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Bere Court pippin, from seed sown in his garden at Bere 

 Court, near Pangbourne, Berkshire, by the Rev. J. S. Breedon. 



Cray pippin, from seed in his garden at St. Mary's Cray, 

 Kent, by R. Waring, Esq. 



Stoney Royd pippin, from the seed of an American apple, 

 in the garden of Mrs. Rawson of Halifax, in Yorkshire. 



Esopus Spitzenberg apple, an American sort requiring the 

 protection of a wall, large, beautiful, and of an exquisite flavour. 

 It is said to have been originated in the neighbourhood of 

 Albany. By George Caswell, Esq. in his garden at Saccombe 

 Park, Hertfordshire. 



Claygate pearmain, the produce of a bud taken from a seed- 

 ling tree, in a hedge-row in the hamlet of Claygate, near 

 Thames Ditton, by John Braddick, Esq. in his garden at 

 Thames Ditton. 



Fruit of the Anona squamosa, or custard apple, ripened 

 in the stove of Earl Powis, at Walcot Hall, Shropshire. This 

 is believed to be the first instance of this delicate fruit coming 

 to maturity in this country. 



65. Description of some New Pears. By Mr. John Turner, F.L.S. 



Assistant Secretary. 



To copy or abridge these descriptions here would be of 

 little use ; where they stand they may serve as preparations 

 for that general descriptive catalogue of fruits which it is to 

 be hoped the Horticultural Society will be able to publish at 

 no very distant period. 



66. Account and Description of Five new Chinese Chrysanthemums ; 

 •with some Observations on the Treatment of all the Kinds at pre- 

 sent cultivated in England ; and on other Circumstances relating 

 to the Varieties generally. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. F.R.S. &c. 

 Secretary. Read April 20. 1824. 



This is a long paper chiefly descriptive and historical, but 

 from which we find nothing sufficiently interesting to extract, 

 excepting that most or all of the sorts thrive very well when 

 planted at the base of a south wall, and trained against it. 

 In such a situation they will stand the severity of a winter like 

 that " of 1822-3, which was very trying generally to tender 

 plants, without other protection than mulching their roots. 

 It is desirable that the old roots should remain, and not be 

 replaced by young plants when thus cultivated, because 

 the stronger they are the more branches will be produced, 

 and on the number of these the superiority of their beauty 

 depends." 



(To be continued.) 



