PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 435 



Mr. Sprengal, gardener at Taplow Lodge, Bucks. ; Mr. Naylor ; Messrs. Brown ; 

 Mrs. Lawrence ; Mr. Spence, gardener to R. Durant, Esq. ; Miss Garnier ; 

 Mr. Beaton, gardener to T. Harris, Esq. ; Mr. Harrison, of Aigburgh, near 

 Liverpool; Messrs. Chandler; Mr. Crayshaw (Esq.), through W. H. Pepys, 

 Esq. ; Mr. Niemann, the Dutch gardener to P. C. Labouchere, Esq. ; Sir Simon 

 Clark, Bart. ; and Mr. Hartb^g, the Society's collector. 



The Anniversary Meeting was held on May 1, Mr. George Bentham in the 

 chair, who announced that the President, T. A. Knight, Esq., had arrived in 

 London, the day previous, for the purpose of presiding, but that his attendance 

 had been prevented on the grounds of indisposition. (See Obituary, p. 396.) 



The following is an extract from the report of the Auditors : — " The Auditors 

 have the pleasure to present to this Annual Meeting of The Horticultural Society 

 of Lond on, being the twenty-ninth since its incorporation by Royal Charter, an 

 abstract of the accounts for the past year, showing a surplus of income over 

 expenditure to the amount of £,1,551. 15s. 2d." 



METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF FLORISTS AND AMATEURS. 



The Auricula Show was held on May 2, in the rooms of the Royal Society of 

 Horticulture, at the Egyptian Hall, and it was announced that several extra 

 prizes for other objects of exhibition would be distributed. This had the 

 effect of bringing together a very interesting collection, as the show, instead 

 of being confined to the amateur of this interesting individual plant, was 

 one of a general nature. The room is decidedly the best in town where any 

 floral exhibition could be held, and from the arrangement of light in the building, 

 the flowers looked well, and displayed every perfection. Since our last visit, we 

 find another addition to the embellishments in the shape of a looking-glass of ex- 

 traordinary magnitude, which occupies nearly the whole breadth of the room, and 

 being placed opposite the one at the bottom of the stairs, presents to the eye the 

 interesting and singular delusion of an almost interminable series of floral corridors. 

 — Mining Journal, May 5, 1838. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



April 30. — The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby in the chair. — The anniversary 

 meeting was held this day, at the Museum, 28, Leicester-square. The report 

 (for which see the Gardeners Gazette, Supplement, May 5)£appeared on the 

 whole favorable, although there was a considerable falling off in the receipts for 

 some departments. This was ascribed, by N. A. Vigors, Esq., M.P., to a want 

 of liberality on the part of the council. — The following officers were elected : — 

 Treasurer — Charles Drummond, Esq.; Secretary — Rev. John Barlow, F.R.S.; 

 Council — Dr. Bostock, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, George Dodd, Esq., Bishop of 



