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Protea speciosa ; Acacia dealbata, stricta, sp. ; StreKtzfa reglnae, Astrapse'a 

 Wallichw, Anemone hortensis, a species of Tropas'olum, Newtown pippins 

 and specimens of flower-glasses from Mrs. Marryatt. A hybrid amaryllis, 

 from between A. Johnsom and A. pulverulenta ; from Sir A. Hume, Bart. 

 Tubers of the Batavian potato, from H. Hollist, Esq. 



Also, from the Society's Garden. Apples : New rock pippin, a very good 

 dessert apple, a seedling from the Newtown pippin; Rose de China; Rother 

 Borsdorffer, not of much merit in this climate, nor are any of the the Bors- 

 dorffers, compared with what they possess in Germany ; Norfolk beaufin, 

 Grey queening, Royal russet, Winter queening ; London pippin, Baxter's 

 pearmain, Dutch mignonne, Court pendu plat, Cockle pippin, these have fre- 

 quently been remarked upon as good apples ; Reinette Diel, Morden round, 

 Grange's pearmain, Braddick's nonpareil, a very abundant bearer ; Green 

 nonpareil, scarcely equal to the Old nonpareil ; Yorkshire greening, Pomme 

 violet, French crab, Scarlet nonpareil, American black, Bedfordshire found- 

 ling, Belledge; Red everlasting, one of Mr. Braddick's apples, from America, 

 showy, but not rich. Pears : Beurre ranee, from a standard ; Winter bon 

 Chretien, from a wall. Flowers : Gastonia palmata ; Jcacia dealbata, from 

 the open air ; Azalea indica hybrida, Oncidium carthaginense ; the following 

 varieties of Camelk'a japonica, — imbricata, Colvilh, double white, elegans, 

 £>apaveracea, princeps, carnation Waratah, splendens, sp. Capt. Drummond ; 

 Berberis Jquifolium, J'ris tuberosa. 



For Distribution at the Meeting. Cuttings of Early purple Guigne cherry ; 

 Thompson's pear, a sort received originally from Belgium, without a name, 

 about the size of a Passe-Colmar, of excellent flavour, ripe in December. It 

 is undoubtedly a new sort, and likely to be quite free from canker ; and is a 

 good bearer. 



March 4. — Read. An account of some experiments made in the garden 

 of the Society with a view to ascertain the relative productiveness of the tubers 

 and sets of potatoes, by Dr. Lindley. 



Exhibited. Royal nonpareil, William Shakspeare, Duke of Gloucester, 

 and Golden Harvey apples, and Hardenpont pears, from Thomas Hunt, Esq. 

 Six sorts of camellias, and a seedling sort, said to be sweet-scented, from Mr. 

 Steel of Richmond. Flowers of camellias, .Rhododendron arboreum album, 

 R. album hybridum, and Acacia verticillata, from William Wells, Esq. 

 Berberis, a new simple-leafed species of, from Chile, from Mr. Joseph Knight. 

 Camelha Hawiesidna, and a seedling from C. japonica splendens, from J. All- 

 nutt, Esq. 



From the Garden of the Society. Fifteen kinds of apples, on two of which, 

 the Yorkshire greening and Northern greening, there was this remark at- 

 tached by Mr. Thompson : — These two good sorts of kitchen apple are often 

 confused. The Northern greening is the soundest keeping kind ; it has often 

 a projection at the base, like the lemon pippin, but its flesh is 'very different, 

 being crisp with a brisk acid juice. Flowers : the following varieties of 

 Camellk japonica, — imbricata, splendens, Young's seedling, Aitonk, Chand- 

 ler/, Parks;?, .Rosa sinensis, carnation Waratah, corallina, princeps, papave- 

 racea, large semidouble Waratah, decora, elegans, double white, ?;mliflora;. 

 Ribes punctatum, Berberis Jquifolium, .Leucojum pulchellum, /Vis tuberdsa, 

 Ornithogalum nutans, Begom'a ^eraclei/o/iz»??, .Erica Peziza and trossnla, 

 E'pacris paludosa and pulchella, Echeveria gibbiflora, Azalea indica phcenicea 

 and indica hybrkla. Cuttings of the following kinds of pears were sent for 

 distribution, — Beurre Bosc, an abundant bearer as a standard ; Comte de 

 Lamy, a hardy, not very large, but very rich autumn pear, excellent as a 

 standard : Monarch, Beurre ranee, Bon Chretien fondant, quite melting and 

 cool ; Grumkower Winterbirne. This last sort was originally received from 

 Dr. Adrian Diel of Nassau Dietz. It was discovered at Grumkow, near 

 Riigenwalde, in the further or Prussian Pomerania (Hinterpommern), about 

 three miles from the Baltic. It has proved to be a very good pear, even on a 

 standard in the garden. Size rather large, with yellow buttery flesh. 



