31G PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



dering-crow of authors, so called from its restless disposition, differing especially 

 from the Magpie, in having more arboreal feet, shorter tarsi, &c. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



July 6. — J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R. S., Pres., in the chair. — Mr. Hopkins con- 

 cluded his paper " on vegetable fermentation, and on the products resulting 

 therefrom." — A discussion took place on some points in Vegetable Physiology, 

 and on the phenomenon of " a tree growing within a tree." — Mr. Chatterlev, 

 the Secretary, described a new variety of Stachys syhestris, recently discovered 

 by him near London. The whole plant differed from the well-known species of 

 that name, not only in having white flowers, but also in scent, and in the vil- 

 lous character of its leaves. — Mr. Gray remarked that the Royal Fern (Osmunda 

 regalisj, hitherto supposed not to exist within twenty miles of London, was last 

 week found by him on Putney Common. A variety of donations of books and 

 specimens were announced, after which the President adjourned the Society till 

 August. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



July 4. — The following medals were awarded : — a large silver medal to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F. H. S., for Gesnera faucialis : silver Knightian medals to Mr. 

 Fairburn, of Clapham, for Heaths ; to James Bateman, Esq., F. H. S., for 

 various Orchidaceous plants ; to Mr. S. Hooker, F. H. S., for Roses ; to Mr. 

 Errington, gardener to Sir P. Egerton, Bart., F. H. S., for Royal George 

 Peaches ; to Mr. J. Stewart, gardener to Lord Ashburton, F. H. S., for white 

 Magdalen Peaches, and Keen's seedling Strawberries ; and a silver Banksian 

 medal to W. Leveson Gower, Esq., F. H. S., for double yellow Roses. Besides 

 the above was a beautiful show of specimens of Lychnis bungeana, Crinum ama- 

 bile, Eutoca viscida, Combretum purpureum, Irises, Pelargoniums, &c. The Earl 

 of Arran, and six other gentlemen, were elected Fellows. 



July 18. — Medals were awarded to Mr. Errington, for Nectarines; to Mr. 

 Flanagan, gardener to Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., F. H. S. ; and to Mr. Durns- 

 ford, gardener to Baron Dimsdale, F.H.S., for a specimen of Catasetum luridum. 

 — There were also some well-preserved apples ; one, the growth of the year 1835, 

 and received by the Society from Lord W. Fitzroy, F. H. S. — Six candidates 

 were elected Fellows. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Aug. 7. — Mr. Bowerbank showed strange proofs in cork and timber of the 

 ravages of a species of Dermestes, and recommended oil of almonds for their ex- 



