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Exhibited. Golden pippins, true; from Mrs. General Vansittart, Binfield 

 Lodge, Great Marlow. Specimens of tallies, from Messrs. Doulton and 

 Watts. (See p. 161.) 



From the Society's Garden. Thirty-five sorts of kitchen and table apples ; 

 Beurre Ranee pears and Easter bergamot, off standard trees. 



Feb. 4. — Presented. Cinquieme Notice sur les Plantes rares cultivees dans 

 le Jardin de Geneve, par Messrs. A. and P. de Candolle; presented by the 

 authors. Succincta Relazione del Viaggio fatto in Abruzzo dal Cavalier Te- 

 nore neiP esta. del 1829; presented by S. Tenore. Osservazioni e Notizie 

 relative alle Larve pregiudicevoli alia Pianta de Gran Turco (Zea Mays) ; pre- 

 sented by the author, Dr. Carlo Passerini. Osservazioni sopra alcune Larve 

 e Tignole del' Ulivo; presented by the same author. Memoria sopra due 

 specie d' Insetti nocivi alia Vite delle Procris ampelophaga ed all' Cavolo 

 arboreo ; presented by the same. Osservazioni sul Baco dannegiatore delle 

 Ulive, e sulla Mosca in cui si transforma; presented by the same. 



Read. A communication on a method of producing grapes from vine cut- 

 tings the first season; by Mr. John Mearns, F.H.S. A second communication 

 from Mr. Mearns on this subject was read at the meeting on Feb, 18. Mr. 

 Mearns has also favoured us with a description of his mode, (Seep. 138.) A 

 Report on Experiments on the comparative Growth of two Pine-Apples, by 

 Mr. Donald Munro. 



Exhibited. Apples gathered on Feb. 3., in the garden of Col. Tweedy of 

 Bromley ; communicated by T. C. Palmer, Esq. Govenz'« superba, from 

 J. Bateman, Esq. Amaryllis aulica, from Sir C. Lemon, Bart. From the 

 open ground, Jcacia dealbata and Raphiolepis rubra, from Rev. T. Gamier. 

 From Messrs. Chandler, these varieties of Camellza japonica, — eclipse, 

 punctata or invincible, J?osa mundi, Park's rose-striped, wlthaeaeflora, and car- 

 nation Waratah. A splendid plant of Cereus speciosissimus, from the open 

 border, from Mrs. Lawrence. 



Als r j,from the Garden of the Society. Apples (the best of these apples for 

 the table are marked *; for kitchen use f; all of them have been frequently 

 remarked upon) : -j-Alfriston, *Cockle pippin; *Braddick's nonpareil, very 

 abundant bearer; Tulip, -(-French crab, Reinette Diel ; Calville malingre, a 

 great bearer; Baxter's pearmain, * Scarlet nonpareil, * Court pendu plat, 

 *Golden Harvey, Belledge, *f London pippin, *Reinette du Canada, -f Royal 

 russet, -(-Hormead pearmain, * Robinson's pippin, Royal reinette, -[-Bedford- 

 shire foundling, *New rock pippin, *f Burn's seedling, Rose de China, -(-Bra- 

 bant bellefleur, Norfolk Paradise, Rhode Island greening, Black crab, Martin 

 nonpareil, Hay's incomparable, Red everlasting, American black. Beurre 

 ranee pears, from standards. Lord Bagot's seedling pine-apple. Flowers : 

 Justicia Adhdtoda, E'pacris purpurascens, Primula prae'nitens, ylcacia deal- 

 bata, from the open air; iVis tuberosa, Jmygdalus macrocarpa; Primus 

 sibirica, cerasifera, Pseudo-Cerasus ; /J'rbutus yindrachne, Camellia sp. Capt. 

 Druminond, and the following varieties of C. japonica, — elegans, imbricata, 

 Aitonia, 7t!6sa sinensis, carnation Waratah, double white, splendens. 



Feb. 18. — Presented by G. Bentham, Esq., secretary, vols. i. and ii. of the 

 Dictionnaire du Bon Jardinier, and Catalogues of the Trees, Shrubs, &c, in 

 the Nurseries of Messrs. Audibert of Tarascon. By the author, Recherches 

 anatomiques et physiologiques sur le Marchantia polymorpha, par M. Mirbel. 

 Tomes i. ii. and iii. du Cours de Culture et de Naturalisation des Vegetaux, 

 par A. Thouin. 



Read. A communication on the management of bark-beds, by Mr. John 

 Jackson. A programme of the regulations to be observed at the ensuing 

 exhibitions at the Society's garden. These are announced to take place at 

 the garden, for the exhibition of choice specimens of fruit or flowers, on the 

 four following days, May 10., June 7., July 5., September 13. ; to these 

 exhibitions all persons, whether fellows of the Society or not, are invited to 

 contribute. 



Exhibited. Camellia reticulata, from Messrs. Chandler and J. Allnutt, Esq. 



