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splendour of colour. Mr. Brown was also the winner of a silver cup ; and, 

 among the amateurs, Messrs. Shepherd, Crowder, Lee, Alexander, and Salter 

 obtained prizes. The prizes for the best pelargoniums were given to Mr. Hill 

 and Mr. Gains ; and Mr. Hopwood, Mr. Rivers, and Mr. Redding were parti- 

 cularly successful in obtaining the prizes for collections of cut flowers, and hot- 

 house and green-house plants. There were many other florists and amateurs 

 to whom prizes were distributed, but the above were the principal winners ; 

 and, indeed, so nearly equal were the merits of many of the competitors, that 

 the judges had considerable difficulty in making their award. The animals in 

 the gardens were in the highest condition ; and were, of course, second only 

 to the flowers in attracting the curiosity of the company. The rhinoceros was 

 surrounded with a crowd of visiters of all ages ; and the monkeys, parrots, 

 elephants, &c, also came in for their share of attention. The very greatest 

 praise is due to Mr. Cross, the principal proprietor of this establishment ; who 

 not only gave the use of his grounds, for two days, gratis, but, as we were 

 informed, was also at the sole expense of the numerous tents and the band 

 of music ; and, besides, subscribed 50/. to the Society. 



Seeds received from Dr. Wallich of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. — Two 

 cones of the Cedrus Deoddra, from Kamoon. These abound in seeds, every 

 one of which seems dead : small blisters, filled with oil, appear under the 

 coats of most of them ; and the embryo, on opening the seed, is found of a 

 light brown colour, and dead. One of the cones we have retained entire as a 

 specimen. A follicle of Sterculia alata Roxb., containing seeds in their natural 

 position. This is very interesting even if viewed only as a carpological 

 specimen. The follicle is orbicularly pear-shaped, about 4 in. long and about 

 as much across ; somewhat compressed, with walls half an inch thick ; the 

 seeds within are large, and rayedly disposed. Dr. Wallich remarks, that " it 

 is very many years since this fruit ripened in this garden : it occurred during 

 my charge, and only one individual was produced. Last year, one tree bore 

 fifty or sixty follicles, all of which ripened. The tree is a very stately one." 

 Five vials, occupied by seeds, and bearing labels thus inscribed: — 1. Limo- 

 nia, Kamoon, Feb. 1834; 2. An Umbellifera, a Labiata, two Synantherese 

 [Compositse], and a i?uxus from the foot of the Himalaya in Kamoon, Feb. 

 1834 ; 3. i?6sa, .Suxus, Hullyato (a S3'nantherea), and a .Fumariacea from the 

 foot of the Himalaya, Jan. 1834; 4. A iSpira^a, i/ippophae conferta, and 

 Deodar from the foot of the Himalaya in Kamoon, Feb. 1834; 5. Saussurea 

 gossypiphora Dan [? Donn], Carduus obvallatus Wall., .ffippophae conferta 

 Wall., Rosa sp., from the foot of the Himalaya, Jan. 1834. There are, besides, 

 seeds in papers of the following species of plants : — ^rtemisza lactiflora 

 Wall. ; BauhimV? anguina, brachycarpa ; Beaumontza grandiflora ; Convolvulus 

 sp. from Burma, sp. from Neelgherry, lacteus Wall. ; Clerodendrum nutans, 

 .Dolichos speciosus, Elodea pulchella, Helicteres pulchra Wall., .Hibiscus 

 wolaceus. Numerous globular capsules, of a soft texture externally, within 

 woody, and containing several small seeds, all of these of some one species of 

 plant, have been introduced into the box as packing, seemingly, as there is not 

 any mention of them. We shall distribute the seeds among the most enthu- 

 siastic of the nurserymen and botanic gardeners. 



Tropical Fruit Trees imported for Lord Poivis. — Mr. George Porter, ori- 

 ginally of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and, for the last thirteen years, a 

 resident in the Island of Penang, has brought home, from Dr. Wallich, six 

 mango trees of as many sorts, two Japan guavas, and two nutmeg trees, all in 

 a healthy state, for the nobleman above mentioned ; a zealous horticultural 

 amateur, who has the merit of having been the first to fruit the mango in 

 England. 



Cones, from near the Gulf of Bothnia, of the Pine of Sweden. — Extract from 

 a letter sent to J. B. Scott, Esq., Bungay, Suffolk, by J. Musgrave, Esq., of 

 the County of Waterford ; along with a bag of cones of the real Swedish pine, 

 presented by the former of the two gentlemen to the Suffolk Botanic Garden, 

 Bury St. Edmunds : — " These cones are from the Pinus sylvestris, the ori- 



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