510 Horticultural Society and Garden. 



vine. Pv'is Xlphium and Ranunculuses, from Mr. H. Groom. A collec- 

 tion of Calceolarias, Double Rockets, and 22 sorts of Heartsease, from 

 Mr. James Young, F.H.S. A collection of Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and 

 (Spirae^a bella, from the Earl of Caernarvon. Miscellaneous Flowers, from 

 Mr. R. Donald. Asparagus, 112 heads, weighing 30 lbs., from Mr. R. 

 Grayson of Mortlake. 



From the Society's Garden. 4 sorts of jRosa Indica, Drummond's Thorn- 

 less Rose, Rose de Lisle, Garden Roses, Scotch Roses ; ^'sculus, 

 4 kinds ; Caprifolium, 2 kinds ; Wistaria frutescens. Azaleas, Eschscholtzia 

 californica, /Vis Xiphium, iupinus flexuosus, Collinsia grandiflora ; 

 Paeonk, 3 kinds ; iupinus polyphjllus albus; Pentstemon, 3 kinds ; Z)el- 

 phinium dictyocarpum, Aerides corniitum. 



June 21. — Exhibited. A Seedling G^ladiolus, two varieties of the Noi- 

 sette Rose, several varieties of Hybrid Digitalis, Campanula Medium (a 

 new variety), and Clematis angustifolia, from William Wells, Esq., F.H.S. 

 A collection of Pinks, from Mr. Hugh Ronalds. About 400 species of 

 Rose, and some fine specimens of Hybrid Calceolarias, from Mr. James 

 Young. Seedling Roses, from Mr. Russell of Battersea. 



A/so, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers : Geum chilense, CEno- 

 thera Eraser?, Calceolaria arachnoidea; Pentstemon digitalis, ovatus, 

 venustus, diffusus, glandulosus, speciosus ; Quisqualis Indica, iilium japo- 

 nicum, I^ris Xiphixim, Gili« capitata, Eschscholtzfa californica, Brodise^a 

 congesta, Z/upinus tomentosus var., Clarkza pulchella, Pteowia albiflora 

 fragrans, albiflora Hume?; Rose Clare, Wells's Noisette, Seven Sisters Rose, 

 Watts's climbing China Rose, Double Purple China Rose, Bizarre de la 

 Chine Rose, Rosa ruga. — Fruit : Keen's Seedling Strawberry, Old 

 Pine Strawberry, Grove End Scarlet Strawberry, Roseberry Strawberry, 

 Black Roseberry Strawberry ; Knight's Scarlet-fleshed Strawberry, more 

 red inside than out ; Dudson's House Scarlet Strawberry, great bearer. 



July 5. — The Officers reported that at the Exhibition of Fruit in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, dui'ing the Fete, June 22. 1831, the follow- 

 ing Medals were awarded : — A large silver medal to Mr. William Deas, gar- 

 dener to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, for a collec- 

 tion of Pines, Melons, Figs, Peaches, and Nectarines. Also a large silver 

 medal to Mr. William Dolby, gardener to J. J. Guest, Esq., for four Queen 

 Pines, A Bauksian medal to Mi'. Joseph Paxton, gardener to His Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, for Pines, Peaches, Nectarines, 

 and Grapes. Also a Bauksian medal to Mr. John Wilson, gardener to the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Surrey, Worksop Manor, for Grapes, 

 Peaches, and Nectarines. Also a Bauksian medal to Mr. Selby Bennett, 

 gardener to the Right Honourable the Earl Manvers, for a Providence 

 Pine. Also a Bauksian medal to Mr. John Bowers, gardener to the Right 

 Honourable Lord Selsey, Westdean House, for Nectarines and Grapes. 



Read. A paper on the Importance of the Leaves of Herbaceous Plants, 

 by the author of the Domestic Gardener's Manual. 



Exhibited. A collection of Double Georginas, from Mi*. Thomas Ingram 

 of Frogmore Gardens. A Calceolaria raised from seed of C. Fothergilh', 

 fertilised by C. corymbosa, from Miss Martineau, F.H.S. Seedling Straw- 

 berries, from Mr. Joseph Myatt, Manor Farm, Deptford. These were very 

 beautiful, and of extremely high flavour. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Elton Seedling Strawberry, Green 

 Ditto, Black Eagle Cherry ; Elton Cherry, from a standard ; Barnet Rasp- 

 berries, Woodward's Red Globe Ditto, Rough Cane Ditto, Bromley Hill 

 Ditto, Taylor's Paragon Ditto ; Black Currant, with green fruit ; varieties 

 of Gooseberries, Poivrea cocclnea, Quisqualis indica, Clarkia pulchella ; 

 Pentstemon, 3 kinds ; tEnothera, 7 kinds ; a very fine collection of Garden 

 Roses, iupinus ornatus, Eschscholtzw californica, CoUomia grandiflora, 

 "Wheeler's Seedling Phlox, Shepherd's Seedling Phlox. 



