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wind, fer a heavy shower of rain in the afternoon. The visitors 
‘were more onthe In conformity with 
our previous practice, we shall merely specify those plants which 
were pee at the Chiswick exhibition ; observing that there were 
a good many specimens present which had been at DA on 
the 17th. The things which struck us as most remarkable were 
some of the Heaths, which were splendidly grown ; a very noble 
flowering specimen of Mepenthes distillatoria (the common Pit- 
cher plant), from Mr. Mylam, gr. to S. Rucker, Esq., Wands- 
worth; two new Polargoniums, name pherd’s Queen Vic- 
's. Henderson, Of Pine-Apple Place, 
fine new Fuchsia, called Queen Victoria, fi 
of Dalston. The last-named plant has very large pale pinkish 
flowers, with a rich purplish corolla, and appears to Ls ten the 
best and most distinct kinds yet made known. Among the c 
lections of plants, Shere was one from Mr RAbamnsss ee He G. W. 
tivated and flowered; Polygal 
a cordifolia, in a heal 
state; Elichrysum proliferum, anemia luxuriant, bushy, and 
full of flowers ; Ixora coccinea, particularly and gorgeous, 
with two or three good smaller plants ; a beautiful specimen of 
Borénia denticulata, and a fine one of B. serrulata, which was 
not, however, very thickly Stara with foliage ; ahandsome low 
specimen of Stepha: janotis floribundus; a good d dwarf Pimélea de- 
a; Leschenailtia see particularly dwarf and beau- 
tiful; Pimélea rosea, fine; an unusually low and well- iad 
Achimenes longiflora; and good specimens of Eri 
perspicua nana, ge) ‘emmifera, tricolor superba, vestita eaceutced 
(quite a little tree,) translucens, vaszefiora, elegans, eras 
ee Mee rosea. <A large collection was se Green, 
gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., but we perceived nothing miGtCeRHS 
in it that ‘was not at Chiswick, save a capital specimen of Achi- 
menes longifiora. Mr, Hunt, gr. to Miss Traill, supplied a col- 
ion i a saligna, which 
Cattleya crispa, a Ned good plant, with one 
spike of its charming flowers magnificent Heaths, the 
finest of which were tricolor sieges, aieotoe superba, gemmifera, 
i, translucens rosea, and West- 
Mr, Cockburn, gr. to 
the Earl of Mansfield, Caen-Wood, were a very showy plant o: 
Cassia corymbosa, finely rown; the white-flowered vane of 
Brugmansia suaveolens ; Si ipho- 
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produced, in his collection, a superb plant o1 
rior specimen of Diplacus puniceus; Pimélea 
decussata, in a dwarf and rich state; and Dracocephalum gra- 
cile, beautifully managed. In a group contributed by Mr. 
Pi y, of Bromley, there were some excellently-cultivated 
Fuchsias, of various kinds, with one called a seedling, which is 
very like Eppsii; Ixora coccinea, peculiarly dwarf and splendid ; 
Mahernia pinnata, a cone of Lie ae flowers ; ee Alstreemeria 
pelegrina, very handsome. A collection by Mr. Mi ay, gr. tok, 
Goodhart, Esq., Beckenham, had in it ‘a beantiful plant of Here 
via Hooke erii; Créwea saligna, superlatively good; with v 
exquisite speciinens of Sprengélia incarnata and euncne Teter 
lection from Mr. Frazer, Leyton, contained a 
charming little Pimelea rosea, the pot of which had been placed 
ina larger one, and the space filled up with something to protect 
the roots; Erica Bergiana, a delightful specimen, though with 
rather dull-coloured flower rs; Euthales macrophylla, and some 
extremely handsome plants of Kalmia latifolia. Messrs. Hender- 
son, of Pine-Apple-Place, sent (not for coonpetition) a fine plant of 
the elegaut Marianthus czeruleo-punctatus, arge al por been 
fully- sorered Siphocdmpylus BIebtOr, and Erica ventricosa c 
einea minor, the specimen of which was one of the loveliest 
things ee ee Several persons exhibited groups of ae 
Mr. Braz . H. Storey, Esq., Isleworth, sent a 
tion of hybrid vestitas, to which two other pretty hy! Din wees 
added; and very magnificent flowering-plants of Gavendiahtana, 
Halicacaba, tricolor coronata, grandiflora, Jasminiflora nana, 
splendens, and ventricosa purpurea. From Mr. May, gr. to E. 
