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Messrs. Chandler and Sons of Vauxhall. Citron melons and cucumbers, from 

 Mr. Robert Buck, F.H.S., of Blackheath. Maxillaria picta, from William 

 Harrison, Esq., F.H.8. A new hybrid gourd, a bottle gourd, and swan's neck 

 gourd, from Mr. Watt, gardener to Sir C. E. Smith, Bart. 



Frovi the Garden of the Society. — Seedling and queen chrysanthemums. — 

 Pears : Autumn Colmar, Forelle, Bezi de la Motte, *Belmont, BufFam's, *Du- 

 mortier, Colmar Neill, * St. Germain Van Mons, Dumas,* Eyewood, beurre d'Au- 

 desson, urbaniste, Ormskirk bergamot, beurre Diel, Duchesse d'Angouleme. 

 Those marked thus * are sorts raised by Mr. Knight, or which have been re- 

 ceived lately from Belgium, and fruited for the first time in the garden. (See 

 XIII. p. 549.) — Apjiles, Kitchen: Gloria mundi, Blenheim pippin, Burns's seed- 

 ling, golden noble, Waltham Abbey seedling, incomparable, Wormsley pippin, 

 Brabant bellefleur, nonsuch (it is not generally known that the merit of this 

 apple consists in its culinary properties), large white Calville, Rymer, Bed- 

 fordshire foundling, and Rabonlink. — Table Apples : Downton, Sam Young, 

 Fearn's pippin, Beachamwell, BorsdorfFer, Hughes's golden pippin, Margil, Ross 

 nonpareil, white russet, old Pome-roy, and Pitmaston nonpareil. — Chestnuts : 

 Downton, pi-olific, chataignier des bois, prime, and Bretonne. 



Aivarded. A large silver medal to Messrs. Chandler, for a seedling chry- 

 santhemum ; and silver Banksians, to Messrs. Green and Lane, for Begom'a 

 octopetala and Epiphyllum truncatum. 



Dec. 5. 1837. — Ewhibited. Three queen pine-apples, from Mr. Harrison 

 of Cheshunt, weighing respectively 4 lb. 2 oz., 41b. 2 oz., and 3 lb. 14 oz. 

 Cypripedium insigne, C. venustum ; Amaryllis Hoodw, Epiphyllum truncatum, 

 and jBrica cerintho'ides, from Sir E. AntrobuSj Bart,, Jersey. Chrysanthe- 

 mums, from Messrs. Chandler and Sons, Vauxhall. Passiflora cserulea, and 

 a seedling apple, from C. Rankens, Esq., Dulwich. Chrysanthemums, from 

 Miss Wilson. Brass?« caudata, from W. Dunsford, gardener to Baron Dims- 

 dale. A large pine-apple, from Mr. Fowler, Little Bushy Farm, near Stan- 

 more. Zygopetalum Maxillaria, Eu\>\i6vhia fulgens (jacquim'^or«), Maxillaria 

 picta, Lae^ia anceps, Calanthe densiflora, Lechenaultia formosa, Bilberg«a 

 amoe^na, and a collection of cut flowers, from Mrs. Lawrence. Poinsettz'a 

 pulcherrima, from Mr. J. Reading, gardener to Mrs. Marryatt. Plumbago 

 rosea, and Alstrcsmena Ligtu, from Mr. R. Buck. 



From the Garden of the Society. — Plants. LseMia anceps, £'uph6rbz« ful- 

 gens (jacquim'(2?/?ora), tree dahlia, and chrysanthemums. — Apples: Golden 

 Harvey (perhaps the richest table apple), white nonpareil, Pearson's plate (a 

 very good and handsome table apple), Syke House russet, old golden pippin 

 (which varies much). Nonesuch Park, Beachamwell, Dutch mignonne. Brad- 

 dick's nonpareil, Nell Gwyn, Hubbard's pearmain, Blenheim pippin ; Brabant 

 Bellefleur, k. ; gloi'ia mundi, k. ; Woolmann's long pippin, k. ; stony Royd 

 pippin, k.; reinette du Canada, k.; American pippin, k. ; Baldwin, k. ; and 

 Dumelow's seedling. — Pears: Glout morceau, beurre Diel, passe Colmar, 

 Napoleon, bergamot cadet (remarkable for the length of time it keeps ripen- 

 ing in succession), crassane, and Moccas. 



Atuarded. Silver Knightian Medals to Mrs. Lawrence, for Euphorbia 

 fulgens (jacqinniceflora); to Mr. John Green, for the plants exhibited; and to 

 Mr. Harrison, for the pine-apples. A Silver Banksian medal to Mr. Cook, 

 gardener to Miss Wilson, for chrysanthemums, which were remarkably large 

 and perfect flowers. 



Joyce's stove was also exhibited, and attracted great attention, as has been 

 noticed in a preceding page. 



Art. VIII. Covent Gardeii Market. 



From the- continued openness of the weather, we have had a regular and 

 good supply of all vegetables usual at this season. Prices have continued 

 rather depressed, and the demand but limited ; nevertheless, we have but little 



