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give any information on the effects of soap ashes upon strong clayey soil ; and 

 if they kill worms and slugs in the ground whereon they are put ? Also, 

 if lime mixed with sand and made into mortar, before digging it into the soil, 

 is preferable to being] used in the common way, for the destruction of those 

 vermin. — C. M. G. Dulivich, Dec 1836. 



Art. III. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Meeting, December 6. — The Right Hon. Lady Anne Baird was balloted 

 for, and duly elected a Fellow. 



Exhibited. Plants. A splendid specimen of Poinsettia pulcherrima, and 

 a fine plant of E'pacris mirabilis, from Mrs. Lawrence. Luculia gratissima, 

 from Mr. J. Falconer. Cattleya guttata, from R. Harrison, Esq. Camellia 

 Donkelaeri, and ^uphorbza! iacqumiaejldi'a, from Mr. Low. Twenty varieties 

 of Chrysanthemum, from Messrs. Chandler. Cactus truncata, Justicfa speciosa, 

 Thunberg?fl! alata, Cypripedium insigne, C. venustum, Erica pyramidalis, 

 E. elata, and Begonia insignis, from Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir Edmund 

 Antrobus. Seedling chrysanthemum, from Mr. Stewart, gardener to Lord 

 Ashburton. — Cut Flowers. Cactus sp., Clianthus puniceus, Bignonia ve- 

 nusta, Phaius grandifolius, Bletia hy&cinthoides. Azalea indica purpurea 

 pleno flore, and camellias, from the gardens of the Misses Trevor, Tingrith 

 House, Bedfordshire. — Fruits. Six pine-apples, from Mr. Lyne, gardener at 

 Haworth Park, Middlesex. Monstrous queen pine, from Sir C. Cockerell. 

 Cling pippins, from John Motteux, Esq. Seedling apples (33 sorts), from 

 Mr. J. Oliver, Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. 



From the Garden of the Society. Plants. Phaius grandifolius, a magnifi- 

 cent specimen ; Crinum amabile, Sida pulchella. Chrysanthemums : Curled 

 blush, golden lotus-flowered, superb clustered yellow, golden yellow, quilled 

 light purple, quilled flamed yellow, rosy purple, two-coloured red ; Wheeler's 

 expanded rose, Wheeler's starry blush, Wheeler's flat pink, Wheeler's dwarf 

 pale rose, and changeable yellow. Chrysanthemum WheeleriawM»/, seedlings 

 83. 93. 96. 99., paper white, king, starry purple, semidouble quilled white. 

 Park's small yellow, curled lilac, rose or lilac, quilled yellow, late yellow, pale 

 flame yellow, brown purple, superb white, changeable pale buff. — Fruits. Pears. 

 Beurre die), bergamot cadet, beurre d'Aremberg (from standards, on which it 

 does not succeed so well as the glout morceau), glout morceau, Bezi Vaet, bon 

 Chretien Turc (from a standard, a great bearer, but only fit for stewing), win- 

 ter crassane (one of Mr. Knight's new sorts; hardy, and succeeds on stan- 

 dards), St. Germain, bergamotte bronzee (first time of fruiting in this country ; 

 moderate quality), Bezi de Caissoy, passe-Colmar, Dumas (or Monsieiir le Cure 

 otherwise called poire de Clion, and the same as Wilmot's new pear; also 

 called the Vicar of Wakefield). Apples. Dessert : Golden reinette. Court of 

 Wick, yellow pippin, London pippin, St. Julian, Beachamwell, Dutch mi- 

 gnonne, Braddick's nonpareil. Kitchen: HoUandbury, Hormead pearmain. 

 Tower of Glammis, Bedfordshire foundling, Franklin's golden pippin, old 

 golden pippin, golden Harvey, Barcelona pearmain, Jerusalemsaeble. This last 

 was originally received from Denmark ; and, though handsome, has no great 

 merit besides novelty. 



Read. An account of some further experiments made in the garden of 

 the Society, in the year 1836, relative to the cultivation of potatoes, by Mr. 

 R. Thompson. 



Medals awarded. A silver Knightian medal was awarded to Mr. J. Fal- 

 coner, for Luciilia gratissima ; to Mrs. Lawrence, for Poinsettia pulcherrima ; 

 to Mr. Green, for Begonia insignis ; to Mr. Low, for^uphorbia jacquin^ora ; 

 to R. Harrison, Esq., for Cattleya guttata; to Mr. Chandler, for Jersey chrys- 

 anthemums ; and to Mi\ Lyne, for two Providence pines. 



