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synonymous, in which case the name proposed by M. Stoffels would have to 

 be adopted. 



The author described the variety in the following terms : — Fruit fully larger 

 than that of the Heine Claude Violette, to which in appearance and flavour 

 it has great resemblance. In form it is roundish ; the few specimens exa- 

 mined were rather broader next the stalk, which is about half an inch in 

 length, thick, and not inserted in a hollow. Skin purple, dotted and traced 

 with a golden brown. Flesh yellow, slightly adhering to the stone, but parting 

 from it when well ripened. Flavour exceedingly rich. Stone small, ovate, 

 compressed. Shoots very downy ; leaves slightly pubescent above ; two cha- 

 racters which will always prevent its being confounded with the Reine Claude 

 Violette, the shoots and leaves of which are smooth. It ripens about a fort- 

 night or three weeks before the Reine Claude Violette and green gage. The 

 Vice- Secretary stated that, although he could not say that this new variety 

 equalled the green gage, yet it was undoubtedly one of very great excellence. 



Exhibited from the garden of the Society, among a variety of flowers, some 

 specimens of the Polygonum amplexicaule, a very pretty species, with crimson 

 flowers, quite new to our gardens ; it had been raised from seeds sent to the 

 Society from Dr. Falconer of Saharunpur. Also a collection of fruit, the most 

 remarkable of which was a new morello cherry, called Biittner's October 

 Morello ; which, to all the good qualities of the variety after which it is named, 

 bears abundantly as a standard, on which it will hang several weeks later than 

 the morello. 



Oct. 16. 1838. — Ordinary Meeting. Read, the following extract from the 

 meteorological journal kept in the Society's garden : — 





Mean 

 Pressure. 



Mean Tem- 

 perature. 



Max. 



Temp, in 



Shade. 



Min. 



Temp, in 



Shade. 



Amount of 



Kaiu ; 

 in Inches. 



January 



February 



March 



April - - - 



May - 



June - 



29-926 

 29-624 

 29-839 

 29-786 

 29'903 

 29-880 



27-86° 



33-17 



42-09 



44-06 



3233 



39-89 



49° 



53 

 62 

 69 



78 

 83 



—4° 

 14 

 24 

 16 

 26 

 35 



•27* 

 2-22 

 ■86 

 •52 

 •92 

 3-65 





29-826 



43-23 







8-44 



From which it appears that the mean pressure for February was remarkably 

 low ; more so than in any corresponding month for many years immediately 

 preceding, with the exception of February, 1833. 



Moreover, on comparing the mean temperature of the respective months, 

 with the average of similar periods, deduced from observations made in the 

 garden for a series of years, it appears that each of the above months was be- 

 low the mean, in the following degree : — 



January - - 8-44 April - 4*70 



February - - 8*03 May - - - 4-15 



March - - 1-47 June ... 1-23 



The quantity of rain was also from 3 in. to 4 in. less than usual ; so that the 

 season, up to the end of June, had been unusually cold and dry. 



The following objects were exhibited : — From Sir John Herschel, Bart., flow- 

 ers of iSatyrium candidum and S. carneum, two terrestrial orchidaceous plants 

 introduced by him from the Cape of Good Hope, and brought into a flowering 

 state in an open garden, in Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park ; they were ac- 

 companied by Cyanella lutea and Vieusseuxia aristata, two bulbous plants 

 from the same country. The appearance of the satyriums, one of which was 



* Melted snow. 



