612 London Nurseries. 



Brown's Mule Pink, French Marigolds, Double ten-week Stocks, Ferbena 

 pulch^lla, Aubleti« and Melindres ; Eschscholtzza californica, CBnothera 

 quadrivulnera,vimlnea, Lindleya?;a, and decumbens; Tracbymene caerulea, 

 iupinus plumosus, polyphyllus, and ornatus; GWia pulcliella, Clarkffl pul- 

 ch(^lla, Galardia aristata, Chelone nemorosa, ikffmulus moschatus, Pent- 

 stemon Richardsonii, campanulatum, atropurpureum, and Hollyhocks, 



August 18. — Read. On acclimatising Plants ; by William Pyle Taunton, 

 Esq. F.H.S. History and Description of the Varieties of Cam^Wia japonica 

 that have been imported from China ; by Mr. William Beattie Booth, A.L.S. 



Exhibited. A Hoe, invented by Mr. Lea of Warley, near Halifax, com- 

 municated by the Rev. John Armitage Rhodes. This was a contrivance by 

 means of which the blade of the hoe could be unscrewed from the shank, 

 and taken off to grind ; it had also tlie advantage that one handle would 

 answer for several hoes, and the necessity of taking off and resetting the hoe 

 in its handle every time it was ground was obviated. Seedling and Dwarf 

 Dahlias, Seedlin.^^ Noisette Rose, and Hamburgh and Frankendahl Grapes, 

 from William Wells, Esq. F.H.S. Seedling Dahlias, from Mr. Renn^ Lan- 

 gelier, gardener to William Hervey, Esq. F.H.S., of Acton. Magnoh'a 

 grandiflora, and five sorts of Apples, from Mr. Joseph Kirk, F.H.S. Belle- 

 garde and Millets, Mignonne Peaches, five sorts of Melons, Elruge Necta- 

 rines, and Black Hamburgh Grapes, from Mr. Henry Bailey, F.H.S. Moor 

 Park Apricots, from Mr. John George Fuller, F.H.S. Ten sorts of Apples, 

 from Mr. Thomas Gibbs, F.H.S. Green-fleshed Melon, from Mr. Thomas 

 Bailey. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Fruit : Rlbes aureum prae'cox, 

 sanguineum, and tenuiflorum ; Gaulthen'a Shallon, nine sorts of Pears, 

 twelve sorts of Apples, Late Duke Cherry, Red August Siberian Crab, 

 Prunus dasycarpa, and Melon of Nukschevan. Flowers: Chrysanthemum 

 monspeli^nse, Combretum purpureum, Eccremocarpus scaber, tibnia villosa, 

 Ferbena Alelindres, pulch^lla, and Aubletia; Trachymene caerulea, Esch- 

 scholtzza californica, ^'nthemis arabica, ffi'nothera viminea, Lindley««ff, 

 decumbens, quadriviilnera, pallida, and a new species; Galardm aristata, 

 G\\ia pulchella, hibiscus africanus. Coreopsis tinctoria, lanceolata, diversi- 

 folia, and Atkinsonw; Pentstemon ovatum and Richardsonii, Clarkfa pul- 

 chella, Jgeratum mexicanum, Double Stocks, Mule Pink, Double China 

 Asters, Senecio elegans, Double French Marigold, Double Georginas, French 

 Marigolds, and Helianthus lenticularis. 



Art. IX. The London Nurseries. 



A NEW seedling variety of Ceum chilo^nse, first observed at Messrs. Whit- 

 ley, Brames, and Milne's, proves to be more general, and in some places 

 to be found exclusively, the original species being smaller-flowered, and^not 

 even known to some cultivators, who have the former and wish to obtain 

 the latter. Some diffiiculty appears to prevail as to the origin of this plant, 

 but as it is the only variety known about Edinburgh, I have little doubt of 

 its having been obtained there from seeds received by Mr, M'Nab from some 

 of his numerous correspondents. That most beautiful plant, Ferbena cha- 

 msedryfolia \Melmdi-is Bot. Reg.] figured in Sweet's Flower-Garden, No. 5. 

 new series, from its ready method of increase, promises to become a perma- 

 nent ornament of our conservatories, as it may be cultivated to bloom at 

 all seasons. I have little doubt in time it will prove half-hardy, and only 

 require a slight protection in winter. A new Alstroemeria (psittacina), one 

 of the most showy of that beautiful genus, also figured by Mr. Sweet, from 

 Mr. Barclay's prolific collection, and said to be hardy, as is the case with A. 



