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to me carefully sealed up in a bottle, with directions that it 

 should not be opened till the seeds were about to be sown, 

 lest the essence should evaporate. The following directions 

 were also sent as to the time and manner of cultivation : — 

 In the beginning of May the seeds are thrown into water ; 

 those that float are thrown away, and those that sink are suf- 

 fered to remain twelve hours. The ground is chosen rich, 

 and manured with pigeon's dung. A small cavity is made, in 

 which several seeds are sown together ; when they come up, 

 three or four only of the most vigorous plants are suffered to 

 remain, the rest are pulled up and thrown away. The fruit 

 ripens in August, and is so rich that no sugar or other sea- 

 soning is ever used with it. The other kinds of melons cul- 

 tivated about Constantinople, and sold in the markets, are 

 called by the general name of cavun ; and, when they are 

 larger or longer than usual, vodina cavun They generally 

 sell for about twenty paras the oke, or about a penny per 

 pound. One variety is called kiskaduo by the Turks, and 

 is much esteemed." 



4. On the Cultivation of the Madeira Vaccinium, ( V. Padifolium 

 of Smith, and Hort. Brit.) in the Open Air. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By Mr. William Foulk, Gardener to Sir Everard 

 Home, Bart., F.H.S., at Ham, Surrey. Read Dec. 7. 1824. 



This vaccinium is of luxurious growth in bog-earth ; it 

 bears freely, and ripens early in October, so as to come in 

 succession to currants and raspberries. It is used like the 

 cranberry. 



5. Report upon the Netv or Rare Plants which have flowered in 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick,Jrom its first 

 Formation to March 1824. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S., &c., 

 Assistant Secretary for the Garden. Read July 20, and 

 August 3. 1824. 



In his selection, Mr. Lindley has confined himself to " such 

 as have been most particularly deserving notice, either for the 

 beauty of their flowers or foliage, or for circumstances con- 

 nected with their history." A similar report is intended to 

 be made annually. This first report is arranged as tender 

 plants and hardy plants ; and each of these divisions into such 

 as are shrubby, herbaceous, bulbous, or otherwise. The 

 plants remarked on by Mr. Lindley, being all described and 

 treated of in our Encyclopaedia of Plants, we shall do little 

 more here than enumerate them. 



