380 London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



cordata, Trillium grandiflorum, Lysinema pentapetalum, and azaleas, from 

 Messrs. Chandler. Asparagus, from seed sown in ] 833, from L. Sullivan, Esq., 

 F.H.S. Fruits. Early muscat grapes, from Mr. Wilmot. 



From the Garden of the Society. Saccolobium guttatum, Sinningia guttata, 

 hj'brid Gloxinfa (between G. speciosa and Sinnlngza guttata), raised by W. 

 Gordon, Esq. Manetti« cordata, Limnanthes Douglasii, Rhodanthe Man- 

 gleszV, Wistaria Consequawa, -Rosa Banksice lutea, Plectritis congesta, Ribes 

 multiflorum, Lasiopetalum solanaceum, Pseonia Moutan Banks?Vs, and eight 

 varieties of hardy peonies. 



June 7. 1836. — Read. A Paper on the Management of Vine Borders, and 

 a Method of Grafting Vines ; by Mr. William. Gowans, gardener at Calder 

 House, near Glasgow. 



Exhibited. Plants. Gardoquia Hooken', Chorozema Henchmanni, iSfelago 

 GilliesM ; iVica vestita coccinea, undulata, delecta, mirabilis rosea, ventricosa 

 superba, vestita purpurea, vestita fulgens; Cosmelia rubra, and Pimelea decus- 

 sata, from Mrs. Lawrence. Passiflora racemosa, Centaurea stereophjlla, 

 .Anemone palmata, Marica caerulea, Tacsdnia sp., from Mrs. Marryat. Plumbago 

 capensis, Sollya heterophylla, Vallota purpurea, Thunbergk leucantha, Ery- 

 thrina Crlsta-galli, seedling Fuchsz'a from F. globosa, Sutherlandia frutes- 

 cens, cauliflowers and mushrooms, from L. Sullivan, Esq. Mesembryanthe- 

 mums, gladioluses, hyacinths, ZJaphne sp., iS'cilla sp., from the Honourable 

 W. H. F. Strangways. Azalea regentissima, hilarlssima, maritima, cruenta, 

 and Martinw ; J?hododendron catawbiense var. ponticum, iilium sp. from 

 North America, from Messrs. Chandler. Alstrcemerffl oculata, St/rhiga 

 Josikse^a, Thermopsis fabacea, Passiflora kermesina, Colllnsea bicolor, Pent- 

 stemon procerus, from Mr. Tattersall; a seedling Calceolaria, from A. Mackiej 

 double stock, from W. W. Middleton, Esq. ; specimens of a calabash, and 

 cocoa nut, from Colonel Galindo. — Fruits. Melon, and Keen's seedling straw- 

 berry, from L. Sullivan, Esq. ; French crab, from E. G. Barnard, Esq., M, P. 

 — Articles. A Match for lighting Cigars ; being the Pith of a Tree ; from Colonel 

 Galindo ; and a Piece of Netting, for covering Wall Trees, made by Straw, 

 and very cheap ; from Mr. P. Howden. 



From the Society s Garden. Passiflora kermesina, BrunoHia australis, 

 Pimelea decussata, Alstroemeria oculata, Manettia cordifolia, Deutzk scabra, 

 ilf^fmulus cardinalis, Rhodanthe Manglesra, Phlox Drummondw, Watsonia 

 marginata, Libertia formosa, Z/upinus grandifolius, L. lucidus, L. polyphyllus 

 albus, L. polyphyllus var., L. rivularis, Collinsfa bicolor, Gib'a tricolor, Las- 

 thenia glabrata, Platystemon californicus, Phacelia tanacetifolia, Leptosiphon 

 «ndrosaceus, Pentstemon Scouleri, P. procerus, Thermopsis fabacea, iathyrus 

 grandiflorus, Eschscholtzia crocea and var., Pieonia officinalis, double var., and 

 var. anemoniflora J purple laburnum, Syringa Josikse^a, Duvaua dependens, 

 rhododendrons, azaleas, and Scotch roses. 



The Exhibition at the Garden, on June 1 1., though the day was boisterous and 

 cold for the season, was more numerously attended than on any preceding 

 occasion. The total number of tickets issued up to the evening of the 1 0th 

 inst. exceeded 12,000; and it is thought that, including Fellows of the Society, 

 who require no tickets, and gardeners who exhibit, and who are admitted free, 

 there were upwards of 9000 persons in the garden at one time. Considerable 

 as has been the number of tickets sold, we have no doubt that it would be 

 doubled if it were more generally known in the metropolis what a brilliant 

 scene the Horticultural Society's Garden presents on the days of exhibition, 

 and for how little this scene might be enjoyed : that, besides a splendid garden, 

 and an exhibition of the finest fruit and flowers that wealth and skill can pro- 

 duce, enlivened by several bands of music. The principal part of the Eng- 

 lish aristocracy are present, and mix indiscriminately with the tradesman, 

 the mechanic, and the gardener. This scene may be enjoyed by men, women, 

 and children, for live or six hours, at 35. Qd. each. There are omnibuses in 

 abundance, by which persons may be conveyed from the metropolis for a shil- 

 ling, and back again for the same sum ; and to shorter distances, as Kensington 



