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III.—SOCIETIES. 
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CONNECTED WITH HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The September Meetings were held on the 3rd and 17th of the month. The 
principal articles of interest observed were a very beautiful seedling Mimulus, a 
species of Canna indica raised from seed 30 years old, a new seedling Shallot, 
Wheatear Carnations, Hydrangea guercifolia, Cassia lcevigata and frondosa, and 
Rosa berberifolia grafted on Fraser’s Noisette. There were also numerous spe¬ 
cies and varieties of the other plants of the season. Among the fruits, the 
Elruge Nectarine, the Noblesse, Barrington, Bellegard, Royal George, and Geo. 
IV. peaches were prominent. The collections of apples from Mr. Kirke, Mr. 
Hooker, and the Society’s garden, were extremely handsome and extensive. Those 
from the latter establishment included a great many of the varieties of excel¬ 
lence and rarhy, for which it is so justly famed. The specimens of the Graven 
stein apple were found very good, but"much smaller this year than usual, on ac¬ 
count of the long drought which was so prevalent. A letter from the author of 
the Domestic Gardeners’ Manual was read, communicating the result of some 
further experiments on the elfect of water on the Melon plant. 
The Meetings for October took place, as usual, on the 1st and 3d Tuesdays in 
the month. The show of Dahlias was very beautiful; but the greatest supply 
was on the 1st. The contributions from the choice and well-known stores of 
Chandler, Veitch, Dennis, Hogg, &c., displayed to great advantage the good 
taste manifested in their selections. We also especially observed a new Yellow' 
Dwarf Dahlia from Mr. Brown, of Slough. It possessed unusual elegance; the 
Howers appearing just above the foliage, nearly erect, with stems remarkable for 
their strength. The collections of other dowers contained fine specimens of the 
Amaryllis Belladonna, Eulophia Macrostachya, Gloriosa Superba, and other in¬ 
habitants of the stove and green-house, in bloom at this period. 
Gratification for the palate as w'ell as for the eye was provided, in the shape 
of an excellent Queen pine apple, (4§ lbs. weight,) grapes, &c., from H. J 
Grant, Esq.; a seedling pine apple, from Mr. R. Buck; and pomegranates, from 
Mrs. Marryate. The varieties of apple and pear were most abundant. The So¬ 
ciety’s garden yielded the greater portion of them. The difference in favour of 
the Duchesse d’ Angouleme pear, grown on a thorn stock, as an open dwarf, at¬ 
tracted attention, as did the first rate qualities of a little known sort, called the 
Comte de Lamy. A good and valuable variety of plum, entitled, Coe’s fine 
late Red, was brought to notice; its lateness exceeding that of the Imperatrice by 
a month. A new kind of Canada Gourd, a piece of Bamboo of a magnitude sel¬ 
dom seen in this country, and several minor subjects of interest, were also on the 
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