506 Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Exhibited. George the Fourth Heartsease, and Salvia cardinalis, from 

 Mr. Silverlock. New Cos Lettuce, from Mr. H. Silverlock. Seedling Straw- 

 berries, from Jos. Lachlan, Esq. F.H.S. 6'ucumis Jngiiria, or Snake Cu- 

 cumber, from Mr. S. Wilson. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers of Eschscholtzk californica ; 

 Oenothera hybrida, Lindley«?i«, odorata new var., speciosa, Fraseri, splen- 

 dens, glauca var,, and fruticosa ; Petiink nyctaginiflora, Calceolaria arach- 

 noidea, Gilia capitata, Valeriana rubra, Pentstemon digitalis and pulchellus, 

 Clarfa'fl pulchella, Papaver nudicaule and Phse^as, Ferbena Melindres and 

 pulchella, Sweetwilliams, Silene compacta, Clematis florida (double), Jas- 

 minum revolutum, Caprifolium sempervirens, Periploca gras N ca, Hosackza 

 bicolor, Sida ??zalvaefl6ra ; Posa Champney«n«, semperflorens pallavicina, 

 and moschata nivea; Belle Aurore Rose, Ninon del'Enclos standard Rose, 

 Octavie coerelle, Arethuse, Due d'Angouleme, Miaulis, Rouge Admirable, 

 Caroline Michel, Charles Auguste, Bizarre de la Chine, Lucelle Dubours, 

 Belle Helene, Proserpine, Delicatesse Bizarre, Parny, Hybrid du Luxem- 

 bourg, Belie Therese, Posa bifera grandiflora, Due d'Orleans, Georgienne 

 Lafay, Duchesse de Montebello, Oimbre d'Autreuil, Poniatowski. Fruit 

 of Peaches ; Downton Cherry ; Gooseberries, the Green Walnut, Small 

 Green, Pigeon's Egg, Rough Red, Early Sulphur, Yellow Champagne, 

 Early Royal George, Monck's Charles Fox, Woodward's Whitesmith, 

 Capper's Bonny Lass, Andrew's Nelson's Wavers, and Barnfort's Golden 

 Purse ; Strawberries, the Downton, Old Pine or Carolina, Grove End 

 Scarlet, Black Roseberry, Elton Seedling, Southborough ; Raspberries, the 

 Barnet, Bromley Hill, Spring Grove, and Woodward's Red Globe. 



Jidy 7. — The sale of certain plants took place this day, at the Chiswick 

 garden. The plants were chiefly stove shrubs, camellias, pine-apples, pines, 

 and araucarias. The pine-apple plants went off at good prices, to private 

 individuals ; the Pini Douglasw, of which there were 102 plants, were 

 purchased by Messrs. Malcolm, Knight, Tate, and Loddiges ; the P. pon- 

 derosas, 230 plants, by Knight, Malcolm, Lee, Whitley, Tate, and Van Eden ; 

 the Araucdrice imbricatae, 100 plants, by Knight, Henderson, Ronalds, Tate, 

 Lee, Colville, Brown of Slough, Loddiges, Malcolm, and Van Eden. We 

 give the names of the purchasers, that amateurs may know where to apply for 

 plants. These pines, the camellias, and the stove plants, brought fair prices ; 

 and upwards of* 300^. were thus obtained. 



Jidy 15. — The garden looks fresh and beautiful, in consequence of the 

 late rains and the present heat. It is in better order than it was last year 

 at this time, though there are not nearly so many men ; because, then, the 

 head gardener had no heart to do any thing. The air, in some places, is 

 scented with M fmulus moschatus, a plant as hardy and of as rapid growth as 

 chickweed ; and invaluable for shady situations, or wherever a musky fragrance 

 is desirable, iathyrus californicus, a perennial with pods almost as large 

 as those of the common grey pea, and with leaves and haulm altogether 

 resembling it, deserves a trial from amateur agriculturists. It is, doubtless, 

 hardy enough for the coldest parts of Scotland, and would thrive Well in 

 Ireland. It appears to seed freely. We may notice, as a circumstance pro- 

 mising important results, that three plants of the bamboo, imported from 

 India, and planted in a bog in the arboretum, have stood out four winters. 

 It is true they have not grown much, but that may be owing to their not 

 yet being sufficiently established : a bamboo, when it does grow, throws out 

 shoots of many feet or yards in length, in the course of a few weeks, and 

 then stops. To do this, it must first be firmly established at the roots. Our 

 correspondent Causidicus (p. 227.) must be gratified at this circumstance. 

 The Citron des Cannes pear and the early white Crofton apple are just 

 about ripe. The process of naming all the plants, fruit trees, and culinary 

 vegetables, is going on rapidly. The tallies are of east-iron, about 13 in. 



