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Also, from the Garden of the Society. Common and Blotch-leaved Suc- 

 cory, Asparagus forced in the open ground, and INfushrooms from the Rus- 

 sian House. Flowers of Fritillaria, Single and Double Poppy Anemones, 

 Double Furze, varieties of Narcissuses, Gesneria Douglasw, Tulipa oculus 

 solis, E\i\A\6rhia rigida, and CaxneWia reticulata ; also a plant in flower of 

 O'xalis floribunda, a very showy stove annual. 



April 15. — Read, Upon a new mode of constructing Vineries, in a let- 

 ter to the Secretary, by Mr. William Spring. 



Exhibited. Twelve varieties of Tulips, and four varieties of Hyacinths, 

 from Mr. Henry Groom, F.H.S. Bon Chretien Pears, from Rouen. Rei- 

 nette grise, from Normandy, Old Golden Pippins, and Old Nonpareils. 

 Jonathan Apple, from Jesse Buel, Esq. C.M.H.S. of New York. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of Cymbidium aloifolium, 

 Tulijm oculus solis var. persica. Double Sloe, Double Furze, early Tulips, 

 varieties of Narcissuses, Double Poppy Anemones, Single Poppy Ane- 

 mones, Fritillaria Meleagn',?, Fritillaria latifolia, Ribes aureum prseYox, and 

 a plant in flower of O'xalis floribunda. 



May 6th. — Read. An account of a Machine for removing large Trees, 

 by Mr. Selby Bennett, gardener to the Earl Manvers, F.H.S. On Canker 

 in Fruit Trees. On a Coccus that has destroyed the Silver and Balm of 

 Gilead Firs, by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart. F.H.S. 



Distributed. Knight's Dwarf Marrow Pea, from Mr. William Malcolm. 

 Cardon d'Espagne, Laituede Malthe, andPotironjaune, from M. Vilmorin, 

 C.M.H.S. New Curled White Beet, from the garden of the Society. 



Exhibited. Double Red Camellias, and a Madras Citron, from William 

 Wells, Esq. F.HS. Camellia hexangularis, from John Allnutt, Esq. Eleven 

 sorts of Tulips, from Mr. James Young, F.H.S. Lemons grown in the open 

 air, from G. F. Luttrell, Esq. Lemons grown in a conservatory, from Lord 

 Hood. Bess Pool Apples and Cluster Golden Pippins, from Robert Hol- 

 den, Esq. F.H.S. Reinette Blanche from Normandy, Winter Pearmain, 

 and Fearn's Pippin. Apples from plants in pots, from Daniel Edward 

 Stephens, Esq. F.H.S. Bon Chretien Pears, from Rouen. A Pear unnamed, 

 from Mr. Selby Bennett, gardener to the Earl Manvers, F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Keen's seedling Strawberry, forced. 

 i?heum hybridum, blanched under pots without tan, and blanched under 

 pots with tan. Buck's Rhubarb, and ten other varieties. Asparagus and 

 Vanack Cabbages. Double and Single Tulips. Double and Single Ane- 

 mones, Oxlips, Cowslips, Valerianella cong^sta, Prunus serrulata, Merisier 

 a fleurs doubles, Rosa Banksm lutea in a pot. Glycine sinensis [Wistena 

 Consequa?2«], Amaryllis Cobourgza, /'ris chalcedonica, and Double Furze. 



Medals presented. To Richard Parkinson, Esq., of Hereford, for the 

 extensive collection of specimens of Herefordshire Apples, transmitted 

 by him to the Society in the last autumn. To Mr. Archibald Gorrie, 

 of Annatt, Perthshire, for his paper containing An Account of Scotch 

 Pears, which is ordered to be printed in the Transactions of the Society. 

 To Mr. David Douglas, gardener to the Lady Grantham, of Putney Hill, 

 in Surrey, for his exhibition of Double Dahlias, all of which, without ex- 

 ception, were flowers highly deserving cultivation, and were particularly 

 excellent in the dark-coloured varieties. To Mr. Thomas Wells, gar- 

 dener to John Wells, Esq., of Bickley, in Kent, for his exhibition of Double 

 Dahlias, which was very extensive and well selected, the greater part 

 being seedlings raised by himself. To Mr. Joseph Wells, gardener to 

 William Wells, Esq., of"'Redleaf, in Kent, for his exhibition of Double 

 DahHas, the particular excellence of which consisted in the superiority of 

 the scarlet flowers, and of the blossoms of dwarf varieties. To Sir Henry 

 Chamberlain, Bart., late His Majesty's Consul-General at Rio Janeiro, for 

 the introduction of several new and splendid plants, transmitted and 

 brought to the garden of the Society by him, in the last and previous 



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