PROCEEDINGS. IX 



III.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



A punnetfull of some late Cherry, resembling a highly- 

 coloured White Heart, was furnished by the last-named ex- 

 hibitor. They were not large, but good fruit for the time of 

 year. They had been gathered from a dwarf tree in the open 

 ground, where no protection whatever had been aiforded them. 

 The same gardener also sent fruit in good condition of the 

 " large monthly bearing Raspberry," which was stated to have 

 yielded a succession of fruit from August to November, and, if 

 kept dry, even till October. 



Among other subjects, Mr. Wooley sent blooms of the charm- 

 ing terrestrial Orchids called Pleione (Coelogyne) Wallichii, and 

 maculata, which he stated were two most useful plants for winter 

 decoration. A specimen of the former, which liad been grown in 

 a 6-inch pot, was reported to have had 15 flowers on it, all open 

 at one time, and which lasted in perfection from three to four 

 weeks. 



Messrs. Veitch produced a slender-growing white Dendrobe 

 (D. album), and Pleione (Coelogyne) lagenaria. The flowers of 

 the latter resemble those of P. maculata, except that they are 

 larger, and that the sepals, petals, and outside of the lip are pink 

 instead of white. 



Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., furnished a 

 large and very fine Crowea saligna, together with the Yellow 

 Chorozema (C. flavum). 



Mr. Salter, F.H.S., contributed Pentstemon variabilis, a pale 

 greenish white kind, tipped with cherry. 



Messrs. Weeks again sent a bloom of the Eoyal Water Lily 

 (Victoria Regia), one of Nymphaea cserulea, and a flower with 

 a leaf of N. dentata, still from the open heated pond in their 

 nursery. 



A variety of curious evergreen shrubs and trees were contri- 

 buted by tlie Hon. W. F. Strangways, from his garden at Abbots- 

 bury, near Dorchester. 



IV.— NOVELTIES FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



Some nice Daisy-flowered Chrysanthemums, which had been 

 received from M. Van Houtte of Ghent. 



Along with these came a collection of Apples and the fol- 

 lowing Pears : — 



Napoleon. — From a wall. 



Forelle. — This proves to be a good bearer ; and although the 

 tree blossoms earlier than almost any other, yet it has withstood 



