106 London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



in the branches was stated as an additional proof of the absurdity of attempt- 

 ing to constitute new fossil genera, on the supposition that a single slice of a 

 Scotch pine, or spruce fir, is characteristic of the whole family of Coniferae. 

 In conclusion, Mr. Nicol observed, that an accunite knowledge of the 

 anatomical structure would sometimes enable the botanist to classify aright, 

 when the external character might leave him in doubt ; and, in proof of this, 

 was observed, that, had the structure been known, the miro of New Zealand 

 would not have been represented as a podocarpus. The structure of that 

 tree bears no resemblance to that of any of the Coniferae, its character being 

 that of a true dicotyledon. It was also mentioned, that the Tasmannza dipe- 

 tala (insipida of Brown), which has been classed with the Magnolia, is 

 decidedly not a dicotyledon, it having the structure of the Coniferae ; and, 

 although the texture is more minute, and less defined, than that of any of the 

 larger species of Araucaria, yet it is evidently allied to the Araucarian division. 

 Since the meeting of the Association at Dublin, Mr. Nicol has received, from 

 Mr. Allan Cunningham, a bit of the wood (probably a branch) of the Tasmannfa 

 aromatica ; and he finds that, although there is a peculiarity in its structure, yet 

 there is not a doubt of its resemblance to the dipetala. The peculiarity 

 alluded to consists of curvilinear rays proceeding from the pith to the surface. 

 These are composed of one or two rows of quadrangular apertures, three or 

 four times larger than those constituting the intermediate spaces. (JEdin. 

 Phil. Journ.y vol. xix.) 



Glasnevin Botanic Garden. — - An arrangement of plants, according to the 

 natural system, is about to be formed in this garden by Mr. Niven, the intel- 

 ligent and active curator. We have received a plan of it, together with a list 

 of the orders in the series in which they are to be placed, which will appear in 

 our next Number. In the mean time, we may observe, that it is one of the 

 most comprehensive and expressive arrangements which has hitherto been ex- 

 ecuted in . any garden, either foreign or domestic. Not only does it include 

 ligneous and herbaceous plants, but the foreign and domestic species are kept 

 apart in separate beds; and those of the indigenous species which are peculiar 

 to any one of the three kingdoms, are designated by characteristic marks on 

 the tallies. — Cond, 



Art. IV. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Jan. 19. 1836. — WorJts j^resented. Among these is the American Silk-grower's 

 Guide, presented by the author, Mr. William Kenrick ; also a Catalogue of 

 the Nursery of Mr. William Kenrick, presented by him. 



Read. Observations on the Althorp Crassane pearj by Mr. Robert 

 Thomson. Description of a hot-water apparatus used by John Rogers, jun., 

 Esq. 



Exhibited. Apples of the kinds gilliflower, Bampton nonesuch, aromatic 

 nonesuch, and Cambridge pippins, from William Rashleigh, Esq. Apples of 

 the kinds Kirke's Lord Nelson, Norfolk beaufin, Woodstock pippin, scarlet 

 nonpareil, French crab, Newtown pippin (Sir Joseph Banks), Powell's russet, 

 golden noble, Hawthornden, Pile's russet, cockle pippin, Beauty of Kent, fa- 

 meuse, Braddick's nonpareil, from Mr. J. Kirke. Renanthera coccinea, 

 Justlcz'a coccinea, from S. F. Phelps, Esq. Astrapae^a WallichM, Carnelh'a 

 japonica «lth£eifl6ra, C. j. the white single, and a kind of Cyclamen, from Mrs. 

 Marryat. 



From the Garden of tlie Society. — Apples of the following kinds : Court- 

 pendu plat : this escaped the frost in spring from its late blossoming; it was 

 likewise free from the blight in summer : reinette du Canada ; new rock pippin, 

 a seedling from Newtown pippin ; Hubbard's pearmain, one of the best of the 

 pearmains ; Stagg's nonpareil, or Hicks's fancy, a good brisk early nonpareil ; 

 golden russet, mere du menage, Martin nonpareil ; golden reinette, kept much 



