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May 6. — Read. A Report on the State of the Thermometer at Night, since 

 April 1., as observed in the Society's garden, by Mr. R. Thompson. 



Exhibited. Shaddocks, from R. B. De Beauvoir, Esq. A carved specimen 

 of bamboo from China, from J. Reeves, Esq. Specimens of garden pots, 

 from Mr. Edwards, Burton upon Trent: orders received by Mr. Goode, 15. 

 Mill Street. .Erica ovata, mirabilis, echiiflora, purpurea, propendens, per- 

 spicua, vestita alba, vestita coccinea, and- Hartnella ; Boronia serrulata, 

 Chordzema Henchmanni, Berckhey« grandiflora; Petunia, a new dwarf spe- 

 cies, and a large lilac species; Pelargonium, Ne plus ultra; Calceolaria vis- 

 cosfssima and angustifolia; from Mrs. Lawrence. Zygophyllum sp., from 

 Mrs. Meyer. Ixias, from W. Wells, Esq. Seedling heartseases (sown July, 

 1833), from Mr. Cockburn, gardener to Lord Mansfield. Sweeney nonpareils, 

 from T. N. Parker, Esq., of Sweeney Hall : these, at this late period, had a 

 rich colour and flavour. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Wistaria: Consequarca, Fiburnum coti- 

 nifolium, Duvaua latifolia, Colletia spinosa [Colleti# serratifc-lia has stood out, 

 for two or three successive winters, in the Society's garden ; and also at the 

 foot of a south wall, in Whitley and Co.'s nursery, Fulham : hence this spe- 

 cies may be deemed almost hardy], Jcacia verticillata, Phlox prociimbens 

 and verna, Plectrites congesta, Collinsia grandiflora, .Euphorbz'a prae N cox, 

 .Rosa Bankszo alba and lutea ; Ribes aureum serotinum, nfveum, inebrians, 

 speciosum, and multiflorum ; jSenecio flicifolius, ikfimulus variegatus, Collomia 

 coccinea, Azalea /edifolia, Anisanthus splendens, Jnagyris indica, Ononis 

 angustifolia, Zupinus rivularis, Berberis glauca. 



The Show at the Gardens, on May 10., was the best that has yet taken place. 

 It was most numerously attended ; the day was fine, and the gardens full of 

 the freshness and the vigour of spring. The first striking object on entering 

 was the Wistaria Consequawa, covered with some thousands of bunches of 

 flowers ; most of which were expanded to the point of their greatest beauty, 

 and but a few so far as to have begun to drop their corollas. 



The plants exhibited for competition were chiefly remarkable for the very 

 superior style in which they had been grown. There were some new and 

 rare articles ; such as Deutzz'« scabra, a climber from Japan, resembling a 

 Cbmbretum, and which has now flowered, in the Society's garden, for the first 

 time in Europe. A Xeranthemum from the Swan River, a very handsome 

 annual, which has now flowered, for the first time, in the garden of Robert 

 Mangles, Esq., at Whitmore Lodge, Sunning Hill, Berkshire, was exhibited by 

 his gardener, Mr. Donald Mackay; but the chief display was made by large 

 and gorgeous specimens of Epiphyllum speciosum, Cereus speciosissimus, 

 and the allied species ; azaleas, hybrid rhododendrons, heaths, Cape and New 

 Holland shrubs ; Cyrtanthus obliquus, and other Orchideae ; O'xalis, stocks 

 (among which were none at all equal to the specimens described p. 278.), 

 Schizanthus, pelargoniums, &c. There was a remarkably fine collection 

 of Dutch anemones, from the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 

 Co., of Exeter. Some of the flowers were upwards of 4 in. across ; and 

 others consisted of two or three flowers, grown together in the manner of the 

 cockscomb amaranth : they were much and deservedly admired. There were 

 several collections of pansies exhibited, of which by far the finest and most 

 tastefully arranged was one of those sent by Mr. Glenny, but which unfortu- 

 nately arrived too late to enter into competition for the prizes ; a collection 

 of tulips, &c. 



Among the fruits were, Hamburgh and sweetwater grapes, remarkably large 

 and fine, and several pine-apples, from the garden of Lady Clarke ; exhibited 

 by her gardener, Mr. Dowding. We have been promised a journal of 

 Mr. Dowding's grape culture for one year, which will be a most valuable 

 article. There were also excellent grapes, by Mr. Wilmot. Mr. Corbet, nur- 

 seryman at Stratford, Essex, exhibited, on the part of Peter Fry, Esq., of Comp- 

 ton House, Somersetshire, two large fruit of a variety of citron, produced from 

 one truss of blossoms on a small plant. We pass over numerous other articles, 

 all deserving of notice. We were glad to see a great many gardeners present : 



