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Also, from the Garden of the Society. Thirty-seven sorts of Apples, twelve 

 sorts of Pears, twenty-two sorts of Capsicums, eleven sorts of Endives, Fac- 

 - cinium padifolium, from Madeira and Caucasus. 



October 20. — Read. On the cultivation of the Alpine Strawberry ; by 

 Mr. William Hughes, gardener to Charles Baring Wall, Esq. F.H.S. 



Exhibited. A Stick made from a branch of the Cow Tree of the Caraccas, 

 together with a piece of the bark, a phial of the milk, and a drawing of the 

 tree, exhibited by Mr. Fanning. [This drawing was lent us, but it was too 

 inaccurate to be worth engraving.] Alpine Strawberries, from Mr. William 

 Hughes ; these were sent to illustrate the pape rread this day. New Seedling 

 Georginas, grown in the garden of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, from 

 Mr. John Maher, F.H.S. Two sorts of Grapes, from Edmund Tattersall, 

 Esq. F.H.S. Two sorts of Grapes, from Mr. Henry Bailey, gardener to the 

 Earl of Jersey, F.H.S. Seedling Grape from the Zante Currant Grape, 

 from Mr. Robert Buck, F.H.S. Four sorts of pears, and 103 sorts of Ap- 

 ples, from Mr. John Haythorn, F.H. S. A Seedling Apple, from J. P. Powell, 

 Esq., of Quex Park, Kent Three sorts of Seedling Apples, and Tythorp 

 Pippin, from P. T, Wykeham, Esq., of Tythorp House, Thame, Oxon. 



Also, from tJw Garden of the Society. Flowers : iupinus polyphyllus and 

 lepidus, Gaillardk aristata, Coreopsis aurea, Clarkwz pulchella; Ferbena 

 pulchella, Melindres, and Aubleto'a; Oenothera Lindley«w« and viminea; 

 Eschscholtzia californica, Malope malacoides, Colllnsia grandiflora, Tagetes 

 liicida, Poppy Anemones, (Thrysanthemum monspessulanum, and Gilia capi- 

 tata. — Fruit : Nineteen sorts of Pears, and Thirty-six sorts of Apples, 

 Orange and Sugar-loaf Pineapples. 



November 3. — Read. On the Degeneracy of the larger and finer Varieties 

 of Persian Melons in the climate of England ; by Thomas Andrew Knight, 

 Esq. F.R.S. and President. 



Exhibited. Sixteen sorts of Apples, and six sorts of Pears, from Mr. 

 Peter Langelier, C.M.H.S., of Jersey; these were very fine interesting spe- 

 cimens. Three sorts of Apples, from Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart. 

 F.H.S. Sixty-one sorts of Apples, from Mr. Hugh Ronalds, F.H.S. Three 

 sorts of Apples, from Mr. Marshall of Southborough Lodge, Kingston, Sur- 

 rey. Eight sorts of Apples, from Charles Worthington, Esq. F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers : Oenothera Lindleyawa and 

 viminea, Tagetes lucida, Poppy Anemones ; iupinus polyphyllus, blue, and 

 white, L. lepidus ; Gaillardz'a aristata, Collinsk grandiflora, Clarkfa pulchella, 

 and Gih'a capitata. — Fruit : Thirty-nine sorts of Apples, Enville Pine-apple, 

 thirty sorts of Pears, seventeen sorts of Turnips, four sorts of Cabbages, Por- 

 tugal Quince, Chinese Plum, and Pyrus sinensis (Sandy Pear). 



November 17. 1829, — Read. On the cultivation of the Vine upon the 

 Open Wall at Croxdale ; by William Thomas Salvin, Esq. F.H.S. On the 

 propagation of Orchideous Plants ; by Mr. William Pei'rin. 



Exhibited. Nepal Berberries, and Jam made from the same, from William 

 Wells, Esq. F.H.S. Tripe de Roche, from James Webster, Esq. F.H.S. 

 This is the lichen upon which the travellers and hunters in the arctic 

 regions of America are frequently obliged to subsist. Six sorts of Seedling 

 Apples, from John Crump, Esq. Twenty-seven sorts of Apples, from Mr. 

 John Maker, jun., gardener to Lady East, at Tifield, Berkshire, Two 

 sorts of Pears, from John George Fuller, Esq. F.H. S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers : Eleven sorts of Chrysan- 

 themums. — Fruit : Thirty-six sorts of Apples, and eighteen sorts of Pears. — 

 Vegetables ; Eight sorts of Radishes, Chinese Cabbage, three sorts of Kohl 

 Rabi, and Oxnoble Potatoes, forced in boxes. 



December 1. — Exhibited. Forty-five sorts of Apples, from Mr. Hugh 

 Ronalds, F. H. S. Specimens of a Seedling Apple, from Lieut.-Gen. 

 Marriott. Root of Pheum Emodi, from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. 

 F.H.S.; a fine root, exhibited as a specimen of true Rhubarb. A Melon 

 from Cephalonia, from — — Green, Esq. ; it was a fine specimen. 



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