HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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Memoires de VInsiitut de France, Vol. 18. 



M^oires presents par divers Savans a V Academie Royale des 

 Sciences de f In^titut de France, Vol, 7. 



Comptes Rendus des Seances de V Academie Royale des Sciences, 

 Vol. 14, Lemestre, 1842. 



Proceedings of the Geological Society, Nos. 77 to 83 inclusive, 

 from the Society. 



August 1, 1842. 

 GARDEN COMMITTEE. 

 The following reports were read. 



Hardy Department. — Various plants in glazed pots have grown 

 as well and in as healthy a manner as those in the common porous 

 pots. The only diflference in the management of them is, that 

 those in glazed pots require rather more drainage and in general 

 less water than the others. 



GEO. GORDON. 



Kitchen Garden Department. — Prince Albert's Narrow Pea 

 proves to be the Milford Marrow. 



Ady's Jine large Cos Lettuce is the White Paris Cove Cos. 



Guano, at the rate of 12 lbs. to 120 square yards, applied as a 

 manure for Lettuces produced a good effect ; but 10 lbs. of the 

 same manure applied to S-l square yards of a border in front of 

 West Aspect Wall, sown with turnips May 2nd, did not produce 

 so evident an effect, probably, owing to the very dry weather. 



R. THOMPSON. 



August 2, 1842. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society : 



R. W. Gaussen, Esq., Brookman's Park, Herts. 

 Stephen Ram, Esq., 8, Hereford Street, and Ramsfort Gorev, 

 Wexford. 



Henry Russell, Esq., Swallowfield Park, Berkshire, and 27, 

 Charles Street, St. James's. 



The following were the principal subjects of Exhibition : 



From Mr. Sellers, gardener to Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, Esq., 

 F.H.S., six extremely fine Queen Pine Apples; two of which, 

 weighing respectively 4 lbs. 10 oz. and 3 lbs. 15 oz., were cut 

 from plants which had been turned out of the pots, and grown 



