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leave offsome of our youthful habits, as well as John Monteath. - Mr. Smith 

 has produced some healthy mental shoots in the days of his youth ; I hope 

 and wish his ideas may continue to shoot vigorously till a ripe old age. 

 I am, Sir, yours, &c. — Arch. Gorrie. Annat Gardens^ April 19. 1831. 



Hybnd Melons. — Sir, In Vol. VI. p. 502. a query of mine occurs on 

 the impropriety, as it had appeared to me, of melons, cucumbers, gourds, 

 and pumpkins being allowed, in otherwise very well regulated gardens, to 

 grow all together ; as I considered their respective produce must be 

 hybridous. In Vol. VL p. 727. J. C. K. replies, as I have considered, 

 ^ery ably and satisfactorily, to my question, by assuring us the Cucurbitaceae 

 would not engender in the manner I had represented, and that, conse- 

 quently, no hybrids could be the result. I was so satisfied with the an- 

 swer as to have entirely given up my preconceived opinion to that of this 

 intelligent correspondent ; when, to my very agreeable surprise the other 

 day, in one of the salons of Paris, I met, among many other of our ■ 

 English works, with your Magazine, and at page 514. Vol. IV. with the 

 following remark : — " Exhibited to the Horticultural Society of London 

 on the 7th of October, 1828, a fruit raised from the seed of a cucumber, 

 impregnated by the Maltese melon, by Mr. John Oliver, gardener to Earl 

 Craven." Now, Sii", I presume to pronounce this a decidedly unqualified 

 hybrid, and my previous opinion upon the subject no longer hypothetical. 

 The point at issue now lies between Mr. Oliver and J. C. K. It is to be 

 hoped, for the benefit of the science and the instruction it will afford to 

 men of the profession generally, that these two gentlemen will exchange 

 opinions upon the subject through your Magazine. — P. Lauder. Cardiff, 

 May 23. 1831. 



As an additional fact subservient to the deduction of some conclusive 

 opinion on this interesting subject, see Mi-. Robert Mallet's communication, 

 ■p. 87. of the current volume. — ./. D.for Cond. 



Mode of training the Vine at Thomery, near Fontainehleau. — Sir, In your 

 abridgment (Vol. V. p. 286.) of my paper on thiss ubject, as published in the 

 ■ Transactions of the London Horticultural Society (vol.vii.), you say the 

 spurs should be shortened to "one inch :" it is "one line" in the original. 

 The error is of some importance. Yours, — John Bobertson. Kilkemiy, 

 January 30. 1831. [A line is the tenth of an inch.] 



Art. IV. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



July 19. 1831. — The Chairman announced that Part I. of Vol. I. of 

 the New Series of the Transactions was ready for delivery. 



Read. A Paper on the Preparation of Plants for, and Management of 

 during, a Voyage from India; by N. Wallich, M.D. C.M.H.S. 



Exhibited. Forced peaches and nectarines from IVIi-. Thomson, gardener 

 at the Grange, Hants; these were very fine specimens. Black Prince, and 

 New Dutch Sweetwater grapes, from C. Webb, Esq. A drawing of 

 Gladiolus psittacinus, from Mr. John Miller of Bristol. Forced peaches. 

 Noblesse, French Mignonne, and Scarlet Admirable, and Elruge nectarines, 

 from Mr. W. Lindsay, gardener at Chiswick House ; of these, the No- 

 blesse peaches were particulai-ly beautiful and well grown. A new hardy 

 species of Lobelia, from Messrs. Low and Co. of the Clapton nursery. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Coreopsis lanceolata, 

 Pentstemon pulchellus and atropurpureus, Terbena chamaedrifolia, iSpirae^^ 

 ■ariaefolia. Garden roses, Eschscholtz/a californica, itfalva miniata, Terbena 

 - Aubl^tirt; CEnothera speciosa, bifrons, Lindley«?irt, quadrivulnera, deeum- 



