218 Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Distributed. Seeds of Gllia capitata, from the garden. Early May Sugar 

 Pea, from Messrs. Schertzer. Brussels Sprouts, and Early Dwarf Savoy, 

 from Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg. 



Exhibited. Two sorts of Grapes, from John Wynn Grifiiths, Esq. F.H.S. 

 Cone of Arauchria chil^nsis, preserved in spirits, from Christopher Richard 

 Nugent, Esq. C.M.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Three sorts of Pears, three sorts 

 of Succory, large White Potatoes forced in boxes, Elford Rhubarb, and 

 twenty-five sorts of Apples. 



Feb.n. — Read. Upon training Fruit Trees; by Mr. John Mearns, 

 F.H.S. General Hints on the formation of a Garden; by Mr. John Ash- 

 worth. 



Distributed, Seeds of Collomia grandiflora, from the garden ; Welling- 

 ton Cabbage, from Mr. William Malcolm ; and White Belvidere Broccoli, 

 from Mr. William Wilkins. Cuttings of Gloux Morceaux Pear, Passe Col- 

 mar Pear, Golden Drop Plum, Black Tartarian Cherry, Belle de Choisy 

 Cherry, and Golden Harvey Apple, from the garden of the Society. 



Exhibited. Woollen Netting, from Messrs. Hadden and Sons, of No. 2. 

 Bow Church Yard. New White and Old White Primula sinensis, from the 

 Comte de Vandes. Pear unnamed, from Edmund Woods, Esq. F.H.S. 

 Lemons, from the Rev. Charles Annesley, F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. A plant in flower of Azalea indica 

 phoenicea; a plant in flower of AmarjUis hybrida, between Johnsoni and 

 psittacina ; Elford Rhubarb, Asparagus forced in the open ground, three 

 sorts of Succory, three sorts of Pears, and fifteen sorts of Apples. 



March 3. — Distributed. Seeds of Agirainm mexicanum, from the 

 garden. Combretum de Russie et Pois rid^ hatif, from M. Vilmorin. Cut- 

 tings of Dutch Mignonne Apple, Washington Plum, and Elton Cherry, 

 from the garden. 



Exhibited. A plant in flower of Amaryllis Johnson?, from John Almitt, 

 Esq. Specimens of a Seedling Apple, from Mr. Dawson of Tay Bank, near 

 Perth. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Blotched-leaved, Italian, and Com- 

 mon Succory, Ox Noble Potatoes forced in boxes, Elford Rhubarb, Bellis- 

 sime d'hiver, and Belle fleur Pears, and twenty-one sorts of Apples. 



March 17. —^ Read. An account of some Pears cultivated in Jersey ; by 

 Mr. Bernard Saunders, nurseryman, St. Heliers, Jersey. On the cultivation 

 of Asparagus in the open ground; by Mr. Thomas Mundey, of Kensington. 



Distributed. Seeds of Coreopsis tinctoria, from the garden of the So- 

 ciety. Altringham Carrot, from Mr. William Malcolm ; Laitue meterelle 

 and Cardon d'Espagne, from M. Vilmorin ; and Platanus orientalis, from 

 John Hawkins, Esq. Cuttings of Winter Poplin Pear, from John Rigden 

 Neame, Esq. Northwick Pippin, from Mr. George Fulton. Marie Louise 

 Pear, Doyenn^ Blanc Pear, Court of Wick Apple, and Cornish July-flower 

 Apple, from the garden of the Society. 



Exhibited. Woollen Netting, 2 yards wide, at Is. 6d. per j'ard, or 9d. 

 the square yard, manufactured by Mr. William Hudson, of Yeadon, near 

 Leeds, and sold at 38. Basinghall Street. Plants in flower of the White 

 and Purple-fringed Primula sinensis, from the Rev. George Reading 

 Leathe, F.H.S. Flowers of Camellia reticulata, and Captain Wellbank's 

 Camellia, from Thomas Carey Palmer, Esq. F.H.S. Plants in flower of 

 eight sorts of Camellias, from Messrs. Chandler and Son. Three plants in 

 flower of the White-fringed Primula sinensis, from the Comte de Vandes, 

 F.H.S. Hardenponc Pears, and Golden Harvey Apples, from Thomas 

 Hunt, Esq. F.H.S. White Cockle Pippins, and an Apple unnamed, from 

 Sir John Trevelyan, Bart. F.H.S. ; and an Apple unnamed, from Mr. Jame& 

 Young, F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Nineteen sorts of Apples. 



