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the blanched shoots of Angelica, or Finochio. Flowers of Zinnia multiflora, 

 from Mr. Thomas Torbron, gardener to the Earl of Aberdeen, F.H.S. A 

 Peach and Nectarine, combined in one fruit, from Mr. Cortessor, sent by 

 John Trotter, Esq. 



Oct. 3d. The following are some of the Matters which were exhibited. — 

 Fruits of Eugenia Jambos, or the yellow Rose Apple, of Psidium Cattleia- 

 num, and of the Mango, from the Earl of Powis, F. H. S. Fruits of the 

 myrtle-leaved and oval Orange, and specimens of the long-fruited Cap- 

 sicum, from Mr. William Buck, F.H.S. Fruit of Crataegus tanacetifolia, 

 from James Robert Gowen, Esq. F.H.S. Fruit of the Madeira and Madras 

 Citron, from Mr. Thomas Moffatt, F.H.S., gardener to the Viscount Sydney, 

 F.H.S. 



From the garden of the Society. — Roots of Lathyrus tuberosus. Plants 

 of Chou a grosses cotes, vert et blonde, of Cove Tronchuda, (Portuguese 

 Cabbage,) of varieties of the autumn Radish, and of five sorts of Gourds. 

 Flowers of a plant related to the genus Gilia, since published under the 

 name of Gilia capitata in the Botanical Magazine. This will become a 

 valuable hardy annual. 



Oct. nth. The following Paper was read. — Report upon the new or 

 rare plants which flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society at 

 Chiswick, between March, 1825, and March 1826. Part the 1st, being the 

 tender plants. By Mr. John Lindley, F. L. S., &c. Garden Assistant Secre- 

 tary. 



Exhibited from the garden of the Society. — Flowers of Rosa Champney- 

 ana, of Oncidium barbatum, an extremely rare Brazilian epiphyte, and of 

 Lobelia tupa, a rare herbaceous plant from the island of Juan 'Fernandez. 



Nov. 1th. The folloiving Papers were read. — On the varieties of Car- 

 doons, and the methods of cultivating them. By Mr. Andrew Mathews, 

 A.L.S. Accounts and descriptions of the several plants belonging to the 

 genus Hoya, which are cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety at Chiswick. By Mr. James Traill, under gardener in the ornamental 

 experimental department. 



The following are some of the Matters which were exhibited. — A Pome- 

 granate ripened upon an open wall. From Mr. William Donaldson, gar- 

 dener to the Marquis of Downshire. A capsule of Nelumbium speciosum, 

 and four sorts of Pears, grown at Valleyfield, in Scotland. From Mr. Alex- 

 ander Stewart, F.H.S. Psidium pomiferum, or white Guava, from the gar- 

 den of Mrs. Marryat, at Wimbledon. Alexanders, a vegetable formerly 

 cultivated instead of Celery, from Mr. John Haythorn, gardener to the 

 Lord Middleton, F.H.S. A specimen in spirits of Taxodium distichum 

 (deciduous Cypress) in seed ; ripened in England, and flowers of Bidens 

 procera, and Tagetes corymbosa, handsome new herbaceous plants, from 

 Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. F.H.S. Fruit of Berberis Asiatica, a rare 

 Nepal shrub, from William Wells, Esq. F.H.S. Green-fleshed and Rock 

 Melons, the produce of cuttings struck from Vines which had borne a sum- 

 mer crop of fruit, from Mr. Charles Harrison, F.H.S. 



From the garden of the Society. — Flowers of 24 sorts of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, and of a new species of Oncidium from Brazil, nearly allied to 

 O. flexuosum. 



Nov. 21. The following Papers were read. — Description with plans of 

 a Hot Wall. In a letter to the Secretary. By Mr. John Hay, C.M.H.S. 

 An account of two varieties of the Mango fruit, which ripened in the gar- 

 den of the Earl of Powis, at Walcot Hall in Shropshire. By Joseph Sabine, 

 Esq. F.H.S. &c. Secretary. 



The following are some of the Matters which were exhibited. — Curled Lilac 

 Chrysanthemum sporting into curled Pink, from Robert Barclay, Esq. F.H.S. 



