X PROCEEDINGS. 



the frosts, which destroyed the best blossoms of other kinds in 

 the last two springs. 



Beurre de Capiaumont. — From a standard. 



Beurre Bosc. — From a standard. 



Van Motis Leon le Clerc. — This is a valuable Autumn Pear, 

 well deserving of cultivation, in the southern counties at least : 

 it is necessary to state, however, that it will not succeed on the 

 Quince stock. 



Hacon's Incomparable. — This is an excellent Pear from a 

 standard, and from sucli it will keep till January ; but from a 

 wall it scarcely keeps till this time, giving way rapitlly at the core. 



Figue de Naples. — The flavour of this resembles that of the 

 sort called the Bishop's Thumb, which many prefer. The tree 

 is a good bearer, and the fruit, though ripe, bears carriage well. 



The Apples were well known kinds, with the exception of the 

 Eldon Pipi)in, a new sort, which merits cultivation. 



The following notice of an alteration in the By - Laws was 

 read for the first time : — " It is proposed to repeal the following 

 By-Law of the Society, viz.. Chapter 4, Art. 8, ' Every Fellow 

 may at any time compound for all his future annual contributions 

 by paying ten times the amount of his annual subscription ;' and 

 to substitute the following words, ' Every Fellow may at any 

 time compound for all his future annual contributions by paying, 

 when first elected, 42Z. 10*. ; at the end of seven years, 31/. 10*. ; 

 at the end of fourteen years, 261. 5s. ; and at the end of twenty 

 years, 21/.' " 



v.— BOOKS PRESENTED, 



The Atlienseum for October. From the Editor. 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. VII. No. 28. From the Society. 



Dec. 2, 1851. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— MEDALS AWARDED. 

 Knightian Medal : — 



To Mr. Ingram, C.M.H.S., Gardener to Her Majesty at Frog- 

 more, for a beautifully formed smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine- 

 apple, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. 



Banksinn Medal : — 



To Mr. Dodds, Gardener to Colonel Baker, F.H.S., for 

 a smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz. 

 Along with it came a new kind, called Charlotte 

 Rothschild's Pine-apple, concerning which Mr. Dodds 

 stated that " it was a sort which Colonel Baker purchased 



