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Feb. 1676-77, which is probably the oldest tree of its kind in this kingdom. 

 The Enfield cedar was planted nearly at the same time; those in the Physic 

 Garden at Chelsea in 1683. {Gent. Mag., 1819, Ixxxix. 13.) Again, at 

 p. 600., it is said that there were two or three very large ones at Wolseley 

 Bridge, said to have been brought over by Sir William Wolseley, the tra- 

 veller, &c. 



We have written to the places above mentioned more than once, to ascer- 

 tain whether these cedars still exist, and, if so, in what state they are ; but 

 hitherto we have received no answer. We should be greatly obliged to any 

 of our readers who may reside near Bretby or Wolseley Bridge, if they would 

 procure us the desired information. — Cond. 



Grafting in May and June is recommended to Dr. Stevenson by his and our 

 ingenious and eccentric correspondent, Mr. Thorn of Annan, as preferable to 

 grafting in March and April. Mr. Saul would be glad to know if any one 

 besides Mr. Thom has tried this. — AI. S. Lancaster, Ajvil, 1835. 



Has Magnolia grandifTora, or any other species, been introduced in India, at 

 Canton, at Madeira, at the Cape of Good Hope, at Sydney, or at Hobart 

 Town, and, if so, what has been the success ? Similar information respecting 

 the tulip tree, and, indeed, respecting all the trees and shrubs cultivated in 

 the open air in Britain, so as to enable us to complete their artificial geography 

 and history for our Arboretum Britannicum, is very much wanted, and will by 

 us be most gratefully acknowledged. — Cond. 



Art. V. London Horticultural Societij and Garden. 



The Exhibition held at the Horticultural Society's Garden, May Qth, was one 

 of the most splendid which they liave ever had. The specimens were, perhaps, 

 not quite so numerous as on some former occasions, but they were very 

 select, and admirably grown. The company were numerous, considering 

 the rather unfavourable state of the weather. The following prizes were 

 awarded : — 



Gold Banlisian Medals were given for grapes, pines, and cucumbers, from 

 Mr. J. Wilmot, Isleworth ; a collection of citrons, from the Rev. C. Annesley ; 

 stove orchideous plants, from Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney; a miscellaneous 

 collection of plants, from Messrs. Rolhsson ; and a miscellaneous ditto, from 

 Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. 



Large Silver Medals, for pelargoniums, from Messrs. Colley and Hill of 

 Hammersmith ; double purple Chinese azalea, from Mr. C. Brown of Slough ; 

 Tropae^olum tricolorum, from Mr. Barnes, gardener to George Norman, Esq, ; 

 grapes and pines, from Mr. Dowding, gardener to Lady Clarke ; heaths and 

 Dutch anemones, from Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, Exeter; a miscellaneous 

 collection of plants, from Mr. George Mills, gardener at Gunnersbury Park ; 

 a miscellaneous ditto, from Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. Marryatt, F.H.S. ; 

 a miscellaneous ditto, from Mi". Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq.; a 

 miscellaneous ditto, from Mr. Cornelius, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. j 

 Chinese azaleas, from Mr. W. Smith of Norbiton ; hybrid rhododendrons, from 

 Mr. Gaines, Surrey Lane, Battersea. 



Banlisian Medals, for calceolarias, from Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. An- 

 trobus, Bart; heartsease, from Mr. Mountjoy of Ealing; pelargoniums, from 

 Mr. Gaines of Battersea ; Ix6r« coccinea, from Mr. Pressley, gardener to 

 Walter Boyd, Esq., F.H.S. : strawberries, from Mr. Stewart, gardener to Lord 

 Ashburton, F.H.S. ; auriculas, from Mr. G. Glenny of Twickenham; hybrid 

 rhododendrons, from Mr. W. Smith of Norbiton ; Chinese azaleas, from Mr. 

 Lane, gardener to J. H. Palmer, Esq. ; a miscellaneous collection of plants, 

 from Mr. C. Brown of Slough ; and Boronk serrulata and ii'rica elegans, from 

 Mr. Douglass, gardener to Lord De Grey, F.H.S. 



April. 7. — Read. An abstract of a memoir on the cultivation of French 

 kinds of pear in Scotland ; and on the formation and management of fruit 



