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Observations. — The supplies to the market are continued in abundance. 

 The demand being limited, the prices are correspondingly very moderate. The 

 weather having been particularly favourable to the growth of vegetable pro- 

 ductions during the last month, we may confidently anticipate a full supply 

 through the months of October, November, and up to Christmas. Should the 

 weather still prove favourable, there can be little doubt of plenty being fur- 

 nished throughout the whole of the winter. The prevalence of wet during the 

 month of August has contributed materially to improve the crop of potatoes, 

 which are now supplied from the home districts in tolerable abundance. Some 

 few cargoes have already arrived from Jersey, which have not yet been dis- 

 posed of, although offered at the very low price of 505. the ton. The crops 

 of green vegetables, such as turnips, colewort, cabbages, parsneps, and carrot, 

 are now coming to hand in the utmost profusion, at a ruinous loss to the 

 growers. Onions are in great plenty ; the recent dry weather being favourable 

 to ripen them, they are now fit for housing for winter use. French beans are 

 still supplied in great plenty, and will be no doubt for some time, should early 

 frosts not intervene. Broccolies of the early varieties are already coming in, so 

 that the market offers at this season more than its usual abundance. Of wal- 

 nuts we continue to receive large supplies from Holland and the Netherlands, 

 our own crop being very short : they are in demand at remunerating prices. 

 Although we have a most excellent crop of grapes, supplies from Holland of 

 the black Hamburgh variety are imported : with some peas, &c, from Jersey. 

 Our crop of apples is most abundant. The market continues to be furnished 

 most plentifully, the prices of the common varieties hardly paying the expense 

 of transport from the more distant counties, from which we are usually fur- 

 nished at this season. Filberts, in consequence of the crop being nearly ex- 

 hausted, have risen considerably in price, and are still in demand. Considerable 

 quantities of melons from Holland have been received ; prices very moderate : 

 a few late peaches and some pears are also to be observed, but the crop of 

 the latter is so small that but few can be expected. — G. C. Sept. 20. 1834. 



Art. VI. London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Sept. 2. — Exhibited. A seedling Fuchsia, originated between F. globosa 

 and F. virgata, from Mr. H. Silverlock. Teton de Venus peaches and nec- 

 tarines from Pitcairn, Esq., Twickenham Common. Chroolepus Iolithus, 



from the Right Hon. Sir Augustus Foster, Bart. Apples of the kinds, Manx 

 codlin, Keswick codlin, scarlet pearmain, and yellow Ingestrie, from Mr. J. 

 Kirke. Flowers of twenty-eight varieties of georginas from Messrs. Chandler. 

 A double sunflower from Mr. Jacob Hall, gardener to Lord Wharncliffe, 

 Broom House, Fulham. 



Also, from the Society's Garden, flowering specimens of Fuchsia sp. from 

 Port Famine, Thryallis brachystachys, Gesneras rutila, Silene laciniata, Heli- 

 chrysum bracteatum album, (Sblanum laciniatum ; Escallonk rubra, montevi- 

 densis ; Chirdnz'a trinervis, China asters, China roses, georginas, seedling 

 georginas; late admirable peaches, iupinus albifrons, ornatus ; <Salvia in- 

 volucrata, .Hibiscus africanus, Madia elegans, &c. Pears : Hessel, this is a 

 very abundant bearer ,• green pear of Yair, of the few Scotch pears that 

 deserve cultivation this is one ; grise bonne. Apples : old English codlin, 

 Dutch codlin ; Gravenstein, the fruit of this kind have not grown so fine as 

 usual, probably owing to the dry weather j crimson queening, spice, Kerry 

 pippin. 



The Show at the Horticultural Society's Gardens, on Sept. 13., was as well 

 attended as could be expected, considering that the fashionable world at this 

 season are always out of town. The display of georginas was most splendid j 

 but it was greatly injured in effect by the want of classification of the kinds. 

 Only two attempts were made at classification ; and though confessedly done 

 in great haste, yet the result to us was very satisfactory. One of these at- 

 tempts was made by Mr. Veitch of Exeter, but the name of the party who 