Goodhart, Esq,, there were specimen: likewise magnificent, of 
Humei, odorata rosea, psec een tricolor, pyestpetngey ves- 
tita coccinea, Massoni, and elegans. Mr. Barnes, gr. to G. 
rman, Esq., had splendid rilieaten of Erica depress, Senate) 
‘Westphalingia, perspicua, and Humei, Mr, Clark, gr. to T. 
Smith, Shirley-park, showed E, pea oore ipekcutent and Juli- 
ackson, of Kingston, there 
dation ora alba, aristella, tricolor 
speciosa (an elegant Nomis Savilleana, anda specimen of odo- 
rata, four feet in height, nderful plant. Mr. Barnes exhi- 
bited, as a single speci iene oorica Massoni, which was in the 
very highest idea of excellence. The Orchidaceous plants were 
better than those at the last show, and in greater numbers, 
jam, ns cr S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, exhibited, 
ica ae some that were at Chiswick, a very fine plant of Cye- 
es Loddigesii, with Cirrhcea tristis, C, fuscolutea, Epiden- 
drum pastoris, Peristéria pendula, Oncidium Lanceanum, Cory- 
anthes rte, ycnoches ventricosum, and a separate speci- 
men of Aérides affine. Mr, Goode, gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing 
Park, Srollaced avery pale and d small. ower Barkéria pected 
bilis, a large Dendrébium moschatum, eee grandiflora, 
and Huntleya violacea. From Mr, eby, gr. to T, Brockle- 
hurst, Esq. ‘ence, near Macclesfield, there were Vanda 
teres, Oni cidium divaricatum, Brassia verrucosa, the deliciously- 
and Oncidium roseum, with 
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Stanhopea Serine and Oncidium luridum guttatum. From 
r. Barnes, G. Norman, Esq., there was a good 
specimen of fontanfam Lanceanum, another of Cypri- 
In Fuchsias, there was little that dif- 
Mr, Gaines, however, con- 
tained F. princeps, a short-flowered variety, with good colours, 
and blooming freely ; ilicifolia, an elegant old-fashioned 
kind, with deeply cut leaves; aurantia, a light-coloured sort, 
having an indistinct tinge of. pale orange in its saat and 
excelsa, which has a good habit. Mr. Brazier, gr. to W. H. 
rained specimen of formosa 
legans icker, gr. to A. Crofton, Esq., baa aa a 
beautiful tree-like plant of globosa major; and Mr. Smith, of 
Dalston, a new variety, called incarnata, the flowers ot which 
are pale pinkish, with a light red corolla. It is pretty, and 
rather distinct. The collections of cut Roses, by various exhi- 
, were more splendid than usual. Those in pots were in no 
degree remarkable. Of climbing plants, there was @ good Phili 
bértia grandifiora, Lophospermum scandens, an immense speci- 
men of Hardenbergia monophylla, Batatas bonariensis, and 
Tweedia czrulea, from Mr. Clarke, gr. to T. Smith, Esq., 
Shirley Park, The specimens of various plants, exhibited by 
themselves, were Statice sinuata, a ver! 
