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Account of some standard Fig-trees, at Sompting near Worthing, Sussex. By J. SABINE, Esq.

Notices of new and remarkable varieties of Fruits ripened in the Summer and Autumn of the year 1820, which were exhibited at the meeting of the Horticultural Society.

Strawberries ;-the Rostock Vernon, or Bostock; a handsome fruit and very abundant bearer. The Mathven Castle Strawberry; fruit large, much knobbed, the fairest specimens resemble the Pine; a vivid scarlet all over; flesh very soft, bright red throughout; flavour resem bling the old scarlet; bears abundantly in the light; ripens early in June, and continues bearing till the end of July, or beginning of August.

Cherries;-The Early Black Cherry, described in a former volume of the Transactions; a valuable addition to our fruits. The Waterloo Cherry has also been noticed in a former volume. Cerise quatre à la livre is a tree received from France: the name given from the gigantic character of the leaf; fruit small. Except, however, as an ornamental tree, which its large foliage and vigorous growth entitle it to be considered, it will scarcely bę allowed a place in the garden,

Peaches.-The Flat Peach of China. This peach is cultivated in China, and is well known at Canton, where it is esteemed a good fruit. An exquisite drawing accompanies the description of this plant.-The Sulhamstead Peach, a seedling variety raised at Sulhamstead, near Reading, is a fine new variety. The Rosanne Peach bears in our climate as a standard; the fruit is small, but ripens well, and has a rich high flavour.

Melons;-The Green-fleshed Egyptian is one of great excellence. The Levant Melon is also an excellent one.

Grapes-The Black Corinth Grape, is the variety so well known, in its dried state, as the currant, (or rather Corinth) of the shops. The vine was first introduced into this country in the year 1817, when Prince CORNETO sent twenty-one plants and some cuttings packed up in earth from Zante to Sir Herbert Taylor, for the Queen. Directions were sent by Prince Corneto for its cultivation, which were given, with a plant, to Sir Joseph Banks. It was planted in the hot-house at Spring Grove, where it has grown luxuriantly, and ripened its fruit well. High temperature, however, does not appear to be necessary to it: for it has been also planted against a south wall at Fangrove, near Chertsey; and has thriven well, borne plentifully, and ripened the fruit somewhat earlier than other sorts in the same situation, though all the berries on the branch have not ripened equally well. The fruit must be protected from birds and flies, which seem particularly fond of it.

The Wortley Hall Grape is a seedling similar in its appearance to the Black Hamburgh. The bunch exhibited weighed upwards of two pounds. The Poonah Grape is a very handsome variety received from Bombay. Colour of the fruit when fully exposed to the sun, dark red; vine a free bearer; the fruit keeps for a considerable time after it is ripe.

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Walnuts;-The Highflyer Walnut is by far the best walnut grown.

Pears;-Knevelt's Pear is long, somewhat fig-shaped; skin dull green, covered on the exposed side with brownish red and sprinkled with minute brown spots. Flesh white, firm, yet melting, very sweet with a bergamot perfume. Ripens toward the end of September. This is

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the same pear as the Poire Figure, or Poire Pistolette. The Marie Louise Pear has already been noticed in the transactions; it has far exceeded the highest expectations which had been formed of it. The accompanying drawing conveys a very perfect idea of this excellent and beautiful pear. It ripens from the middle of October, to the middle of November, according to the place of its growth. It sometimes weighs eight ounces. We can merely name the Seckle Pear, the Charles d'Autriche Pear, and the Tillington.

Apples;-The Red Astrachan Apple, imported from Sweden, but now growing here, is one of the very best early apples: its fruit ripens about the middle of August. The Revelstone Pippin. The Gravenstein Apple, is a fine fruit, and a first rate autumnal apple ripening in the end of October, but does not keep well beyond the end of November. It has been obtained from Germany and Sweden. The Golden Noble, Mollett's Guernsey Pippin, the Alexander Apple tree, Hunt's Duke of Gloucester, and the Petit Jean Apple, are varieties which we can only name. The Sweeny Nonpareil is a seedling, raised by Mr. Parker, at Sweeny, in Shropshire. It is considerably larger than the nonpareil, and is an excellent fruit for culinary purposes. It is fit for gathering about the middle of November, and some may be kept till late in the Spring. The tree is an abundant bearer; some of the apples weigh seven ounces and a half each, or more. The Bossom Apple, is a handsome, large and useful apple; the Bayfordbury Pippin; the Wellington, the Royal Reinette, and the Pinner Seedling, we simply mention.

On Forcing Plums, by J. T. AITON, ESQ.

Notice of a Pit for Fruiting Pines and Melons, with

Observations on the Production of Seeds of Pine Apples. By Mr. W. BACK.

Account of the Cultivation of the Water cress, as prac tised by Mr. W. BRADBERY, at West Hyde, near Rickmansworth, Herts, by H. BELLenden Ker, Esq.

This paper is deserving the attention of those who are admirers of water cresses, but we have no room for an abstract.

On the Cultivation of the Pine Apple, by J. A. KNIGHT, ESQ.

Notice relative to the Flowering of Lilium Japonicum, by Mr. S. BROOKES.

Notices of communications to the Horticultural Society, between August 1st, 1820, and May 1st, 1821, of which separate accounts have not been published in its Transactions. Extracted from the minute books and papers of the Society.

These contain an account of treating some Pine-apple plants which had grown to unusual size, by Mr. W. HOGG. A notice of the Dwarf Carnation; a notice on Production Ringing and Maturation Ringing, which is deserving the attention of the Horticulturist. On a method of growing Cape Broccoli, by Mr. D. Macleod. A notice of two Specimens of a Cucumber; another of seven bearing plants, vines in pots; another of Specimens of the Scarlet Nonpareil from ringed and unringed branches on a standard tree. On the advantages of a span-roofed Glass-house for forcing peaches. A notice of some fruit of the Trapa Natans; another of some dried figs; Observations on the subject of Ringing, by T. HUNT, ESQ. On the sorts of stocks to be used with fruit-trees in different soils, by M. DUBREUIL, director of the Botanic Garden at Rouen. This is a subject

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which has attracted but little attention amongst gardeners in England, and is highly deserving of enquiry. A Plan of exposing the Branches of Vines growing in a Stove to the external Air, by S. GALTON, Esq.

Notes on Horticultural subjects, by Mr. J. BUSCH. On a new method of fastening fruit trees to walls, by C. HOLFORD, Esq. consists chiefly in arranging copper wires from the top to the bottom of the wall in a perpendicular direction, two iron staples being driven into the wall at equal distances; to keep the wires close to the wall, they are secured at top and bottom with hooks. The branches and shoots are fastened by this twine, which is first tied to the wire with a single knot. On the cultivation of Chinese Chrysanthemums, by Mr. J. WELLS.

The Plates which accompany this part are.-Steam Pits in the Garden of the Taurida Palace.-Flat Peach of China.-Marie Louise Pear.-The Gravenstein Apple. --Pit for Fruiting Pines and Melons.

Mr. Glover's Exhibition of Oil and Water-colour Paintings.

WE now redeem our promise of looking after Mr. GLOVER. Whatever we may feel at the abstraction of any portion of the best efforts of art from the annual Exhibition of Somerset House, we should not do our duty did we not say that a visit to this gentleman's gallery has convinced us, that we ought to be well contented with the course which he has adopted. It is true we did not find the squeeze at this place so ardent as at the Royal Academy, but we found what is much more desirable ;—room and opportunity for a proper contemplation and enjoyment of the various pieces here brought together. The whole collection consists of eighty-nine subjects, most of them