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Queries and Answers. 



that visit 1 informed him of the sample of rhubarb jam which was sent me that 

 summer, and of the manner in which (I was told) it was prepared. Will he 

 deny this fact, of which he made a memorandum on the spot ? I refer him to his 

 note-book ; and, if farther proof be necessary, / will verify my statement on oath. 

 Mr. Johnson's receipt is simply this : To one pound of rhubarb stalks, cut 

 as if for a tart, add one pound of lump or brown sugar, boil till the ingredients 

 are well blended, and acquire the proper consistence. We need not trouble 

 your readers with the details necessary in making jelly; but may remark that 

 ginger (not ground) and candied lemon, boiled in the jelly or jam, is a decided 

 improvement. Jelly of a superior quality has been made in this neigh- 

 bourhood in this manner. Buck's rhubarb has the preference in point of 

 colour, but in no other quality that we are aware of. — Alexander Campbell. 

 Botanic Garden, Manchester, Nov. 19. 1838. 



Art. V. Queries and Answers. 



Names of the different Species of Corrcea, (Vol. XIV. p. 542.) — Your 

 correspondent S., if he had taken the trouble to refer to your Encyclojicedia 

 of Plants, or your Hortus Brilannicus, could have ascertained the names 

 of the different species of CorrseV*. However, for his information, I will 

 enumerate them : alba, virens, speciosa, rufa, and pulchella ; J. believe there 

 is a new one, recently introduced, but I have not heard its name, neither 

 have I seen any description of it. With respect to C. rufa, it was introduced 

 many years ago, and, I believe, lost. It has recently been received again, either 

 from the Continent or New South Wales. The foliage is good, and the flower 

 is green, but very inferior to virens, not being so large, or so bright a green. It 

 is to be purchased at the nurseries for about ten or fifteen shillings. Corrae\z 

 Milnerzi is a seedling variety ,- it is not much known, but may be purchased at 

 Groom's in the Walworth Road, and at Lee's, Hammersmith. There is also a 

 plant at Mrs. Lawrence's, and another at Worton Lodge. I believe it is not 

 to be bought under two guineas. It is scarcely probable that there are any 

 other seedling varieties ; the different species seldom producing seed. — 

 Amateur. Hackney, Nov. 10. 1838. 



Art. VI. Proceedings of the Horticidtural Society of London. 



June 5. 1838. — Extracts from the Meteorological Journal kept at the garden 

 during the year 1837. The following were the monthly results, as regards 

 some of the more striking phenomena of the season : — 





Mean 



Pressure, in 



inches. 



Mean Tem. 

 Fahr. 



Max. Tem. 

 in shade. 



Min. 

 Temper. 



Amount of 

 Rain, in 

 inches. 



January 



29-956 



38-58° 



50-90° 



1220° 



3-03 



February 



29 969 



41-20 



55-40 



26'CO 



2-01 



March 



29-979 



37-94 



49-46 



19-40 



0-54 



April 



29-811 



41-95 



63-50 



23 



1-13 



May 



29-957 



49-62 



74-30 



30-20 



1-07 



June 



30-009 



60-08 



80 60 



35-60 



1-31 



July 



29-969 



63-16 



83-30 



37-40 



1-78 



August 



30-002 



62-53 



86-90 



39-20 



3-04 



September 



29-89-1 



5568 



72-50 



35-06 



0-91 



October 



30-119 



50 



73-40 



27-14 



2-39 



November 



29-861 



40-22 



55-40 i 



22-10 



1-32 



December 



29-964 



41-38 



54-50 1 



23-90 



1-35 



