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to be of some importance, whether camellias are turned out 

 in the open garden, or in a conservatory. In dry, warm 

 shrubberies there seems to be no doubt of the camellia en- 

 during our winters. 



16. A Method of grotving Crops of Melons on open Borders. By 

 Mr. William Greenshiells, F.H.S. Gardener to Richard Benyou 

 de Beauvoir, Esq. F.H.S. at Englefield House, in Berkshire. 



The mode of growing cucumbers on ridges or shallow beds 

 of half-spent dung, in the open air, is well known to gardeners ; 

 and, in warm situations, melons may be grown in the same 

 manner. The sorts grown by Mr. Greenshields were, the 

 Black Rocks, Scarlet Rocks, Green-fleshed, Netted, and! 

 Early Cantaloup. The seeds of the first crop were sown about 

 the middle of March, in pots, in a cucumber frame, and the 

 bed or ridge was prepared in the first or second week in May, 

 four feet wide, and one foot higher at the back or north side 

 than in front. Hand-glasses, with two or three plants in each, 

 are placed four feet apart, along the centre of the bed. Very 

 little air is given till the plants have filled the glasses, but, 

 when these appear to get crowded with vines, the glasses 

 are raised up, and the plants allowed to grow out in the 

 manner of ridged cucumbers. " If the vines are very thick, 

 a few of the weakest may be pinched off, and the top of each 

 leading shoot or vine removed. No more pruning will be 

 necessary for the season. Setting the fruit at this season of 

 the year is quite unnecessary." 



To have handsome fruit, not more than one or two should 

 be left on a plant. They will begin to ripen about the first 

 week in August, and continue to be produced through that 

 month, and part of September. To prolong the season, seeds 

 may be sown three weeks later, planted out like the first crop, 

 and, when there is an appearance of frosty nights, a cucumber 

 frame and sashes may be placed over them. " By this means 

 tolerably good melons may be had till the end of October." 



17. Notice of Five Varieties of Pears, received from Jersey in the 

 Year 1826. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S. &c. Assistant Secre- 

 tary for the Garden. 



The sorts are, the Marie Louise, Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Doyenne gris, Doyenne panache, Beurre d'Aremberg, known 

 to be of first rate excellence. 



18. Upon the Culture qf the Trilnus Psevdo-Cerasus, or Chinese 

 Cherry. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. &c. Pres. 



" This cherry was introduced from China, by Mr. Samuel 

 Brooks, of Ball's Pond, in 1819, and he presented a plant of 



