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Art. XII. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Nov. 1. 1831. — The following medals having been awarded to successful 

 competitors at the different public exhibitions to which contributions had 

 been invited by the council, the list was read : — 



The Banksian medal to Mr. James Young, for his exhibition of upwards 

 of 400 sorts of roses, on June 21. The large silver medal to Mr. Joseph 

 Wells, for a collection of Georginas exhibited on Sept. 6. The Banksian 

 medal to Mr. C. Brown, for Georginas exhibited on Sept. 6. The 

 Banksian medal to Mr. John Wells, for his exhibition of Georginas on 

 Sept. 6. The Banksian medal to Edmund Tattersall, Esq., for Grapes 

 exhibited Sept. 20. The Banksian medd to John Allnutt, Esq., for Grapes 

 exhibited Sept. 20. The Banksian medal to the Earl of Caernarvon, for 

 Azaleas exhibited June 7. Banksian medals, it was announced, had also 

 been awarded to Mr. Joseph Myatt, for strawberries exhibited July 5. ; to 

 Mr. Hugh Fraser, for various fruits, and particularly for a very fine speci- 

 men of the Gerger melon, exhibited Sept. t>.; and to Mr. James Veitch, for 

 Georginas exhibited Oct. 18. 



Head. An account of the Black Constantia grape ; by the Earl of Tyr- 

 connel. An account of the Muscat Eshcollata grape ; by Mr. Daniel 

 Money. 



Exhibited. St. Germain pears, from Mr. G. Watson, gardener to Lord 

 Palmerston. White Corinth grapes, Alfriston and Reinette de Canada 

 apples, from H. Pownall, Esq. Beurre Diel pears, golden pippins, green 

 or royal nonpareils, from T. Hunt, Esq. Specimens of the Muscat Eshcol- 

 lata grape, from Mr. D. Money. A very fine specimen of Cypripedium 

 insigne from Messrs. Rollisson. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Ferbena chamaedrifolia, 

 Stevia purpurea, Caelestinasuffruticosa,Potentilla nepalensis; 5alvia pseudo- 

 coccinea, Graham?, splendens, fulgens ; Fuchsia virgata, microphylla; Chry- 

 santhemums, Parks's small yellow,Early blush, Tasseled yellow, Old purple, 

 Buff or orange; Georginas. — Fruit. Pears : Duchesse d'Angouleme, Na- 

 poleon, Beurre d' Aremberg, Bezi de la Motte, Glout morceau, St. Germain ; 

 Doyenne blanc, Doyenne gris ; Gendeseim, Crassane, Beurre diel, Berga- 

 motte cadet. Most of these were put in sand, and it has had the effect of 

 ripening them sooner than those left on the open shelves. This must be 

 accounted for by the temperature of the sand at that early period being 

 warmer, and still retaining the summer heat better than the external air. 

 The reverse is the case when the sand once becomes thoroughly cooled in 

 winter; and, by its steadily remaining so, the fruit then keeps longer. — 

 Eighteen sorts of apples from Mr. John Whiting, Weobley, Herefordshire j 

 those named the King of the pippins, but called in that place the Orange 

 pippin, were very fine specimens. 



Nov. 15. — Read. A paper on the Result of some Experiments upon 

 the Growth of Potatoes, tried in the Garden of the Society in the year 

 1831 ; by J. Lindley, Esq. F.R.S. &c, Assistant Secretary. 



Exhibited. Fruit of the Service tree, from Sir Henry Willock. Specimens 

 of J'rbutus ITnedo, with fruit in different stages and blossoms, from 

 Edmund Storr Haswell, Esq. The Antigua queen pine-apple, from Mr. 

 G. Mills. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Chrysanthemums: Small 

 yellow, Park's small yellow, Two-coloured red, Tasseled yellow, Buff or 

 orange, Rose or pink, Pale buff, Spanish brown, Golden yellow, Golden 

 lotus-flowered, Old purple. Malva purpurata, Alstrcemen'a acutifoha. — 

 Vegetables. Kohl Rabi: Transparent or glass (purple), do. (green), Lou- 

 don's Kale, Artichoke-leaved (purple), do. (green). — Fruit. Pears: 

 Chaumontel, Napoleon, Gendeseim, Doyenne gris, Beai de Montigny, 



