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September 15, 1840. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition j 



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

 of Coe's Golden Drop Plum, and two varieties of Deccan Grapes. 



From Mr. Benjamin Fielder, Gardener to William Linwood, 

 Esq., F.H.S., a beautiful Moscow Queen Pine apple, weighing 

 4 lb. 9 oz., (a Silver Kmghtian Medal awarded.) 



From Messrs. Lee and Co., of Hammersmith, a Hybrid Jpojuaa 

 from /. Scabra, impregnated with /. HorsfalUre. 



From Messrs. Low and Co., of the Clapton Nursery, a species 

 of BoTonia, from Swan River, and Styliduin saxifragoides, a 

 pretty little herbaceous plant from the same colony. 



From Mr. J. A. Henderson, F.H.S., of Pine Apple Place, a fine 

 plant of JEschijnanthus grandijiorus, raised from a cutting a year 

 before, and since kept upon a piece of wood in a damp Orchida- 

 ceous House, (the Silver Kxightiax Medal awarded.) 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of various plants, 

 and many kinds of fruits, among which were the Poire Figue 

 a good early pear, but it soon gives way at the core, and the Dun- 

 more, an excellent juicy variety raised by Mr. Knight • the 

 present specimens were the first that had been fruited in the 

 Garden and svere the produce of a graft on a standard. There 

 were also Wormsley pippin apples, excellent for Kitchen use 

 and by some esteemed for dessert ; Transparent de Christ, more 

 ornamental than usefiil ; Reinette de Laak, a handsome dessert 

 apple, and Baleborodova, a tender-fleshed Russian apple. Of 

 Plums, there were the Downton Imperatrice, (See Hort. Trans. V, 

 381.) raised from the white Magnum Bonum and Blue Impera- 

 trice, a delicious variety with the skin very thin, and the Quet- 

 sche, from which the German prunes are prepared. 



Bigarreau tardif de Hildesheim, the latest of all known firm- 

 fleshed sweet cherries, was also exhibited. 



The following Presents were announced 5 



Annates des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles d' Agriculture et 

 d Industrie, Tomes 1,2, et Livr. 3, Tome 3, from the Societe 

 Royale d' Agriculture &c., de Lyons. 



Exposition de Fleurs et autres produits, &c.. Seance publique du 

 ler Juin, 1840, from the Soc. Roy. d' Agriculture de Lyons. 



Baxter's British Flowering Plants, No. 98, from the Author. 



The Floricultural Cabinet, No. 91, from Mr. Joseph Harrison." 



The Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental bulbous plants. No. 6, 

 from Mrs. Loudon. 



