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until u certain period of its aiz;e, or at least not in the seedling 

 state. I am jjlad to be now enableil to correct this opinion, by 

 exhibiting a dried specimen of a seedlinj:: setiilis, which 1 liave 

 received from Mexico, by which it will be seen that the hairs are 

 producetl in that species alonu: with its spines in the seedling- state." 



Frt)m .Mr. John Lunisden, Gardener to Henry Bevan, Esq., 

 four Qutm I'ine Ajiplcs. 



From Messrs. lirown, Nurserymen, of JSlough, a Cineraria 

 IVattrhousiana and Ttlofx a spedoiissima, t\w latter in i^reat beauty. 



From Mr. Thonns Jackson, Nurseryman, Kinj^ston, llowers of 

 darrya elliptiai 



From Mr. George Mills, Gardener to Madame de Rothschild, 

 a fine brace of Cucumbers. 



From Mr. George Glenny, some green-house plants, among 

 which was a Ilovea ilicifolia. 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of stove and 

 green-house plants, and specimens of Pears. Of the former the 

 most interesting was Cyrtochilum juaculatum, a new Orchidace- 

 ous epiphyte, very sweet, imported by the Society from Mexico. 



Cuttings of the following fruit trees were distributed ; 



The Winter Crassane Pear, an excellent bearer as a standard or 

 dwarf ; Tiic Shobden Court Pear, a variety raised by the late 

 President ; it possesses a flavour partaking of that of the Melon 

 and Pine Apple. The Royal H^tive Plum. This sort resem- 

 bles the Reine Claude Violette in appearance and high flavour, 

 and ripens considerably earlier. Knight's Large Green Drying 

 Plum, a sort as large as the Washington, and superior to it in point 

 of flavour ; it fruited for the first time last season ; its merits 

 as a preserving Plum are not yet known, but as a dessert fruit 

 it w ill doubtless rank high. 



It was announced that a small collection of seeds and bulbs, 

 received by the Society from Mr. Hartweg, their collector in 

 Mexico, was ready for distribution to all applicants. 



The follow ing medals were awarded j 



The Silver Knightian to Mr. John Green, for his Hardenbergia 

 Comptoniana, and Dillwynia glycinifolia. 



The Silver Bmiksian to Mr. George Mills, for Cucumbers, and 

 to the Messrs. Brown, for Telopea speciosissima. 



The follow ing Present was announced ; 



Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Stances, &c., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 first half year, 1839, from the Academy of Sciences at Paris. 



