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in an axil ; the corolla is 3 in. long, and 5 in. across, and is 

 of a lovely rosy hue. This beautiful plant can scarcely be 

 propagated but by seed. Being herbaceous, it dies down to 

 the soil every year; it should be kept dry, and free from 

 frost during the winter, and repotted in light rich soil, mixed 

 with river sand, in the spring. It should be placed in a frame, 

 and abundantly watered during summer ; but in autumn, 

 when the plant begins to lose its leaves, watering must be 

 gradually left off, till it is in a state to have the stem cut 

 over, and the pot containing the root placed in the back- 

 shed of a stove. 



20. to 24. Notice of the Anniversary Dinner held on Sunday, 

 June 17 -j of the State of the Society's pecuniary Affairs ; and 

 of the Prizes given, or to be given, fyc. 



25. Report on a Plant of Cycas revoluta, a Female, which had blos- 

 somed in the Garden of Count Harrach at Bruck on Leithe. By 

 M. Lubeck, Head-Gardener at Bruck. 



This plant, which had been in the same tub for upwards 

 of twenty years, was found not only to have sent its roots 

 through the bottom of the tub, but 3 ft. into the stump of an 

 old tree on which it had been placed, to raise it a little nearer 

 the light. It stood in a stove, had not been shifted for many 

 years, and grew very vigorously. At last it produced its 

 female flowers, and ripened fruits, consisting of a dry fleshy 

 substance, with a thin and beautiful red skin, covered with a 

 curly wool. The number of the fruit was about a thousand, 

 and each contained a stone, or nut ; but without a kernel, in 

 consequence of the want of fecundation. [The female. Cycas 

 revoluta has fruited also in a stove, at Wentworth House, 

 near Rotherham, Yorkshire. — J. D.~] 



26. Notice of what took place at the Meeting held May 6. ]827. 

 Grass land in the neighbourhood of the Rhine is improved 

 by covering it to the depth of 2 in. or 3 in. with loamy soil. 



27. On the Horticulture of Venice. 

 The principal melons are, the Malamocesini, easily known 

 by the stem, being from 2 to 3 in. thick, and very knobby ; 

 the Cantaloups, with yellowish or whitish flesh ; the Rham- 

 paghini, which climb on trees and shrubs, and have their 

 fruit closely covered with a whitish net ; and the Buchari 

 (Bucharian melon), much cultivated on the islands of the 

 Levant. These latter melons are of an elliptic form ; their 

 skin is smooth, and of a whitish yellow ; the flesh is sugary, 

 of a white colour ; and, in the centre, where the seeds are 

 contained, it is hollow. They are sometimes l£ ft. in length, 





