gcorginas, French 

 Marigolds, and Helianthus lenticularis. 



Art. IX. The London Nurseries. 



A NEW seedling variety of G^eum chilo^nse, first observed at Messrs. Whit- 

 ley, Brames, and Milne's, proves to be more general, and in some places 

 to be found exclusively, the original species being smaller-flowered, and not 

 even known to some cultivators, who have the former and wish to obtain 

 the latter. Some difficulty appears to prevail as to the origin of this plant, 

 but as it is the only variety known about Edinburgh, I have little doubt of 

 its having been obtained there from seeds received by Mr. M'Nab from some 

 of his numerous correspondents. That most beautiful plant, Terbena cha- 

 ma^dryfolia \MeHndris Bot. Reg.] figured in Sweet's Flower-Gardcn, No. 3. 

 new series, from its ready method of increase, promises to become a perma- 

 nent ornament of our conservatories, as it may be cultivated to bloom at 

 all seasons. I have little doubt in time it will prove half-hardy, and only 

 require a slight protection in winter. A new Alstroemena (psittacina), one 

 of the most showy of that beautiful genus, also figured by Mr. Sweet, from 

 Mr. Barclay's prolific collection, and said to be hardy, as is the case with A. 



