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ARTICLE II.—LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Since our last report, the ordinary Meetings for June and July have 
taken place, as well as the Exhibitions announced to be held at the 
Society’s Garden on the 7th and 5th of the above months. At the 
ordinary meetings, the novelties, have not been very numerous, hut 
the subjects have been extremely good of their kinds. Of these we 
may especially enumerate the specimens of Lilium japonicum and 
spectabile, Pentstemon speciosus and splendens, the China Roses, 
Elichrysum splendens, varieties of Petunia, Sollya heterophylla, 
Caprifolium Japonicum and flexuosnm, Gilia tricolor, Cycnoches 
Loddigesii and Slanhopea oculata. The collections of fruit have in¬ 
cluded a seedling Pine Apple (Buck’s No. 2,) many varieties of 
Gooseberry, Elton Seedling Strawberries, Vines in fruit from Mr. 
Mearns, raised from coiled rootless shoots, and the Elton, Down ton. 
Black Eagle, Belle de Choisy and Tilgner’s red heart Cherries; 
this latter is a sort imported by the Society from Germany, exceeding 
both in quality and in its produce as a standard the red-heart in 
common cultivation. 
The Elton Cherry was as usual found of first rate excellence. We 
observed for the first time also a very prolific hybrid Cherry between 
the Waterloo and the May Duke, raised by T. A. Knight, Esq. At 
the Meeting on the 15th of July, a paper by Mr. Knight was read 
upon the causes of the diseases and deformities of the leaves of the 
Peach tree, and an extract of a letter was communicated from Lord 
Grey, of Groby, in which he very handsomely stated his intention 
of placing at the disposal of the Council an annual medal for the 
rarest orchideous or parasitical plant which shall be exhibited to the 
Society by any Gardener or Nurseryman, during the year. The. 
Garden exhibitions were if possible more attractive than before, and 
gave the highest gratification to about 3000 visitors on each occasion. 
The fruit and flowers were in admirable condition, and reflected much 
credit on the skill of the cultivators who entered into competition for 
the Medals, which were awarded as follows :— 
The Gold Banksian Medal. —1. For Grapes and Pines ex¬ 
hibited by Mr. Dowding, Gardener to Lady Clarke. 2. For a mis¬ 
cellaneous Collection of Flowers, from Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. 3. 
For Garden Roses, from Mr. T. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. 
The Large Silver Medal. —1. For Garden Roses, from Mr. 
Stephen Hooker, F.H.S. 2. For a miscellaneous Collection of 
Plants, from Mr. Seward Snow, Gardener to J. H. Palmer, Esq. 
F.H.S. 3. For Stove and Greenhouse Plants, from Mr. John Green, 
