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Enfield, five very fine Ripley Queen Pine applet, (the Silver 

 Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Robert Buck, F.H.S., of Blackheath, a variety of 

 Deccan Grape, (a Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. William Buck, Gardener to the Hon. Fulke Greville 

 Howard, F.H.S., Elford, Staffordshire, specimens of Finger or 

 Horn Grape, Grange's seedling, and the Tokay Grape 



From Mr. Davis, Gardener to Sir Simon Houghton Clarke, 

 Bart., F.H.S., Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, a Providence Pine 

 apple weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz. three sorts of Peaches, and a noble 

 plant of Russellia juncea. (A Silver Knightian Medal was 

 awarded for the Pine and a Banksian for the Russellia.) 



From Mr. Chapman, of Vauxhall, a dish of Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes. 



From Mrs. Lawrence, a collection of beautiful plants among 

 which was especially conspicuous, a specimen of Curcuma Ros- 

 coeana, (for which the Silver Banksian Medal was awarded.) 



From Mr. David Brewster, Gardener to Col. Lindsay of Bal- 

 carras, Fifeshire, a jar of jam and another of jelly made from 

 unripe Grapes. It proved of excellent quality. 



From Mr. James Rigby, of Stanhope Nursery, Old Brompton, 

 a new species of CafMsetum, called trulliferum. 



From Mr. George Phillips, F.H.S., Gardener to the Misses 

 Trevor, of Tingrith, near Woburn, Comhretum purpureum, 

 Mandevilla suaveolens, and four Pine apples. 



From the Garden of the Society, various plants in pots, and 

 several kinds of fruits, especially of pears. The Franc real d'^td, 

 Yutte and Hessel were described as abundant bearers ; the Chair 

 k Dames, a perfumed sort, Ambrette d'ete, which possesses a 

 honey sweetness, but soon decays, and St. Pierre a handsome 

 small kind, of tolerably good flavour, but rather deficient of juice, 

 were also exhibited. Of Apples, the Gravenstein was a sugary 

 excellent variety ; the Summer golden Pippin, a very handsome 

 summer dessert apple, with much of the golden pippin charac- 

 ter ; and Mason's White, which has a bloom on the fruit like 

 that seen on all Russian apples. Of Plums, the Virgin, was a 

 good sort but not equal to the Reine Claude Violette ; Damas 

 blanc, small but with a green gage flavour ; Pond's Seedling, and 

 Diaprde rouge, only fit for kitchen use ; the Wine sour, so much 

 esteemed as a preserve at Rotherham, where it is said to grow 

 on limestone — when very ripe the flesh becomes red ; and the 

 Reine Claude Violette, or purple Gage, unquestionably one of 

 the very finest dessert plums ; its juice, whilst it possesses the 

 richness of the Green Gage, is even more abundant. The Uoyale 

 Hitive, a new variety, the season of which was now past, had 

 much the appearance of the Reine Claude Violette and was 

 almost equal to it in flavour. The two are however perfectly 



