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the Stove, threw up thirteen spikes of flowers, four only of which 

 however tame to perfection. 



From Sir George Mackenzie, Ban., fruit of a most valuable 

 new apple called " the Betsy." It had been so named in 

 Guernsey, where it was raised from seed. 'J he flavour is peculiar, 

 and it has an unusually melting flesh. 



From Mr. Scott, Gardener to Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bury 

 Hill, the stem of an AUtrbmtria acutifolia, bearing ripe seed- 

 vessels. It was accompanied by the following note : — 



" The seeds are now just ripe and fit for distribution, and may 

 be acceptable to some of the Members. They should be sown 

 immediately in sandy loam and rotten dung, and kept in a Green- 

 bouse, as they w ill not require heat ; when the plants are about an 

 inch high they may be potted singly into very small pots, and 

 kept in a growing state till they have formed their tubers — if 

 suffered to die down before that period, they will never shoot 

 again, which is the cause of many persons losing them after they 

 have got them up from seeds. A hirtella requires the same 

 treatment. 



" The present specimen is one of five shoots from the same 

 plant of nearly equal length, and is 1 believe, the first of the 

 species introduced into this countr\\ It is planted in a nar- 

 row border at the back of a conservatory, and when the shoots 

 come up in the spring they are trained up the trellis about eight 

 or nine feet, and then twine themselves round some sash lines, 

 which are stretched in a horizontal direction from the back to 

 the front of the house. When in flower it has a ver\" showy 

 appearance." 



The seeds were distributed to the Members present. 



From Mr. Gaines at Battersea, a setdlin^ Cineraria, named by 

 him " Gaines's Victoria Repna." 



From Mr. R. Buck, of Blackheath, fruit of the Charlesuorth 

 Tokay Grape, in great perfection, and a small collection of Pears. 

 (Silver Banksian Medal awarded ) 



From the Society's Garden, among many other plants, Dendro- 

 bium nohile, a very fine Orchidaceous epiphyte, Lopezia lineata, a 

 pretty new Greenhouse herbaceous plant from Mexico, with pale 

 red flowers, and Ptntlandia miniata, a new bulbous plant, with 

 handsome scarlet nodding flowers, from Cusco. 



Cuttings of the following fruit trees were distributed ; viz : 



Coes Fine Late Red Plum the same as the St. Martin 

 Rouge of the French j it is considered the very best late plum. 

 IVinter Crassane Pear ; this is not so gritty as the Old Crassane, 

 and it often happens that the latter bears but sparingly on a wall ; 

 the Winter Crassane however bears most abundantly on a stan- 

 dard, the fruit being of good size and flavour, iyun^ieur le Curt- 

 Pear ; this is the same as the " Vicar of Winkfield" Pear, as was 



