HORTICULTURAL SOf IKTY OF LONDON. 



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The Athencpum, for July, from the Editor. 



Pomona Italiana, Dispensa 41, and GU Agrumi dei Giardini 

 Botanico-Agrarii di Firenze, by il Conte Gallesio, Fol. 1839, 

 Firenze, from the Marquess of Bristol. 



August 18, 1640. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society ,• 



Charles Wentworth Dilke, Esq., 118, Sloane Street. 

 Edward Boucher Hartopp, Esq., 67, Grosvenor Street, and 



^Melton Mowbray. 

 Rev. Thomas Thurlow, Baynard's Park near Guildford. 



A paper on producing Sea Kail during: the season without the 

 aid of dung or pots, was read, from Mr. William Miller, Gardener 

 to the Rt. Hon. William Sturges Bourne, F.H.S. The author 

 stated that he employed a subterranean pit, easily accessible in 

 all weathers, and requiring no attention in regulating its temper- 

 ature, because the natural average warmth of the subterranean 

 air is considerably higher than that of our variable climate in 

 winter. A pit 24 feet long by 8 feet wide and 6 high, would be 

 large enough for a large family. Planting may be commenced 

 in the beginning of November and continued until March. No 

 water is ever given to the plants. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition ; 



From Mr. Robert Buck, F.H.S. , Jargonelle Pears, Green Gage 

 Plums, Blithfield Seedling Gooseberries, Oldacrcs St. Peters Grapes, 

 and some specimens of a Grape imported from the Deccan by 

 Col. Sykes, (A Silver Baxksiax Medal awarded for the last.) 



From Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, a collection of Heaths ; a fine 

 specimen of the hairy variety of the beautiful Campanula fragilis, 

 and Bouvardia splendens. 



From Mr. Dunsford, Gardener to Baron Dimsdale, Gloriosa 

 superba, a new species of Catasetum called proboscideum, and 

 Brassia Lanceana. 



From Mr. Edward Denyer, of Loughborough Road, North 

 Brixton, Denyer s new Victoria Plum. 



From Mrs. Lawrence, Catasetum citrinum and longifolium, 

 Stanhopea insignls, Cattleya Mossue and many other beautiful 

 plants, (A Silver Kxightian Medal awarded.) 



