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from Robert Barclay, Esq. F.H.S. Dutch Rock Melon, from Mr. Henry 

 Bailey of Middleton Park. Keen's Seedling Strawberry, from Mr, Samuel 

 Knevett. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Five sorts of Strawberries. Flowers 

 of iupinus arbustusji. polyphyllus, Watts's climbing China Rose, Frazer's 

 Noisette Rose, Frazer's climbing China Rose, Rose de Lisle, iJosa indica 

 centifolia, Drummond's Thornless Rose, Boursaiilt Rose, ^osa Noisette 

 rouge, Scotch Rose, Pasonia albiflora WhitleJM, P. alb. Pottsz'i, P. alb. 

 Reevesii, P. alb. Humei, P. alb. fragrans, ilfimulus luteus rivularis, W. 

 luteus, M. guttatus, M. floribundns, M. parviflorus M. moschatus, Pent- 

 stemon deustum, P. venustum, P, glandulosum, P. speciosum, P. ovatum, 

 P. difFusum, P. procerum, Eschscholtzia californica. Glycine frutescens, 

 ikfalva Munr6i««a, GiUa capitata, Clarkia pulchc^lla, iathyrus californicus, 

 Geiim coccineum, Galardia aristata, Eutoca raultiflora, CoUinsia grandi- 

 flora. Irises, Bulbous Irises, Sweetwilliams, Rhododendrons. 



JuIj/ 7. — Read. Further Remarks on a Description of a Melon and 

 Cuciuiiber Pit, as read before the Horticultural Society of London, at their 

 Meeting on the 2d of June, 1829, with additional Plans, illustrative of 

 these Remarks ; together with a Description and Plan of a Pit for raising 

 and rearing Seedling Melon and Cucumber Plants. By Mr Richard Lacy, 

 Cayton Hall, Yorkshire. Account of a new Melon, named Hewson's Em- 

 peror ; by Mr. Richard Lacy. 



Exhibited. Specimens of Indian corn, from Captain Peter Rainier, F.H.S. 

 22heutn Emodi, from Aylmer [^Bourke Lambert, Esq. F.H.S. Two Fruit 

 Pieces, sent by permission of His Grace the Duke of BedfordCand drawn 

 from nature expressly for him, by Mr. George Lance, of 15. Clarendon 

 Square. These were noble specimens of the art of painting, and reflected 

 honour upon the artist. They were exhibited in consequence of having 

 been partly executed from fruit supplied from the Society's garden. Dried 

 fruit of Z)iospyros Kaki, from John Reeves, Esq. F.H.S. Thsee were flat, 

 covered with a grey sugary secretion, sweet, and pleasant. A collection of 

 Pinks from Mr. Hugh Ronalds. Flowers of Larkspurs and Rhododendrons, 

 from Mr. Joseph Kirke, F.H.S. Flowers of Ferbena Melindres, from Mr. 

 James Young, F.H.S. A collection of Roses, from Mr. John Lee, F.H.S. 

 Godfrey's Seedling Strawberry, from Mr.George Godfrey of Shirley Gardens, 

 near Southampton. Wilmot's superb Strawberry, from Mr. J. flarman of 

 Uxbridge. Melon, unnamed, from Mr. David Lyon, gardener to Sir Charles 

 Pole, Bart. F.H.S. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Barnet and Red Antwerp Rasp- 

 berries, Elton, Black Eagle, Waterloo, May Duke, and Knight's early 

 Black Cherries. Twenty-eight sorts of Strawberries. Flowers of Eccre- 

 mocarpus scaber, Gesneria bulbosa, Ciiphea Melvilla, Combretum purpu- 

 reum, Quisqualis Indica, ^nothera, Lindleyawa quadrivulnera viminea, 

 tenella, pallida, and rosea alba ; Clarkz« pulch^Ua, C. pulchella var. integri- 

 p^tala, Galardia aristata, Eschscholtzfa californica, iupinus ornatus, plu- 

 mosus, and bicolor; Pentstemon difFusum, venustum, and triph jllum ; 

 (Sida malvaeflora, GiMa capitata, G. pulchella, J'nthemis arabica, Jberis 

 umbellata red and lilac, il^alope ?;«alacoides Potentflla atrosanguinea, Col- 

 lomia grandiflora, Sweetwilliams, Double Poppies, il-falva M.\.\x\i'oidna. 

 Geum coccineum, Chelone nemorosa. 



The Fete at ChisiuicJc. — Owing to the rainy weather, this fete has been 

 much less satisfactory than any of those which preceded it ; and to the 

 disappointments in the garden have been added, as we are informed, any 

 thing but civil treatment, by the officers in Regent Street, to those who have 

 applied for explanation or redress. Various angry and satirical letters have 

 appeared in the newFnapers on the subject, which, in a journal like the 

 present, scarcely require further notice. We shall, however, quote an ex- 

 tract or two from the Literary Gazette, and a letter, which, in our opinion, 



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