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rous ; for Mi*. Hodson never told him any such thing, but merely said he had 

 more business on hand at Colton than he could well manage, and took no 

 particular notice of the Otaheite pine ; indeed, it is not very probable that 

 any man would keep a pine plant thirteen years without fruiting it. I am, 

 Sir, &c. — C. F. Webster. Drayton, Dec. 24. 1829. 



Art. V. Horticidtural Society and Garden. 



September 15. 1829. — Bead. On the Destruction of Snails ; by Mr. 

 James Corbett. 



Exhibited. /Symphytum asperrimum, food for cattle, from Mr. D. Grant of 

 Lewisham. [Mr. Grant sells the plants at 1/. per 100; we woidd strongly 

 recommend a trial; possibly the (Symphytum may become a valuable cot- 

 tage forage plant.] Drawing of a species of Dryandra, exhibited by the 

 Comte de Vandes, drawn by Madame Robin. Wheatear Carnations, Kirke's 

 Seedling Plum, and twenty-two sorts of Apples, from Mr. Joseph Kirke, 

 F.H.S. Seedling Georginas, from Mr. William Wells, F.H.S. Seedling 

 Georgina, from Mr. Sutton, nurseryman, Andover. This was a double 

 purple tinged with violet, and was one of the best of the season. Cocks- 

 comb, from Samuel Paynter, Esq., F.H.S., a particularly handsome speci- 

 men. Twelve sorts of various Flowers, from Robert Barclay, Esq. F.H.S. 

 Brunswick Figs, two Queen Pine-apples, two Seedling Peaches, and a Nec- 

 tarine, unnamed, from Mr. William Greenshields, F.H.S. Nutmeg in 

 spirits, from William Henry Merle, Esq. F.H.S. Black Hamburgh Grapes, 

 from Mr. Henry Bailey, F.H.S., gardener to the Earl of Jersey. Otaheite 

 Pine, from Mr. Patrick Flanagan, F.H.S., gardener to the Right Hon. 

 Robert Peel. Cooper's large Plum, Williams's Bon Chretien Pear, and 

 eight sorts of Apples, from Mr. Thomas Gibbs, F.H.S. Specimens of a 

 Seedling Apple, from the Rev. Mi-. Dewhirst of Bury St. Edmunds. Seed- 

 ling Apple, from Mr. John Burton of Oxford. Three sorts of Apples, from 

 Mi-. John George Fuller, F.H.S. Four sorts of Pears, from the Rev. Fur- 

 ney Belfield. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of Eccremocarpus scaber, 

 Coreopsis Atkinsom'ffwa, Gaillardia aristata, Dbnia villosa ; Double, Dwarf, 

 and Anemone-flowered Georginas ; Argemone grandiflora, Stevia serrata, 

 Trachymene cserulea ; Ferbena Melindres, AubletM, and pulchella ; Esch- 

 scholtzfa californica ; Oenothera viminea, pallida, odorata, and Lindleyawa; 

 Clarke pulchella, ^geratum mexicanum, Helianthus lenticularis, Mule and 

 China Pinks, China-asters, Ipomopsis elegans, Centaurea americana, iupinus 

 plumdsus, ornatus, and polyphyllus ; Chrysanthemum monspessulanum, Ma- 

 lope walacoides, and French Marigolds. — Fruits : Green-fleshed Melon, 

 eleven sorts of Apples, thirteen sorts of Pears, five sorts of Peaches, and 

 five sorts of Nectarines, also Five sorts of Leaf Beet. 



October 6. — Read. Upon the method of setting the flowers of the Cactus ; 

 by Mi - . Henry Groom, F.H.S. An account of a Gansell's Bergamot Pear 

 Tree ; by the Rev. John Calthorp. On the cultivation of the Camellia, by 

 Thomas Carey Palmer, Esq. F.H.S. 



Exhibited. A collection of remarkably fine seedling Georginas, from Mr. 

 James Veitch, F.H.S. Eight sorts of Flowers, from Robert Barclay, Esq. 

 F.H.S. Specimens of a Seedling Grape, and seven sorts of Apples, from 

 John Williams, Esq. C.M.H.S. Specimens of Gansell's Bergamot Pear, 

 from the Rev. John Calthorp. Five sorts of Pears, and five sorts of Apples, 

 from Mi*. Peter Langelier, C.M.H.S., of Jersey. Seedling Cider Apple, 

 from W. R. Churchill, Esq. Godfrey's Defiance Apple, from John Moxon, 

 Esq. Five sorts of Apples, from John George Fuller, Esq. Sixty-one sorts 

 of Apples, from Mr. Hugh Ronalds, F.H.S. 



