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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
April 16. — The subjects exhibited, though not 
numerous, included some of considerable interest. 
Among the most remai'kable of the novelties was a 
small plant of a New Holland species of Clianthus, 
"which had been received by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, 
under the name of C. formosus. It promises to be a 
shoAvy plant, haring pinnate leaves, with elliptic woolly 
leaflets, and axiUary suh-umbeUato heads of flowers on 
lougish peduncles ; the flowers are large, rich crimson, 
with a large black shiny boss at the base of the vexil- 
lum. A large silver medal was awarded to it. Another 
novelty was Pimelea Verschaffeltii, ii-om Mr. Ayres, of 
Blackheath ; this, when well grown in a low green- 
house temperatui'e, proves to be a fine species, having 
elliptic lance-shaped leaves, and large heads of white 
blossoms, which are very fragrant in the evening ; a 
certificate was awarded to it. Mr. Errington, gardener to 
Sir P. Egerton, sent a cut specimen of a curious brownish 
flowered species of Oncidium. From Mr. Lane, of Berk- 
hampstead, was a plant called Warrea discolor, a dwarf 
species, with dingy pale sepals and petals, and a dull, 
deep pui-ple lip. A drawing hy M. Warczewitz, by whom 
the plant was collected, was exhibited, in which, what 
was stated to be the same plant, growing at a greater 
elevation — 9,000 feet — was represented with the lip of 
a deep, clear blue, the higher temperature of a lower 
elevation producing the dull colour', which had also been 
developed under cultivation. A similar case was men- 
tioned, in the instance of a new Trichopilia, from Costa 
Eica, exhibited by Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, of 
which a di-awing by M. "Warczewitz, made from a 
plant growing at a considerable elevation, was also ex- 
hibited, and represented it as of a much higher colom- 
than the cultivated plant; which agreed with speci- 
mens found by that collector in lower and hotter dis- 
ti'icts. Mrs. Lawrence also sent a iine Cattleya Skin- 
neri, which, with the Trichopilia, received a Banlcsian 
medal ; and some other interesting plants, including a 
beautiful Erica nitida, which obtained a certificate. 
Messrs. Henderson of St. John's Wood, sent a gi'oup 
of plants containing Ccanothus papUlosus, which Dr. 
Lindley stated, had, so far, proved the most tender of the 
recently introduced kinds ; and with it some other plants, 
including Epimedium colchicum, a brilliant yeUow 
flowered hardy plant, apparently a form of E. pinnatum, 
to which a certificate was voted. A certificate was 
awarded to a seedling Azalea indica called Delecta, from 
Messrs. Fairbaii'n of Clapham ; it is a clear rosy pink, 
showy variety, but rather coarse. Messrs. Henderson, 
of the Pine-apple Nursery, had in addition to the Hya- 
cinths and Cinerarias noted below, a fine dwarf bushy 
plant of the pretty Siphocampylus manettiffiflorus. Mrs. 
Temple, of Connaught Terrace, sent two vases of flowers 
modelled in wax. Among the plants from the garden 
of the Society, was a plant of the double white flowered 
peach, introduced by the Society from China ; it will 
prove a very pretty plant for forcing, and for the deco- 
ration of conservatories, but like all other early-flower- 
ing plants, will be liable to be damaged by frosts if left 
exposed. 
As is usual at this season, Messrs. Henderson, of 
Pine Apple Place, sent a collection of the finer kinds of 
Hyacinths, but still, many of them very deficient in the 
properties which constitute a good flower. Among the 
more remarkable, we noticed Ydlotv, Jacobea single, and 
La Grandem'and Due de Berri d'Or, double ; £lue, Lord 
Wellington, Globe Terrestre, Blockesburgh, and Alfred 
the Great ; Hcd, Monsieur Fesch, Sans Souci, and Mars, 
all single, and dark in colour ; Hose, La Dame du Lac, 
single ; Eendraught, Acteirr, Comtesse de la Coste, and 
Professor Lindley, the latter with a dark eye ; White, the 
old favoiu'ite Groot Voorst, Lord Wellington, Perreque 
Royal, Sidtan Achmct, and Herman Ange, and of 
single white, Helene, and Grand Blanche. The same 
gentlemen also contributed a collection of Cinerarias, 
among which Cerito, Wellington, and Adela Villiers 
were the best. A seedling Cineraria, named Madame 
Sontag, white, tipped with mazarine blue, though small, 
was veiy pretty, and will make a good sale plant ; and 
Lettice Arnold, crimson, with a ring of white round the 
disc, is also desu-able. Mr. Henderson, of the Welling- 
ton Nm-sery, had Pauline, a \eTj good puce pui'ple, of 
passable form. — Of Fruit, Mr. Jones, gardener to Sir 
John Guest, Bart., sent three Ripley Queen Pines, very 
fine for the season, one especially so, most beautifully 
swelled ; and Mr. H. Dobree, of Guernsey, sent a model 
of a remarkably large Chaumontell Pear. 
Gromier du Cantal Grape. — At the present day, the 
Vine is distributed very extensively over the globe, in 
countries where the mean siunmer temperature reaches 
67 degrees Fahi-enheit. The limit to which the culture 
of the Vine extends in France, forms an oblique line, which, 
beginning at the coast above Nantes, passes a little beyond . 
Paris, Laissons, and the confluent of the Moselle and the 
Rhine. Beyond this line the Vine does not ripen its 
fruit in the open ground, and can only be grown in a 
Vinery, or, in favoured situations, on espaliers, a method 
of growing it which is only applicable to some varieties, 
such as furnish what are called dessert Grapes, {Haisins 
de table}. Among the varieties raised from the Vine 
since its introduction to Europe, and the number of 
which, according to M. Odart, may be upwards of 
a thousand, nearly sixty produce very good dessert 
Grapes. The Gromier da Cantal is one of the best 
quality in this class. Unfortunately, when the northern 
limits of the Vine are approached, its culture presents 
considerable difiicidty. Even at Paris it is not readily 
propagated, or transplanted, and must be treated with 
much skill and care. Notwithstanding this fact, the 
Gromier du Cantal may be almost considered as an ex- 
ception ; for, round Paris, it is found to ripen its fruit, 
even in the most exposed situation. The bimches are 
irregular, and measure from ten to twelve inches in 
breadth, weighing about three poimds. The berry is 
large, round, and of a rose colom- ; the skin is thickish 
and the flesh firm, and very agreeably flavoured. — Revue 
Hortieole. 
