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their present excellence. Mr. Gibbs has a very large col- 

 lection of these, and the flowers present a most beautiful and 

 varied appearance. The changes that have taken place are 

 in the magnitude of the trusses, and the size and colour of 

 the flowers ; the selection appearing to have been from the 

 darker hues, though some paler flowers were in the collec- 

 tion. However great the variation was in the points alluded 

 to, yet none of the specimens appeared to have lost the 

 general character and appearance of Cowslip, not running 

 either into the Oxlip or the Primrose ; but some of them had 

 become what florists term Hose-in-Hose, which appears to 

 be the conversion, more or less, of the Calyx, into the sem- 

 blance of the Corolla. 



June 2d, 1818. John Barrow, Esq. of Hill Park, in 

 Kent, presented some fruit from Barbadoes, called the Grape- 

 fruited Citron. It bears some resemblance to the Forbidden 

 Fruit, in size and colour, as well as in the flesh, but is superior 

 in flavour. In shape the Forbidden fruit is more conical at 

 the end next the stalk. The rind of the Grape-fruited Citron 

 is smoother and more finely polished than that of any other 

 Citron. They are peculiar in hanging in large clusters on 

 the trees, from which circumstance they derive their name. 

 Our late Member, Mr. George Anderson, observed this 

 beautiful variety of the Citron at Barbadoes, where it is grown 

 plentifully ; it is singular that it should not have been brought 

 much earlier into notice. The fruits exhibited by Mr. Bar- 

 row were taken from trees growing in rich black mould, with 

 a substratum of clay, which soil seems best suited to them. 

 The plant in Barbadoes is considered to produce fruit more 