Epiphylium Pedibe a elegans, a variet, 
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with small indistinct white stripes in the 
esting The exhibitions of Shrubby SAW aeoee Jetta 
‘ood plants by Mr. Barnes, gr. to G. W. Nor » Esq., of 
Valentine, Magra Incomparable, Shrubby pertection, as 
rks jueen ; and by . Gaines, of Celeste, >» Incompa- 
rable, este superb, pi and Shes Bart ‘he 
and J Delicati issima; and by Mr. Gatleugh, Commodore, Solomon, 
Coapanie Magna, Surprise, and Claw 
The following collection of Pr LEAT was exhibited by 
r. Cock, not for Sons 
Flash, Marcella, Madelina, Mr. Ga 
Rhoda, Joan of Arc, Flamingo, Grand Monarch, Mabel, Master 
Humphrey, Lord Mayor, Corona. Mr. Henderson showed also, 
not for compe! Meee ce Shepherd’s Qneen Victoria, 
Priory Queen, Wilson’s Superba, Madonna, Beauty, Coronation, 
Enchantress.’ Pelargoniums in collections of 6 varieties, in 
24-sized pots :—1st prize, Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr, E. Beck, Isle- 
worth, for Luna, Leonora, Evening star, Meteor, “Erectum) Cleo- 
patra. 2d prize, Mr. Stains, Middlesex Place, ronation, 
Orange ‘Boven, | Priory Queen, Madelina, Prince 
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Perfection, Madelina, Euterpe, Royal Adelaide, Lady Prudhoe, 
Rising Sun, Augusta, Cotherstone, and Jubilee. 2d prize, Mr. 
Catleugh, for Queen of the Fairies, Juliet, Angelina, Unit, Mul- 
berry, Symmetry, Jubilee, Luna, Tournament, Amina, Enchant- 
ress, and Queen of Beauties. Pelargoniums in collections of 6 
varieties in 12-sized pots :—1st prize, Mr. Bell, Chelsea Hospital, 
for Coronation, Erectum, a sy Paris, Florence, ane and 
Sylph. 2Qd prize, Mr. Bourne, gr. t r Chelsea 
Pensioner, ees ‘sylph, Spe eculum, Mabel, Nymp! re 3d prize, 
to Miss Trail, for Prince of Wales, Jubilee, Louis 
Quartorze, cohort; Mrs. Stirling, Matilda, The number exhibited 
by Deana this bees was doubled :—ist prize, Mr. Cut- 
for Hebe, Unit, Una, Comte de Paris, Lord Mayor, 
Duchess of Sutherland, Witch, peline, Priory Queen, spree 
Victory, Matilda. 2d prize, Mr. Gaines, for Matilda, Juba, 
Perfecta, Exquisite, Gaptivation, Syiph; Joan of ‘Are, Rosea ey. 
fecta, Rienzi, Lady Isabella Douglas, Victory, Nymph, Pelar- 
goniums in collec of 4 varieties, in No, 8-sized pots :—1s¢ 
prize, Mr. Hunt, sae r Erectum, Sylph, Lelia, Jehu, 2d prize, Mr. 
Bourne, for Vie ory, Fanny Garth, Horace, and Erectum, 
Several specimens ae peda exhibitors were placed in this part 
of the tent, not for competitio: 
RANuncunusus were exhibited by Mr. Ansh, and by Mr. Alex- 
ander. ie 1st prize was awarded to Mr. Ansh, for Prince 
aaa Hester, Catalani, Charlotte, Herald, Skiddaw, Rob Roy, 
and Aust; Milo, Nonesuch, Henriette, Carmine Superb, MOE 
onder, Prince of Wales, Nelson, Victoria, Pre- 
Jueen, Mirabelle, Sir R. Peei, Othello, and Clarissa. 
2d prize, Me coed for Mrs. Nielson, Bartlett’ 's Charlotte, 
Questor, im. Napier, Maggie, Princess Royal, Tyso, Edgar, 
Veder, Queen of the Isles, Don Roderick, Mary, Henning, 
Elvira, Minos, Robert Burns, Horace, Lady Peel, Dehcetnenee, 
Ninus, Alexander’s Rienzi, eee Annette, Scout, Aurora, 
Ensign, Mr. Wyse, Romeo, Tricolor, Emancipator, St. Paul, 
Novpareil, Felix, Pactolus, Triton, an Sir Wm. Wallace. In 
Norman, for Bunkell’s 
jam, Garrat’s Alpha, Dean 
Swift, Little Wonder, Collins's Majestic, Nevill’s Hope, Norman’s 
nry, Prince of Wales, Ibbet’s Triumphant, Hero of pure 
Paice Albert, Queen of Roses, Dawson’s Gauntlet, Lady 
Hastings, Cray’s Beauty, Willmer’s Queen, Bunkell’s Eclipse, 
Church’s Rowena, Omega seedling, and Marianne. 2d prize, to 
Mr. Brown, for Willmer’s Victory, Cousen’s Little Wonder, Lady 
Auckland, ‘Omega, Norman’s Defiance, Earl of Uxbridge, Lad 
Flora Hastings, Majestic, Barret’s Conqueror, Ibbet’s Little 
Alpha, Gauntlet, Eclipse, Model, Creed’s 
President, Ne se Ultra, Seedling, Coronation, oe Stan- 
hope. A collection of very rises was sent from . Lock. 
