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October 5, 1840. 



GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



Mr. Thompson reported from the Fruit department that a 

 fniit of the new ])ear \'an Mons Ix'on le ( Icrc, had been obtained 

 from a ii:raft on a wall-tree, from which it may be inferred that 

 it is suited to this climate. A seedling raised by Mr. Knight 

 and cidled the Dunmore Pear, proved very large from a Standard, 

 and from its si/.e and period of ripening was considered ex- 

 cellent. The Siitrolk Tliorn Pear had also fruited for the first 

 time in the (larden ; it was raised by Andrew Arcedeckne Esq. 

 from the Gansel's Bergamot, bears as a Standard, and is of 

 excellent quality. 



October 6, 1840. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 The following were the principal subjects of exhibition ; 



From Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, Herts, a collection 

 of Roses. 



From Mr. Pratt, Gardener to William Harrison, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a Queen Pine apple weighing 5 lb. 4 oz., (the Silver Knightian 

 Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Davis, Gardener to Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart., 

 F.H.S., a dish of Gansel's. Bergamot Pears, and of Muscat of 

 Alexandria grapes. 



From Mr. \ViIliam Craggs, Gardener to Sir Thomas Dyke 

 Acland, Bart., F.H.S., a new species of Oncidium imported from 

 Mexico in the spring of 1839. 



From the Rev. Frederick Beadon, F.H.S., Nanny apples. 



From James Bateman, Esq., F.H.S., specimens of Pholidota 

 conchoidea, a new epipb\*te and the handsome Lcelia Perrinii. 



From Mr. Fielder, Gardener to William Linwood, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a Pine apple weighing 4 lb. 8 oz., (Silver Baxksian Medal 

 awarded.; 



From Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a collection of Stove plants 

 among which was a fine plant of Grijffinia hyacinthina. (Silver 

 Knightian Medal awarded.) 



