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got off, on what roots under ground, or herbage above it, are the larvge 

 hatched from the autumn-laid eggs (if the eggs be not laid till autumn ) to 

 be supported ? I have just written far enough to make my " darkness 

 visible;" andean now only join hands with J. C. Farmer in petitioning for 

 some ilkimination, be it, in measure, that of rushlight or gas-light, on the 

 subject. — J. D. 



Art. VII. London Horticultural Societij and Garden. 



Hay 21. 1833, — Read. A communication on the means of obtaining 

 abundant autumnal crops of the Double-bearing hautbois strawberry; by 

 T. A. Knight, Esq., president. 



ExIiibUcd. Gladiolus blandus, from Mr. Hogg of the Ingatestone Nur- 

 sery. Ramonda pyrenaica, from J. Milner, Esq. A new kind of Camelh'a, 

 from John Reeves, Esq. A collection of kinds of heartsease, from Mr. 

 James Young, Epsom. Rhododendron catawbiense var., Schizanthus 

 retusus, E'pacris grandiflora, Kalmia latifolia. Aloe obliqua, i?rica vestita 

 coccinea and sulphurea; Poljgala latifolia, i/elichrjsum humile. Pelar- 

 gonium macrifolium, Gamsidnum, Russell's Princess Augusta ; two kinds of 

 Azalea, and various flowers, from Messrs. Chandler and Sons, Vauxhall. 

 Cereus speciosus, speciosus engrafted upon a species of Opuntia, speciosis- 

 siraus, Jenkinsonz, flagelliformis, six hybrid kinds of Calceolaria, and fruit of 

 Wilmott's superb strawbeny, from Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir Edward 

 Antrobus, Bart. A kind of pseony, raised from a seed of P?&bma Moutan 

 ^japaveracea, from Sir A. Hume, Bart. O'xalis Piottts, Oncidium papilio, 

 jDodecatheon Meadi'fis var. elegans, azaleas, from Mrs. Marryatt. Asparagus, 

 from Mrs. Grayson of Mortlake ; 110 heads, their weight Slilbs. 



. From tJie Garden of tlie Society. Flowers: Cereus Jenkinsonz, iupinus 

 rivu]aris,Nierembergk(Prf?«zza) phoenicea Z).Z)oh, Gesneria latifolia, Pteonia 

 ilfoiitej2Banks2Yandilf.^apaveracea;Plectritiscongesta,Collinsffl grandiflora, 

 Pyrus floribunda, Pentsteraon procerus and Scouleri ; /^ris tenax. Glycine 

 sinensis, Posa BanksfcE lutea and B, alba ; /vupinus tomentosus var., poly- 

 phyllus, polyphyllus pale blue-flowered, and polyphyllus white-flowered; 

 Pssonia, kinds of; ^'sculus, kinds of; C'ratas'gus, kinds of; Rhododen- 

 drons, Pancratium illjricum; Cream-coloured hybrid azalea, and Deep 

 yellow hybrid ' azalea, from plants received, in 1828, from J. R. Go wen, 

 Esq. : both the hybrids were raised from seeds hybridised between Azalea 

 pontica and A. glaiica. 



Jime 4^. — Read. A communication on the management of the more 

 freely flowering species of Cactus ; by Mr. John Green, gardener to Sir 

 Edward Antrobus, Bart. 



Exhibited. The Old yellow double I'ose, from D. Davenport, Esq. 

 Alstroemeria pulchella var., and Pelegrina, from Lady Oakes, Mitcham. 

 A collection of kinds of heartsease, from Mr. G. Glenny. A seedling rho- 

 dodendron. Scarlet sweetwilliam, 7'ris palhda, from Mr. Joseph Kirke. 

 Specimen of a hoe, from Lord Vernon. Brompton stocks, Genm chilense 

 grandiflorum, Tiola tricolor, Pumaria, a species of, from Mrs. Marryatt. 



From tlie Garden of the Society . Flov/ers : Pentstemon ovatus,glandul6sus, 

 procerus, confertns, and venustus ; iathyrus grandiflorus and californicus ; 

 Bignonia capreolata; Z/upinus ornatus, rivularis, nanus, lepidus, littoralis, 

 arboreus, tomentosus, varieties of; and polyphyllus, three varieties of; Cal- 

 ceolaria bicolor, integrifolia angustifolia, and rugosa latifolia ; Nierembergz'a 

 gracilis and phoenicea D. Don; ili'imulus roseus and variegatus ; Pris 

 Jtiphium, varieties of; Eucalyptus pulverulenta, faprifolium flexuosiim, 

 ciliosum, and pubescens ; Xerophyllum tenax, Collinsi« grandiflora, Del- 

 phinium grandiflorum, Gaillardift aristata, Eriopbyllum csespitosum. 



