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than any other merit : it retains a bloom for a long time on the fruit), fe- 

 nouillet rouge, and pigeonnet (the last an apple esteemed in France, and by 

 some people in this country, but not generally so.) 



Cuttings of the folloiv'mg Fruits were distributed. Plums : Saint Martin's 

 quetsche, an excellent late purple plum, received into the garden from the 

 late M. Fischer of Gottingen ; and reine Claude violette. Cherries : Late 

 duke, and Elton. Pears: Beurre Bosc, Hacon's incomparable; about the 

 size of Gansell's bergamot, which keeps till December, and is of excellent 

 flavour. The tree bears well as a standard. 



Feb. 21. 1837. — Papers Read. On the cultivation of the Melon" in open 

 Frames, by John Williams, Esq., C.M.H.S. On the Cultivation of Figs, by 

 T. A. Knight, Esq. 



Exhibited. E'pacris impressa from W. Bromley, Esq., F.H.S. Tro- 

 pseVIum brachyceras, from the Rev. G. Gumming Rashleigh. Oncldium 

 bifoliura, Grevilleffl sulphurea, Euphorbia splendens. Azalea indica alba, A. 

 pontica odorata, and a new white Cyclamen, from Mr. Glenny. iycium 

 aggregatum, from Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart. Camellias, from John Allnutt, 

 Esq. Miscellaneous collection of plants from the Hon. W. F. Strangways. 

 Cut flowers from Mrs. Marryat. 



Frovi the Garden of the Society. Plants. Azalea indica phoenicea, A. i. alba, 

 Oncidium anipliatum, ifelleborus odorus. — Fruit. Pears : Easter beurre, 

 beurre ranee, Dowler's seedling, ne plus meuris. Apples : Rhode Island 

 greening, api gros, fenouillet rouge, northern greening, and American pippin. 

 — Greets of the following Pears were distributed: Nelis d'hiver, monarch. 

 Broom Park, and Eyewood. 



A Silver Knightian Medal was awarded to the Rev. G. Gumming Rashleigh, 

 for the Tropae^olum brachyceras. 



March 7. 1837. — Read. A paper on the Managemeht of Fruit Trees, by 

 C. Williams, Esq., C.M.H.S. 



Exhibited. JShododendron 'RusseV^idnum, from Mr. Gaines of Battersea. 

 Beurre ranee pears, from Mr. Jarvis of Turnham Green. Dendrobium fim- 

 briatum, D. Pierardi, and D. pulchellum, from Messrs. Loddiges. Callistemon 

 sp. nov., from Mr. Henry Pratt, gardener to William Harrison, Esq. A col- 

 lection of cut flowers, from the Hon. W. F. Strangways. A new Thun- 

 bergk, Grevillea arenaria, Scottza dentata, Dillwyn/a juniperina, E'pacris 

 nivalis, E. campanulata, Ardisia crenulata. Gloxinia caulescens, Ges- 

 nen'a Douglas/'i, Brunsfelsk americana, Ipomoe^a Horsfallw, Dendrobium pul- 

 chellum, (Solanum sp., and Lechenault/a formosa, from Mrs. Lawrence. Sty- 

 phelia tubiflora, Phaius grandifolius, Andromeda floribunda, Fuchsfa micro- 

 phylla grandiflora, CorraeV pulchella, Hovea purpurea, and camellias in 

 pots, from Mr. Glenny. 



Fi-om the Garden of the Societi/. Plants. Callistachys ovata, Euphorbia 

 ilfyrsinites. Azalea indica phoenicea, (S'isyrinchium grandiflorum. — Fruit. 

 Pears : beurre ranee, ne plus meuris, and Easter beurrd, from standards ; bel- 

 lissime d'hiver, a very good stewing pear ; and Easter bergamot. — Cuttings 

 of emerald ; Comte de Lamy, a very sugary melting autiunn pear ; (Knight's) 

 winter crassane, which fruits abundantly on a dwai'f standard, and is as 

 handsome and high-flavoured as the old crassane is on a wall ; Brabant belle- 

 fleur, figured in Hort. Trans., 2d s., vol. i. t. x. p. 295. ; and early purple 

 Guigne, figured in Hort. Trans., 2d s., vol. i. t. iv. p. 144. 



Medals awarded. A lai'ge silver medal was awarded to Messrs. Loddiges, 

 for their three species of Dendrobium. A silver Knightian medal to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, for Ipomce^a Horsfallw; one to Mr. Gaines, for Rhododendron Rus- 

 seXMdnum ; one to Mr. H. Pratt, for a new species of Callistemon ; and one to 

 Mr. G. Glenny, for the Andromeda floribunda. 



