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Tabular list of Annuals, &c., sown at Russelconda in 1858 and 1859, 
showing their time of germination, flowering, ke. 
Name of Plants. When | When |When in Traaeaeee 
Sown. up. Flower. ; 
Mignonette Gee ead. be Oct. 23 | Oct. 29 | Dec. 27 
ope Locec) Setar] {2 ge |S 4] Bipenea many seeds 
i d 
Sweet Pead <........... — 565]; — 11| — 31 ae ge 
Do., another parcel....) — 5| — 22]... ... | Did not flower. 
Poppy (red) .. 20.5... Oct. 25| - . 4|Feb. °5| Ripened many seeds. 
Coppenres Cyanus ... at a Bs ij J bing ‘| Ripened many seeds. 
Centaurea depressa....| Oct. 28} — 2) — 28 LBipenot Ree nae 
Zaae et BEtple — 23} — 4! — _ 8] Ripened many seeds. 
Antirrhinum majus, 2 agi ee eM es. 40 Do as 
of mixed colours. : : i 
Ten-week Stocks ...... Nov. 11} — 15| Jan. 15 Do. do. 
Pram y MOCK 7.5... .c.ne — 17} — 20} Mar. 9 Do. do. 
Tropeolum majus....., — 11| — 22)Jan. 6] Ripened a few seeds. 
Nolana prostrata.......) Oct. 25} — 3) Dec. 25 . 
Do. GO. ~ ..00..| Noy. 26°) Dec. 3 | Jam, 15 Ripened many. seeds. 
CMe 0 gh) oe — 11] Nov. 16| Feb. 15 Do. do. 
Sweet William ......... — 11{ — 17| Mar. 6| Ripened a few seeds. 
ye arent, Oct. 27| — 20] Jan. 6] Ripened many seeds. 
orange coloured 
Geranium, Scarlet ....) — 23] Oct. 29 | March Do. do. 
2. Description of a new species of Cladophora from the river Ouse in 
Sussex ; with additions to the local distribution of British Marine 
Alge. By Mr Rozerr Brown of Campster. 
3. On the varieties of Mango Fruit (Mangifera Indica) in Southern 
India. By Dr Crzenorn. 
The author remarked—The Mango-tree is one of the most common in 
India, and is generally cultivated throughout the warm parts of Hin- 
dostan, yet there is no full account of the varieties produced in gardens. 
Dr Roxburgh (Flora Indica, i. p. 640) has given a good description of 
the tree; and Sir William Hooker published an excellent figure in the 
Botanical Magazine, tab. 4510. 
There are many varieties of the fruit in cultivation, differing remark- 
ably in size, shape, colour, smell, and flavour. Some are large, fleshy, 
and luscious, while others are so stringy and terebinthaceous that they 
have been compared to ‘‘ a mouthful of tow soaked in turpentine.” The 
fine varieties, free from turpentine flavour, should be the objects of 
special culture. | 
A series of forty varieties, delinéated by Walter Elliot, Esq. and Dr 
Cleghorn, in various parts of South India, was exhibited, including the 
best kinds obtained from carefully grafted stocks. : 7 
The fruit assumes different shapes; some are-kidney-shaped, while 
others are roundish and compressed with a point at the apex or at one 
side. The absence of the peak or point in a graft mango usually indi- 
cates affine variety. The weight of the mangoes examined varicd from 