hart, embracing all the variations from ae ‘licate white ais deep 
purple, many of them beautifully varie; 
‘were several Beenie “Pelargoniums, most 
of which we have taken prizes two or three years since; bat 
owing to the improved varieties lately exhibited,these specimens 
were not caldered Sn ae, good to have prizes awarded to 
m. <A seediin, aria named Illuminator, from Mr, 
Standish, of Bagshot, is selected for a prize, and one from Mr. 
SCENE called Majestic. A sweet-scented seedling Cineraria came 
m Mr. Piper, and a flower of good properties was also noticed, 
fea Princess 
were interesting collections of dried ie named Agri- 
cultural Grasses from Mr. Mo 
and Mr. Coates, Norwood. Those of the renee! exhibitor 
had been pressed, and were fastened 
were free, and stood erectly. Specimens of the Chevalier Barley 
were sent by Mr.T. P. Herne. A group of the species of Statice 
was furnished by Mr. Wood, meperman of ae dabei and 
British Ferns, in pots, by Mr. Wood and Mr. G. Turner. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL ating: OF gern 
Ar a Weekly Council, held at the Society’s house in Hanover 
Square, P. Pusey, Esq., in the chair, C. Arkwright, HG of Dun- 
stall Lodge, near Burt ipon-Trent, was elected a 
Governor, and 45 gentlemen Members of the Society, R Creed, 
Esq., Secretary of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, 
informed the Council that the Directors had passed a peerage 
by which, during the Sociecty’s ensuing meeting at Derby, 
increase is riacaneacd on the usual fares for aReeaReeCn rotate 
on the already reduced charges for the conveyance of cattle and 
agricultural implements, a further reduction would on that occa- 
sion be made of one- Mr. Colvile, M.P., stated that an 
office for the registration of furnished houses or apartments, 
similar to the one established at the ‘yok Meeting last year, 
been opened at No. 14, Market-place, Derby, where 
Mr. Moody, the Registrar, would receive pod tee attend to all 
the wishes of parties applying to him on that subject. Mr. Miles, 
M.P., having read letters received from Mr. 
Graburn, on the character of the soil adopted for the trial of 
implements and the exhibition ws their peculiar principles of 
ackton, hoped that satisfactory ar rangements would be made for 
this purpose ; when Mr. Pusey stated, that, in order to test the 
implements on a soil with which the Derbyshire farmers were 
most familiar, the Council had ordered that every attempt which 
the weather would allow should be made to effect that trial on 
the strong land at Mickleover originally selected for the purpose, 
and which would oc brought by Ciesla Le plough- 
ing, harrowing, & le a state as the soil would 
admit of, The one R. H. Clive, M. P., gave notice 
28th inst., he should propose that prizes be given for long and 
short Down sheep; Mr. Cherry that an aterniion be thy in the 
prizes for horses, and in the sie of their designation; an re 
E. David, that prizes be given for Dairy cattle. Mr. maaive also 
proposed pet eee should on some future occasion be given 
or the best mode of keeping farming Patan and taking stock. 
Mr. Cherry submitted the model of hi and Roller in 
sections, having changeable points of staction; TEETER com- 
paratively uniform pressure may be given to uneven surfaces. 
r. Cherry at the same time explained the advantages of asmith’s 
forge, of Ainible construction and light weight, which he had 
ae presented on a former occasion, and which, being easily 
transferable from place to place, becaines suitable for jobbing 
purposes on extensive farms. Mr, read an interesting 
case of self advancement in Sedediaral indaeey: which he had 
met with in ee through Norfolk; Mr. Pusey communicated 
a account of a variety of Rye from pins Taunton, and a 
statement of (ial de Lichtenburg, of Vienna, on some new 
seeds he sent him, which he fntended to try, and would 
report the result to the Council; Mr. Kirberry, of Oxfordshire, 
communicated the results Me: his experience in the use of his 
Dibbling machine; and the v. W. D. Bromley, of Derbyshire, 
the account of his “mode of healing ewes on mountain farms. 
