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imperfectly cymose flowers, so as to form a lax head ; calyx quadrifid, 

 with distinct lacinire ; tube of the corolla an inch or more long-, 

 dilated above ; limb quadrifid, lacinise with a long horn-like process 

 below the apex, smooth within, externally clothed everywhere with 

 long- jointed pointed hairs, the walls of which are marked with close 

 spiral lines, and granulated towards the apex ; stamens four, included, 

 their filaments connate below with the tube of the corolla, but free 

 for a short space above j pollen white, globose ; ovary extremely 

 short, but with two cells and ovules j annular disk minute ; style long, 

 thread-shaped, bifid at the apex. 



The ovary is so short that I was at first inclined to think that, 

 as occasionally in some allies, it was imperfect. I have to thank 

 Monsieur Linden for allowing me to take a description, and to 

 the attendant on his collection for enabling me to make a minute 

 examination. 



XXXII. A short Note on the state of Horticulture in Hungary. 

 By Miles Berkeley, Esq. 



Some observations from an eye-witness of the condition of horti- 

 culture in one of the most beautiful countries of the south-east of 

 Europe can scarcely be unacceptable when it is considered how 

 very little, comparatively, is known of a country which contains 

 no less than 6155 geographical square miles. My residence for 

 three years was at Sziid, in the neighbourhood of Schemnitz ; but 

 I have had frequent opportunities of visiting other parts of the 

 country, to which my observations equally apply. 



As the vegetables more commonly in use, including tomatoes, 

 are supplied almost entirely by field cultivation, the kitchen-gar- 

 den is by no means the prominent object which it is in England. 

 The vineyards supply the finer kinds of fruit — as peaches, necta- 

 rines, apricots, medlars, and figs ; while different kinds of gourds 

 are planted along the boundaries, forming a loose kind of enclo- 

 sure. Some of these are cultivated merely as food for cattle ; 

 others are used as vegetable marrows, amongst which is a very 

 superior one known under the name of Spargel-Ktirbiss (or 

 Asparagus Pumpkin), while others are a favourite food when baked. 

 Cucurhita rnelanosperma is amongst the kinds which are cultivated ; 

 but it does not appear that they have, at least north of the 

 Danube, any variety of Cucurhita moscliata, which almost super- 

 sedes the vegetable marrow where the heat is sufficient. 



