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5t*ssi«tn ot a ^rrat a('(|uisiii(>ii to our t tjlU'ctious, wliich vvc can 

 never expeel by tlie present inoile of procnrliip: younj:; plants. 



In eonclusion the atillior adverted to tlie advanlat;:efl that may 

 be expected from Ijybridi/inu Cacti, llj)<)n tliis subject lie re- 

 marked that tlje Cere:, of whicli the Kj)iphylla are a subsection, 

 are the ^reat hiboratiiry for improvinu; tlje line Dowering Cacti. 

 'J'o say nolhiiiir of iiiixini:: new species with the older ones for 

 the sake of brilliant colours, we ini;j;ht easily p;et a new race of 

 free lloweriFjcr kinds in the way of Cereus ^randiflorus, by a 

 judicious niixtiire of such species as ('ereus nycticallis, C. trian- 

 pulnris, and its near relative C. Napoleonis, with that splendid 

 new Cereus which is sold in the London nurseries under the 

 erroneous name of setaceus. This noble Cereus is the Hnest of 

 the a:enus, and by it a new race of splendid Cacti may be obtained j 

 its flowers are as large as those of C. grandiflorus, and of a 

 brilliant yellow colour, of the African marygold tint. 



'I'he following subjects were exhibited j 



From Mr. R. Richardson, Garden Net Dep6t, 21 Tonbridge 

 Place, New Road, sj)t'c'n}icns of a net to protect fruit from Hies 

 and wasi)s, and a kind of green binding for tying up flowers with. 



From Sir 'I'homas 'i rayton Fuller Elliott Drake, Bart., a small 

 specimen of the fruit of Carica papaya, " the Papaw" tree. 



From Mr, Arthur Henderson, specimens of the curious Crista- 

 lochia ciliaris, whose flowers are surrounded with long fringes ; 

 and a new species of Pronaija, a climber from Swan River. (The 

 Silver Ranksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. George Shiells, Gardener to Lord Blantyre, Erskine 

 House, near Glasgow, a branch of very fine Cherries forced on 

 flued walls without glass. Mr. Shiell's object was to show the 

 manner in which the fruit ripens in succession, when cherries 

 are treated in this manner. In the specimen exhibited some 

 cherries were quite ripe, others half ripe, and others green. (The 

 Silver Baxksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr A\'illiam Ely Allen, Farmer, Whitton, Sufifolk, some 

 very fine Cucumbers. (A Silver Baxksian Medal awarded.) 



From James Bateman, Esq., cut flowers of Dendrobium mos- 

 chatum. 



From Mr. William Gregory, F.H.S., 3 seedling Fuchsias, and a 

 seedling Gloxinia. 



From John Rogers, Esq., Jun., a pretty new Bromeliaceous 

 plant, from Mexico, with pink flowers, ar.d leaves of two sorts, 

 the outer spiny, the inner destitute of spines. It has since been 

 published in the Botanical Register for 1840, under the name of 

 Pmja heterophylla. 



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

 greenhouse plants, among which was a very fine new bulb from 

 Mexico, sent by Mr. Hartweg. It belonged to the genus 

 Sprektiia, and was nearly allied to the old Jacobaiu lily, (Spftkelia 



