188 London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Cyclamen persicum. I have heard and read a great deal about " sweet- 

 scented varieties of this plant." I have never met with one that appeared 

 scented to me. A fine plant exists in this garden : but neither last year 

 nor this could I perceive any scent from it, and at least three fourths in 

 number of the persons whom I have requested to smell it, have pronounced 

 it delightful; but a few, like myself, could not perceive it odorous at all. — 

 Henry Turner. Botanic Garden, Bury St. Edmunds, Feb. 26. 1834. 



Garden Hedges either for Shade or as a Shelter for Fruit Trees. — I am sur- 

 prised that I never find the evergreen oak recommended for this purpose, as, 

 when it has established itself, it runs up speedily, bears cutting well, and never 

 robs the borders with its taproots, as others do. — John Robertson. Kilkenny, 

 Jan. 6. 1834. 



Ripening Fruit. — Have gardeners come to any conclusive opinion on the 

 efficacy of coloured walls in ripening fruit ? or on the effect of inclined planes, 

 or the geometric centre of circles for the same purpose ? These are subjects 

 which it may be hoped will attract the attention of our societies, if not already 

 decided. — Id. 



Disease in the Moorpark Apricot. (IX. 723.) — I do not consider the fol- 

 lowing as a full answer to the query of J. S. H., but it will go a certain way 

 towards it. Three or four years ago, I was exceedingly mortified by losing 

 several branches of two trees of the Moorpark apricot, and also by an indica- 

 tion of a still more extensive devastation thereof, by a want of rotundity and 

 firmness in the young shoots. Being at a loss as to the cause of such a pheno- 

 menon where formerly health and fruitfulness existed, and being unable to 

 gather from any quarter the desired information, I began to inspect rather 

 minutely the whole of the remaining branches, and perceived near their base 

 a flattened and darker appearance than usual. Although I could not, with the 

 naked eye, discover any puncture, still I imagined that such might have been 

 made ; consequently, I cut into such parts as presented the above appearance, 

 and was astonished at the quantity of living creatures which were there dis- 

 covered eating the inner bark, and a part of the soft wood, or alburnum, and, 

 withal, spreading disease for a considerable distance around them. If I 

 remember correctly, these maggots varied from a quarter to three quarters of 

 an inch in length, and were of a light colour. This happening in the spring, I 

 cut away every diseased part, and applied a composition of soft soap, sulphur, 

 and Scotch snuff, in order to destroy any remnant of the enemy, if by chance 

 such were left behind. — ./. Smith, Gardener to Dykes Alexander, Esq. 

 Ipswich, Jan. 14. 1834. 



Art. VII. London Horticidtural Society and Garden. 



Dec. 3. 1833. — Read t A statement of observations and discoveries con- 

 nected with the culture of melons ; by the Author of The Domestic Gardeners 

 Manual. An account of the Averrhda Carambola, and particulars respecting 

 the mode of cultivating it; by James Bateman, Esq. 



Exhibited. [In our report of the objects exhibited, we omit to mention the 

 names of many which, though objects of merit, are already well known to be 

 so by our readers.] Buddle« madagascariensis and tasseled blush Chinese 

 chrysanthemum, from Mrs. Marryatt. Fruit of Physalis peruviana, from 

 J. Ryley, Esq. Chrysanthemum sinense Wheeleri««z«M, and six other seed- 

 ling varieties, from Mr. Isaac Wheeler, Beaumont Buildings, Oxford. Gon- 

 gor« atropurpurea, and fruit of Averrhoa Carambola, from J. Bateman, Esq. 

 A " white-blossom " potato ; from Mr. G. Hawkins, Hythe, Kent : its weight 

 was 2 lbs. 6 oz. 



Presented. Flora Batava, No. 90.; by His Majesty the King of Holland. 



Read. Notes on the growth, under different circumstances, of the O'xalis 

 crenata; by Mr. Thomas Corbet t of Maryland Point Nursery. 



