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Also from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of Lonicera flexudsa, 

 Show Roses, Double and Single Ranunculuses, Psednia Whitleji, Psednia 

 fragrans, Rose Boursault, Watt's Climbing China, Fraser's Double China, 

 Posa Champneyawa and Italian Evergreen Rose ; twelve sorts of Straw- 

 berries ; seven sorts of Oraches, viz. White, Red-stalked White, Green, 

 Red-stalked Green, Lurid, Purple, and Red ; also four sorts of Lettuces, 

 viz. Black-seeded Got, Laitue de Make, Union Cabbage, and Large White 

 Silesia. 



July 3d. — Read. An account of some improvements in the construc- 

 tion of hot-beds : by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F R.S. &c„ president. 

 A paper on the cultivation of the pine-apple : by Mr. George Sanders, gar- 

 dener to the Rev. James Tomkinson, F.H.S. An account of a new melon 

 and cucumber pit : by Mr. Edward Malone, C.M.H.S., gardener to George 

 Savile Foljambe, Esq. F.H.S. 



Exhibited. A collection of Roses from Mr. John Lee, F.H.S., a mon- 

 strous Campanula, a collection of Pinks from Messrs. Ronalds and Sons, 

 a Nepal Rose, a collection of Pinks from Mr. Hogg of Paddington, Seed- 

 ling Pinks from Mr. George Pittman of Hommerton, Pseonia albiflora 

 Hum<?i, Paeonia albiflora fragrans, and O'phrys apifera, from Mr. James 

 Young, F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Netted Succada and Netted Can- 

 taloup Melons. Blood Red and Havannah Pine-apples, and twenty-two 

 sorts of Strawberries. Eight sorts of Lettuces. Flowers of a variety of Show 

 and other Roses, of varieties of Pasonies, of varieties of Single Poppy-Ane- 

 mones, of varieties of Sweet Williams, of varieties of French Marigolds, 

 and varieties of eight sorts of other flowers. 



July nth. — Bead. Observations on the cultivation of stove plants: by 

 Sir Edward Poore, Bart. F.H.S. 



Exhibited. A cone of Pinus Lamberti {Gard. Mag., vol. ii. p. 228.) from 

 the river Colombia, sent by Mr. David Douglas, one of the Society's col- 

 lectors. Various flowers, from Mr. Robert Donald, F.H.S. A collection 

 of Carnations and Picotees, from Mr. Hogg of Paddington. A plant in 

 flower of Digitalis sceptrum. Sooted yellow-fruited variety of Ribes ni- 

 grum. Red Roman Nectarine and Noblesse Peaches. A grape unnamed, 

 which appeared to be the Raisin des Carmes. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of varieties of Dwarf and 

 tall Dahlias, of varieties of French Marigolds, of varieties of Roses, of 

 varieties of Stocks, and flowers of Catleya nova sp. (one of the most beau- 

 tiful of epiphytes), of Gloxinia speciosa var. flore alba, of Collomm grandi- 

 flora, of Oenothera Lindleyawa, of Clarke pulchella, of Papaver Phce'as, 

 and of Cyanus. Fruits of nineteen sorts of Gooseberries, seven sorts of 

 Raspberries, of two sorts of Currants, of Green Pine Strawberries, of Queen 

 Pine and Black Antigua Pine-apples, and of Ribes tenuifldrum. 



The prizes for fruit exhibited on the 25d of June, 1827, were awarded 

 as follows : — 



The large silver medal for the best fruits, consisting of pines and grapes, 

 to Mr. James Brown, gardener to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe in 

 Buckinghamshire. 



The Banksian medals. To Mr. William M'Murtrie, gardener to the Vis- 

 count Anson, at Shuckburgh in Staffordshire, for pine-apples and melons. 

 To Mr. Christie Duff, gardener to the Earl Grosvenor, at Eaton Hall in 

 Cheshire, for various fruits. To Mr. John Bowers, gardener to the Lord 

 Selsey, at West Dean House in Sussex, for grapes, nectarines, and a melon. 

 To Charles Gomond Cook, Esq., of Upper Poole House in Herefordshire, 

 for a Providence Pine. To Mr. Thomas Tyer, gardener to the Lord Ellen- 

 borough, at Roehampton in Surrey, for strawberries. To the Right Hon. 

 Reginald Pole Carew, for citrons grown in the open air in his garden at 

 Anthony House in Cornwall. 



