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we are informed b}' Mr. Cormick, containing about 5000 seeds, which would, 

 of course, produce the wholesale perfumer 230/. in ready money. As several 

 gentlemen have called upon, and written to, us respecting this cabbage, as 

 they did about the time the Gardener^ Magazine commenced, respecting 

 Cobbett's Locust (see Arb. Brit., p. 616.), we have thought it worth while to 

 state the above; adding, that, as we know that our advice was not taken in 

 regard to the locust, we doubt if it has deterred those who applied to us from 

 purchasing the Caesarean cabbage. The truth seems to be, that there is a 

 portion of mankind who have a love for the marvellous to such an extent, as 

 to become a disease which will have its course. The work of Messrs. Lawson 

 will prove the best antidote to this kind of quackery ; and for this reason, 

 independently of the good it will do in other respects, we do hope it will find 

 its way into every country gentleman's library, as well as into those of bailiffs, 

 land stewards, and reading farmers. A correct estimate of the real merits of 

 this cabbage, by Mr. Saunders of Jersey, who supplies the London trade with 

 their seeds, was published in the Gardener's Magazine in 1829 (vol. v. p. 440.); 

 and it has also appeared in the Encyclopcedia of Agriculture, 2d edit. p. 867. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



July5.\S3Q. — Read. A Paper on the Management of Rhubarb ; by 

 Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart. 



Exhibited, A Providence pine apple, from C. G. Cooke, Esq. 7 boxes 

 of roses, from Rivers and Son, of Sawbridgeworth. Pentstemon latifolius, 

 (Solanum Herbert/a, Oenothera Drummonde, gesnerias, and Z)aphne pontica 

 fol. variegatis, from W. Young of Epsom. Seedling English irises, from Mr. 

 Salter of Shepherd's Bush. 2 Boxes of pinks, and 1 of heartsease, from 

 Mr. Hogg. Rose raised from seed gathered in the Himalaya Mountains, in 

 1829, by Col. Finch. Orchideas, sp. n., from James Bateman, Esq. 4 Boxes 

 of roses, from Mr. Stephen Hooker. The Large Silver Medal was awarded 

 to Mr. Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, for a collection of roses. The Banksian 

 Medal, to Mr. Hooker, for a collection of roses ; to Mr. Hogg, for pinks, &c. ; 

 to Mr. Salter, for English irises ; to Mr. Young, for Pentstemon latifolius ; 

 and to Mrs. Marryat, for J'rbutus pilosa, exhibited at last meeting. 



At the Exhibition at the Garden,Juhj 9., the following prizes were awarded: — 



The Gold Knightian Medal. — For a collection of Orchidese, exhibited by S. 

 Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S. ; for Oncidium lanceanum, exhibited by Messrs. 

 Rollisson of Tooting ; for stove and green-house plants (large collection), ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S. 



The Large Silver Medal. — For alstrcemerias, exhibited by Mr. Gaines of 

 Battersea; for melocactuses, exhibited by Charles Palmer, Esq., of Shacklewell; 

 for grapes, exhibited by Mr. Davis, gardener to Lady Clarke ; for a collection 

 of Orchldeae, exhibited by Messrs. Rollisson ; for Queen pine-apples, from 

 Mr. G. Mills, F.H.S.; for peaches, exhibited by Mr. Errington, gardener to 

 Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart.; for roses (Chinese, &c.), exhibited by Mr. George 

 Glenny, F.H.S. ; for roses (garden), exhibited by Mr. S. Hooker, of Brench- 

 ley, F.H.S.; for stove and green-house plants (small collection), exhibited 

 by Mr. James Lane, gardener to J. H. Palmer, Esq., F.H.S. ; for stove and 

 green-house plants (large collection), exhibited by Mr. Butcher, gardener to 

 Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. ; for a specimen of a New Holland plant, from Mr. 

 Redding, gardener to Mrs. Marryat, F.H.S.; for a miscellaneous collection 

 of roses, from Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. 



The Silver Knightian Medal. — For balsams, exhibited by Mr. Cock of 

 Chiswick ; for picotees, exhibited by Mr. T. Hogg of Paddington ; for cu- 

 cumbers, exhibited by Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl De Grey, F.H.S.; for 

 cockscombs, from Mr. Mills, F.H.S., gardener to N. M. Rothschild, Esq., 



