556 London Hortiadiural Society and Garden. 



Art. V. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Sept. 6. 1836. — Presented. Distribution Geographique des Plantes Ali- 

 mentaires ; by the author, M. Alphonse De Candolle. Rapport sur les Tra- 

 vaux de la Societe Royale et Centrale d' Agriculture, depuis la Seance 

 publique de 1835; from M. Soulange-Bodin. 



Exhibited. Plants. Prenanthes (Serpentaria, from Messrs. Chandler nd^> 

 Son. 3 vars. of Lobelia, Echinocactiis Eyries?/, Tropae^olum Shilling^, dahlia 

 Trichocladus crinitus, Clematis Sieboldti, &c., from Mr. James Young. Mu-. 

 cuna pruriens, from F. Perkins, Esq. Tritonia media, ffibfscus iJosa-sinensis 

 {smg\e),*Tecoma grandiflora, and Passiflora insignis, from Mrs, Marryatt. 

 Miscellaneous, from the Hon. W. F. H. Strangways. — Fruits. Russet non- 

 pareil apple of 1835, from the Rev. William Corbold of Selborne, Hants. 

 Muscat of Alexandria grapes, and a queen pine-apple, from Mr. J. Davis, 

 gardener to Lady Clarke- Brown figs [a remarkably large and prolific variety], 

 from Messrs. Colley and Hill. A Paris rock melon, from F. Hodgson, Esq. 

 — Articles. Specimens of wire for garden purposes, from Mr. W. A. Row- 

 land, of Prince's Street, Chester. 



From the Garden of the Society. Plants. Catasetum tridentatum, Tecoma 

 capensis, Gladiolus blandus, G. psittacinus. Lobelia Tujia, iupinus Cruik- 

 shanksw'jScabiosa atropurpureagrandifl6ra,Escall6nza montevidensis, Ceanothus 

 azureus. Phlox acuminata and seedling vars., China asters, dahlias, &c. — 

 Fruits. Pears : Summer bergamot, franc-real d'ete, deux-tetes, Heppel, Eng- 

 lish Caillot rosat. Beechwood melon, grown by way of experiment upon the 

 influence of water upon the quality of that fruit. 



Medals awarded. A silver Knightian medal to Mr. Davis, for the grapes 

 and pine-apple ; and to Messrs. Colley and Hill, for the brown figs : and a 

 silver Banksian medal to the Rev. William Corbold, for the russet nonpareil. 



Sept. 20. 1836. — Exhibited. Plants. Guzman^zia tricolor, Ixora coccinea, 

 Euphorbia punicea, from Mrs. Marryatt. A collection of cut flowers and Con- 

 volvulus italicus, from the Hon. W. F. H. Strangways. Magnolia grandiflora, 

 from Mr. Kirke. Four stands of dahlias, from Mr. Chandler. One stand of 

 dahlias ; ditto, seedlings ; from Mr. Hogg of Paddington. A new epiphyte, from 

 Messrs. Low and Co. — Fruits. Apples : Beauty of Kent, yellow Ingestrie, 

 Grange, Princess Victoria (a new seedling), Hawthornden, Monk's codling, 

 Keswick ditto, nonesuch, and Kerry pippin. Peaches : Rosanna (from an 

 an old tree), French violet hative. Nectarines : Smooth-leaved Royal George, 

 brugnon, Vermash, from J. Kirke. Plums : 24 Dove Bank plums, from Sir 

 Oswald Mosley. 



From the Garden of the Society. Plants. Zygopetalum lAac^aidniim, Ca- 

 tasetum luridum, Cycnoches Loddigesii, Stanhopea grandiflora, /'xia macu- 

 lata, Tecoma capensis, Escallonia montevidensis, Scabiosa atropurpurea gran- 

 diflora, Phacelia tripinnatifida, Linaria dalmatica, China and other roses, 

 China asters, dahlias. — Fruits. Peaches : Bellegarde and Barrington (these 

 are excellent for forcing, and are not apt to mildew), belle de Vitry, Royal 

 Charlotte (Madeleine rouge tardive of the French), and the Royal George 

 (Madeleine a petites fleurs), which are nearly allied, and are both subject to 

 the mildew, like all other deeply serrated-leaved peaches. Nectarines : EJ- 

 ruge,violette hative, Pitmaston orange. Pears: Fingal's, a handsome large 

 fruit, with tender sugary flesh, and will doubtless be esteemed far preferable 

 to Williams's bon Chretien : it was received from Mr. Dickson of Inverness, 

 and is quite hardy. Waterloo, eclat. 



