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have proved that small pots, common garden earth, and ex- 

 posure to the open air from the beginning of May, is the 

 best way to grow it ; and we have seen instances in which 

 it has been planted in the common soil of the garden, 

 thriving and flowering most abundantly, and forming a 

 most lovely object. These remarks will serve to explain 

 our reason for exhibiting a plant now become so plentiful, 

 hoping, when its proper culture is more generally known, it 

 will become as great a favourite as it deserves to be." 

 Certificates of Merit : To Mr. Dobson, foreman to Mr. Beck, 

 of Isleworth, for a nice Oncidium leucochilum, and a lovely 

 dwarf specimen of Achimenes patens, that had been struck 

 from leaves inserted in sand in June, potted off into small pots 

 in July, and after being well rooted, put into slate pans in 

 August, thus offering a ready means of obtaining nice dwarf 

 plants at this season. To Mr. Holmes, gardener to the 

 Marquess of Winchester, at Amport House, for beautiful 

 bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes ; " they were the 

 produce of vines to which no artificial heat whatever had 

 been applied ; the vines were syringed once a day during a 

 fortnight whilst ' breaking ;' afterwards, to the time of 

 colouring, a moist atmosphere was kept up ; the house is 

 also used for greenhouse plants, and is completely shaded 

 from the afternoon sun by a group of Elms." To Mr. 

 Hally, of Blackheath, for fine bunches of the same variety 

 from the open wall. And to Mr. Jackson, gardener to H. 

 Beaufoy, Esq., of South Lambeth, for an Enville Pine 

 Apple weighing 4 lbs. 11 oz. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Epidendrum cera- 

 tistes, a species introduced by Mr. Hartweg ; the flowers 

 are very like those of E. selligerum, and are rather sweet- 

 scented ; Batatas Jalapa, of which some account was given 

 at p. 308, vol. i. ; cut flowers of Mr. Fortune's Buddlea 

 Lindleyana. Too much heat and rich soil causes this to 

 grow over luxuriantly, and consequently to produce few 

 flowers. It has been found that the plant requires age 

 to flower well, and with these two requisites — age and 

 rather poor soil — it has proved itself to be one of the best 

 autumn flowering shrubs we possess. Along with it were 

 blooms of Anemone japonica, from the open border, to 

 which the plant promises to become an important addition ; 

 also of the blue Torenia concolor (another of Mr, Fortune's 

 plants), which, being a native of marshes, will probably not 

 succeed well in a dry situation. Of Sweet Chesnuts, several 

 French and English varieties were exhibited, to show what 