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Weekly Council was a at the Society’s house, Hanover- 
kinds, which were very ¢ . Barnes, were Princess 
Royal, Glow-worm, Model of Sait Lady Sale, Gazelle 
square, on 
@ 21st of June, the Right Hon. Lord 
Portman, Vis ice-President, in the chair, A.J. Rol bertson, Esq., of 
Tnshes, near Inverness, Scotland, was elected a Governor, and 36 
gentlemen Members of the Society, Mr. Henry Colman, Agri- 
cultural Commissioner from the United States, presented a model 
and sectional drawing of Atwater’s Steam Generator, for 
domestic use, for cooking food for cattle, and for several other 
purposes to which steam may be applied. Mr. Colman stated we 
the principal advantages of the invention were the rapidity wi 
which steam might be produced, the little cost of the Sane: 
Oe small amount of fnel it r aU and its portableness. Mr, 
an likewise presented a sample of sugar made from the 
ee of Indian Corn, or Maize (Zea Mays). This was a fair sugar, 
and in the state a whien it was taken from the pans after the 
evaporation of the Mr. Colman considered that this sugar 
might be made a infos valuable product wherever the Indian 
Corn could be grown, and stated that the plant, when sugar is to 
e made from it, is not allowed to ripen, or even to form its seed, 
and that the stalk only is used. ves or blades and the top 
of the stalk, commonly called the spindle, may be saved for 
fodder, and the erally ‘after they have been pressed, will furnish 
eed for cattle. Iman remarl ae that it had heen already 
ascertained that eee than 1000 f sugar can be obtained 
from a single acre, and he had no aouBE that Paani double that 
amount would eventually be obtained by ultivation and 
management, the puntata being yet in its ee but that 
in respect to cost, quality, and the facility with h farmers 
may supply themselves with this important ar Hele i Mowetic 
consumption, the best results might confidently My anticipated. 
The sample then submitted to the notice of the Council was 
derived from a first attempt at the production of the Indian Corn 
r in America, but there was no reason why similar success 
should not attend the trials made in this country. Mr. Colman 
also presented several specimens of Flax, prepared by steam, with 
‘w to its being spun on common Cotton machinery ; name) 
Specimen No, 1, Green Flax, broken, and the fibres separated 
entirely by the action of machinery, and called the ‘Stem Flax 
No, 2, Green Flax, broken, the fibres separated, and the glutinous 
matter washed out entirely by the action of machinery and p 
cold water, No. 3, Flax which had gone through the same ‘roe 
cesses as the two former specimens; 
water, and a small quantity of alkali in the last ae ; also 
shortened and equalized for spinning. No. 4, jun from 
Flax in specimen No. 3, on a Cotton throstle, with the préparation 
and carding altered. 
specimen of Berenmal Bary from a plant Ero w ine wild in Cal- 
‘oun County, Michigan, U.S., and transmitted to him by Mr. 'T. 
I, Walker, Hektord. The following specimens of SHE and Cotton 
were also presented by Mr. Colman: 1, a specimen of wild silk 
found upon the forest tree in the interior of Mexico, produced by 
an insect, said to be of the spider family ; 2, a specimen of Silk 
Geen from a tree of the Bahama Islands, and resembling floss- 
silk; a specimen of native Cotton, found growing in a wild 
state i the interior of Mexico, the produce of a large tree. Mr. 
