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The crop was set in the orchard-house ; and when sufficiently 

 developed and all risks of spring frost were gone, the trees were 

 plunged in the open ground, and the fruit ripened out of doors. 

 The colour was a fine deep yellow, and a bright crimson blush 

 on one side. 



Mr. Tillery, gardener to his grace the Duke of Portland, at Wel- 

 beck, sent bunches of black Tripoli, Trehliano, West's St. Peter's, 

 and Muscat of Alexandria grapes. The first of these, the black 

 Tripoli, has been proved to be identical with the Franlcentlial, a 

 grape which, from its similarity to the Black Hamburgh, is very 

 generally grown under that name and those of Victoria Hamburgh 

 and Pope Hamburgh. The fact of the Duke of Portland having 

 received this grape from Tripoli, may be an indication of its origin. 

 Trebbiano, if not identical with, is so closely allied to Syrian, that 

 there is difficulty in distinguishing them. Recent observations 

 seem to show that they are the same, and it is anticipated that 

 future experience will prove that such is the case. 



Mr. Culverwell, gardener to Mark Milbanke, Esq., of Thorpe 

 Perrow, near Bedale, sent a bunch of grapes, which proved to be 

 the Perral of Portugal, a very large aud long olive-shaped black 

 grape, which is met with very frequently in the vineyards of the 

 South of Europe. In Bulgaria it received the name of SabaU 

 s7vans7coi, in honour of the Russian General Diebitch Sabalskanskoi, 

 and in the collection at the Luxembourg it is called Raisin de 

 Balkans. 



Eruit of Pyrus nepalensis, was sent by Mr. W. B. Page, of South- 

 ampton. It is of the size and shape of a small pear, and with the 

 flavour of the quince. It appears to be intermediate between the 

 pear and the quince, having two seeds in each cell (which charac- 

 terizes the former), and having mucilaginous seeds (which charac- 

 terizes the latter). 



Eebruary 20. — A very interesting collection consisted of a group 

 of twenty-four plants of the new large-flowered Russian Violet 

 raised by E. J. Graham, Esq., of Cranforcl, and named the Czar. 

 The blooms of this new Violet, as well as the foliage, are very 

 large, and the whole plant has a most robust-looking aspect. It 

 had already gained a Eirst-Class Certificate, and now fully main- 

 tained the high character thus given to it. With it was a seedling, 

 called Princess Dagmar, with smaller flowers of a duller, paler 

 purple, altogether inferior. 



Erom the garden of W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., was brought up 

 by his gardener Mr. Green, a little group of what are sometimes 



