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LXI. Notices of Communications to the Horticultural Society, 

 between 'February 1st, 1820, and August 1st, of the same ) ear, 

 of which separate Accounts have not been published in its 

 Transactions. Ex tr anted from the Minute Books and Papers 

 of the Society. 



February 8th, 1820. In a letter received this day from 

 Baron Jacquin of Vienna, addressed to the Secretary, infor- 

 mation is communicated of a variety of the Common Berberry, 

 (Berberis vulgaris), which may become an agreeable addi- 

 tion to the table fruits. Jt was discovered wild on a mountain 

 bordering on the Austrian Alps, by the late Mr. Henry 

 Schott, gardener to the Emperor of Austria. Its fruit is 

 perfectly sweet, and of a pleasant flavour. A plant of it is 

 now alive in the garden of an eminent nurseryman at Vienna, 

 but he has not yet succeeded in propagating it. 



February 16th, 1820. Dr. Fischer of Gorinki, near 

 Moscow, in a letter to the Secretary, mentions that Begonia 

 Evansiana* is now abundantly cultivated in the stoves of 

 Moscow and St. Petersburg on account of its leaves, which 

 are used as an acid esculent ; when dressed they are more 

 palatable and tender than those of Sorrel, and though the 

 Begonia will require a more expensive treatment in summer 

 than that herb, yet in the winter season it may, under many 

 circumstances, be advantageously substituted for it. The 

 Begonia Evansiana is a native of China and Japan. 



* See Botanical Magazine, 147^ 



