.}(U HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



of (Wilmots scarlet), were presented to such members as 

 wished to make trial of them, and to me as representing on 

 this occasion the Scottish sister establishment. It was in- 

 timated, that seeds of the Valentia green-fleshed melon 

 would be ready for distribution at next meeting. Mr 

 Braddick, a distinguished amateur horticulturist, invited 

 me to bring my fellow-travellers to view his garden at 

 Thames-Ditton ; and Mr Grange obligingly offered to 

 shew us his extensive market-garden at Hoxton, near 

 Kingsland. 



The remainder of the day I spent in making short calls 

 at the nurseries of Messrs Colvills in the King's Road, 

 whose collection of exotics rivals that of Cels ; at Davy's, 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of the former, distinguish- 

 ed for excelling in what are termed florists 1 flowers ; and 

 at the Apothecariei Garden, Chelsea, now under the able 

 superintendence of Mr William Anderson. — But super- 

 vening indisposition prevented me from making any notes 

 on these places. 



Extracts from Mr Hay's Journal. 



Oct. 9. — Having arrived from Hampshire yesterday, 

 and finding Mr Neill had unluckily been taken ill, Mr 

 Macdonald and I resolved to spend two or three days in 

 visiting some of the many excellent gardens and nurseries 

 around the metropolis. 



We first went to Lee and Kennedifs at Hammersmith. 

 The extent of glazed houses is here very great, and 

 they contain a large assortment of plants of every descrip- 

 tion, and in excellent condition. They particularly excel 

 m Cape heaths; in camellias, of which there are fifteen 

 ties; and in the finer geraniums. As a novelty may 