Davenport submitted and explained a machine geared by his 
bailiff, Thomas Scragg, for making pressed tiles, at 15s. per 1000, 
the coal being calculated at 12s. per ton, carriage included. Mr, 
Davenport stated that this machine woul y containing 
stones, and oma the hand to penetrate into it for their extrac- 
“Mr. Pus y, M.P., informed the Council that in his paper 
on pHotouRy arate in the last Journal (page 48), in referring 
o the tile machine of Mr. Etheredge, of the Woodlands, near 
Scedtampett he had stated that Wa understood the inventor 
have disposed of his patent to Messrs. Ransome, and to make 
his tiles without the construction of ‘ sheds |”? He had, however, 
een recently inform Etheredge that he had not disposed 
of his patent, and that he makes his tiles without ‘‘shelves,”’ but 
not without sheds. Mr. Pusey then read an interesting com- 
munication he had received on the manufacture and application 
of pipe-tiles, from Lae Dixon, of Witham, in Essex, whose 
e of a system of tile- crataiey had con- 
vinced him of its Belt the ost permanent and economical. Mr. 
Hobbs stated that he could eon for the comecthiens of the details 
then laid before the Council, and for the goodness of the tiles in 
question; Mr. Dixon having done more for land-draining and 
carein Me manipulation of tile-making than any other ae in 
the county. Mr. Warnes obtained leave to submit v: 
specimens of Norfolk Flax, and explain the circumstances of their 
growth and ca 
LINNA:AN SOCIET 
June 20,—Edward OMY ae », in the rt Robert Brown, 
Esq., Edward Forster, Esq., Tooker, and Dr. Horsfield, 
were nominated Vice-} drenidenta) “A list of the names of Fellows 
was read over, whom the Council ay shoule be expelled 
vhe Society for non-payment of arreai was read from 
r. Suttor of New South Wales on the "yorest, trees of Australia. 
ake author described most of the trees according to their colonial 
onomical and medical uses 
The black-butted Gum tree is re- 
markable for its fant height, and is one of the largest trees in 
the colony. The E ptus mannifera, is called Manna tree 
by the colonists, and Sine a saccharine secretion, closely resem- 
bling manna. The colonists use this secretion for the same pur- 
poses as sugar, and it ais said also to have it same medical pro- 
perties as manna, ccount was also en of various trees 
known by the name of Stringy Barks, also Of the Mahogany and 
eee trees of the colonists. These trees pete to very different 
families from those known by the name of Mahogany and Cedar 
in Hurope, but there is a resemblance in the character of their 
eee and they are applied to the same purposes by the colo- 
arley exhibited a new microscope with an improvet 
steed phial- holder, and graphic eye-piece. Mr, Powell also exhi- 
bited one of his Beer instruments, 
JRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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ling Pinker Pansies, and Felargoniums, on. Tusedey, ate and for 
lowers, Upon 
was a very fine collection of Roses, from Messrs, Paul and Son, of 
Cheshunt ; they were in the most perfect condition. _ From Messrs+ 
Chandler and Son, Vauxhall, specimens of Pimelea hispida, Spires 
Poe Se St. See and an extenaye collection of cut bloom 
siich: takeston tie duineis when is vapparent de neaider ee 
The Mossis rich in colour, and abundant. Mr. 
bited fine specimens of the double Yellow Persian. Mr. enale 
eee on thetable cut bloom of Lyne’s Apollo, a Pelargonium or 
great clearness and brilliancy of colour ; the flower is well formed, ©! 
good substance, with rosy vermilion under-petals, scarlet vermilion 
upper petals, with a small spot. Lyne’s Sappho: the beauty of ae) 
variety lies in flielowérpetals, the centre Le pure white, and # Me 
remainder of the Berea cia 3 the flower is of goo 
substance, but opens too flat x 
encroach upon the pee pel which give them a coarse appem 
ences Seb AO pall nn 
argin. of bright rosy vermilion. 
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same as when bi { HOE a ce 0 A Elles 
rich Mulberry- so) joured self; ine form. 2n 5 
Welds avery peculiar deep blue, a yery desirable colour ; texture 
flower Pater crumpled. Pinxs.—Is6, 
awarded to Mr. Willmer, of Sunbury, for Plizabeth; and eMC 
Norman, for Flora, 2d Class se Mr. Gaines’s Surprise, 
showing — 
thet eed xe algo shown, but not placed, anton 5 
pooled : ‘sest omm Lace, 1, Mr. Trevors, Ritson’s 
Stee 
