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cuttings of fruit trees be rendered similarly useful? Dr. Macculloch 

 is also stated to have observed, " that chemical examination has proved 

 the young shoots, tendrils, and leaves of the vine to contain substances 

 precisely similar to the crude fruit. Experiments were therefore in- 

 stituted in France, and repeated here with success ; the result of which 

 has been, that, from vine leaves, sugar, and water, wines have been pro- 

 duced in no respect differing from the produce of the immature fruit." Can 

 any thing like cider or perry be obtained from the young shoots of the 

 apjple or the pear ? — J. C. Near Almvick, Dec. 1830. 



Art. Vll. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Jan. 4. 1831. — Read. A Report upon the varieties of Pine-apple cul- 

 tivated in the Garden of the Society j by Mr. Munro, F.L.S., gardener 

 (concluded). The Meteorological Register kept in the Society's garden for 

 the month of December. 



• Exhibited. A variegated Waratah Camellia, from John Allnutt, Esq. 

 F.H.S. Bezi de Caissoy Pears, from Mr. James Young, F.H.S. 



Also, from the Society's Garden. Thirty-one sorts of Apples, ten sorts 

 of Pears, Flowers of Chimonanthus fragrans and var. grandiflorus. 



Jan, 18. — Read. An Enquiry into the Nature and Constitution of the 

 Sap-vessels of Plants ; by the author of the Domestic Gardener's Manual. 



Distributed. Grafts of the Washington Plum, the Elton Cherry, Knight's 

 Early Black Cherry, and Reine Claude Violette Plum. 



Exhibited. A Seedling Camellia and a Carnation Camellia, from John 

 Allnutt, Esq. F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Thirty-two sorts of Apples, six 

 sorts of Pears, Flowers of Chimonanthus fragrans and var. grandiflorus, 

 and four sorts of Cardoons. 



Feb. 1. — Read. A paper on the Potato; by T. A. Knight, Esq. 

 P.H.S. &c. 



Distributed. Grafts of Cherries, the Belle de Choisy and the Black 

 Eagle. Grafts of Plums, Mimms and Drap d'Or, from the Society's garden. 

 Seeds of the Syon free-bearing Cucumber, a very good variety of Celery, 

 a very fine sort of Endive, true yellow Maltese Turnip, from Mr. Hugh 

 Ronalds, F.H.S. 



Exhibited. Mitcham Seedling Apples, from Mr. H. Lowndes, Cedar 

 Cottage, Brixton. Twenty-six sorts of Apples, six sorts of Pears, Flowers 

 of Chimonanthus fragrans, and var. grandiflorus, from the Society's garden. 



Feb. 15. — Read. A Report upon the Varieties of Apricots cultivated 

 in the Society's garden ; by Mr. Robert Thompson, under-gardener in the 

 fi'uit department. 



Distributed. Grafts of Apples, Dutch Mignonne and Reinette de Ca- 

 nada ; Pears, Beurre Diel and Beurre Ranee; 



Exhibited. Eighteen sorts of Apples, from Mr. Joseph Kirke, F.H.S. 

 A collection of Apples and Pears, from Mr. Owen of Bond Street. Gar- 

 den Seats, from Mr. Hammond, Tenter Row, City Road. Flowers of 

 Camellias, from John Allnutt, Esq. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Thirty sorts of Apple, four sorts 

 of Pears, and Flowers of Chimonanthus fragrans. 



March 1. — Read. A Paper on the cultivation of the Melon ; by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq. P.H.S., &c. 



Distributed. Grafts of the Ickworth Imperatrice Plum, Green Gage 

 Gooseberry, Mr. Knight's Sweet Red Currant, from T. A. Knight, Esq. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society, Marie-Louise Pear, Golden Harvey 

 Apple, Court of Wick Apple. 



