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Exhibited. Charlsworth Tokay grapes, from Mr. R. Buck of Black- 

 heath. Seven sorts of apples, from Mr. Joseph Kirke, and wood and 

 leaves of the Flat peach of China, from the same. Specimens of the Swedish 

 turnips, from Mr. G. Mills. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Twelve sorts of Apples, two sorts of 

 Pears. Flowers of Chimonanthus fragrans, and the C. fragrans var. grandi- 

 fldrus, .ffiheum undulatum. 



Feb. 7. — Read. On the sowing of the Shirag tobacco ; by Dr. Riach, 

 medical officer in the service of the Hon. East India Company : commu- 

 nicated by Sir Henry Willock. 



Distributed. Cuttings of the Elton and Choisey cherries. 



Exhibited. Six sorts of Camellia, and Cypripedium venustum, from 

 Messrs. Chandler of Vauxhall. Enkianthus quinquefldrus and reticula- 

 tus, from Wm. Wells, Esq. F.H.S, Pears, unnamed, from Sir W. W. 

 Wynn, Bart., M. P. These proved to be a sort called the Russeting in the 

 London market. Seedling Camellia, raised between Middlemist's and the 

 double-striped ; and an Enville and a green pine-apple, grown without fire 

 heat ; from Mr. Fielder, gardener to Wm. Linwood, Esq. These two pines 

 were excellent specimens of winter-grown fruit j the Enville weighed 

 2£ lbs., and was well-flavoured ; the Queen weighed something less than 

 2 lbs., but was rather acid. Two sorts of Apple, unnamed, and seedling 

 Apples from the Knobby russet, from Wm. Nicol, Esq. Lemon pippins, 

 from Mr. Hooker, F.H.S. Flowers of Astrapa2 v a Wallichfi, from Mrs. 

 Marryatt. Camellias from John Allnutt, Esq. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Chimonanthus fragrans, 

 Gray's Invincible Camellia (or punctata of Bot. Regf, iZheum undulatum. 

 — Fruit. Pears : Easter Beurre, Bon Chretien Turc, Epine d'Hiver. 



Feb. 21. — Read. A description of various modes of heating by steam 

 for horticultural purposes ; by Mr. Henry Stothert of Bath. 



Distributed. Cuttings of the Washington, and Reine Claude violette 

 plums, and of Knight's early black cherry : these three articles were from 

 the Society's Garden. 



Exhibited. A tree-pruner, from Robert Francis, Esq., Ivy House, Can- 

 terbury. Redding's camellia (a new seedling), Newtown pippins, Strelitzk 

 reginae and ovata, Bryophyllum calycinum, iSaxifraga ligularis, .Daphne 

 hybrida, from Mrs. Marryatt of Wimbledon. Camellia japonica Vandes;?, 

 and Vandesa superba, from the Comte de Vandes. Camellias, from 

 Messrs. Chandler and Sons. Gray's Invincible camellia, and Allnutt's 

 seedling camellia, from John Allnutt, Esq. Specimens of netting, glasses 

 for preserving fruit while growing, &c, from Mr. Griffinhoofe. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Gray's Invincible camel- 

 lia (C. punctata, Bot. Reg.), Red, Blush, and White paeony-flowered ca- 

 mellias, .ftheum undulatum. — Fruit. Easter Beurr^ and Ne plus Meuris 

 pears. Golden Harvey, Hunt's William Shakspeare, and Hunt's Duke of 

 Gloucester apples, from T. Hunt, Esq. Poire d'une livre (the Catillac), 

 Poire Leon Leclerc, Pomme de fouillet, Pomme de Range, from M. Leon 

 Leclerc. 



March 6. — Read. A paper on the cultivation of tobacco for garden 

 purposes ; by Mr. John Wilson, one of the under gardeners in the Society's 

 Garden. 



Distributed. Grafts of the following pears, from T. A Knight, Esq. : 

 Monarch, Belmont, Downton, Rouse Leuch, Wormsley Grange, Moccas ; 

 also cuttings of his sweet red currant. 



Exhibited. Josephine pears, from John George Fuller, Esq. F.H.S. A 

 sprig of coffee with fruit, ground coffee, roasted coffee, raw coffee, and fruit 

 of allspice, from Mr, J. Oliver, gardener at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. 

 14 sorts of Apples from Mr. Stephen Hooker, F.H.S. Flowers of Glox- 



