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Tlu' folloNviii;; ohjt'c'ts wrre exhibited ; 



From James !iatem:in, Esq., F. 11. S , hi Miititul sixH'iincns of 

 Catflt ijti nitfnntiiui, djcimchrs v< titricosNiii an ('|)i|)liyte w itli a de- 

 licious (Mltmr, 1 )ni(irnl,iiim chrustiiithum, am! (lie rare Dcudi (>hium 

 st^iindiim ; the latter was in a state ( f very umisind jjerfection. 

 The Cvenoehes had llowers much lari:;er than usual, the sepals 

 nnd pctuls more tleshy, the column terete, and the anther and 

 pollen masses were abortive. It was however stated by iMr. li ite- 

 man, in a note that accompanied the collection, that the llowers 

 were pnKluced from ihe same plant as that which yielded the 

 specimen rej)resciitcd in his (>rrhitlnrc(P of Mexico and (iuate- 

 vitihi, and which had j)reviously blossomed 5 times without ex- 

 hibiting any disposition to vary. 



From Messrs. Dart and JSons, G9 Strand, a model of a sr.lf- 

 nrtin:: vt ntilator for hotliouses, pits, or any similar places. It 

 worked by the ex|)ansion and contraction of a pyrometer formed 

 of a hollow cylinder of zinc, and appeared to be sensible of very 

 small ditTerences in temperature. 



From the Hon. W. F. Strangways, F. H. S., various cut 

 flowers, amont^ which were beautiful specimens of Pisum mariti- 

 mum wild, from the sea coast of Dorsetshire, and branches of 

 Pitfosporum Tohira and Veronica decusmta, which had stood out 

 duriuiz; the last winter in the open border at Abbotsbury. 



From Mr. Charles Marshall, Gardener to Mrs. Langley of King- 

 ston, specimens of a Bean, which was stated to be a fortnight 

 earlier than the common Longpod Bean, from among a crop of 

 which the seed was saved. 



F'rom G. H. Ward, Esq , F. U.S., small specimens of a kind 

 of Carrot, imported from Thoulouse, and said to measure there 

 from 3 feet to 3 feet 6 inches in length. 



FromW. R. Hamilton, Esq., Stanley Grove, Chelsea, a species 

 of Arum brought by his son Mr. W. I. Hamilton from the banks 

 of the Mesistus in Asia Minor, four days journey south of Cy- 

 zicns. It proved to be Arum Dracunciilus. 



From Mr. Mountjoyof Ealing, Fuchsia fulgens and Lophosper- 

 mum grandi/iorum. 



From Mr. Myatt of Deptford, specimens of three new varieties 

 of Strawbernj 



From Mr. Hogg of Paddington, six seedling Pinks of the pre- 

 sent year ; and also a collection of Pinks. 



From R. Harrison, Esq., F.H.S., of Aighburgh near Liverpool, 

 a new species of Oncidium (pulvinatum,) imported from Brazil. 

 It had produced a straggling zigzag panicle, 6 or 7 feet long, with 

 very much the appearance of 0, divaricatum, from which it dif- 

 fered in the form of its labellum, and in having a convex villous 

 cushion at the base of that organ. 



From the Society's Garden, a variety of plants in flower. 



