PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF THE 

 SOCIETY. 



January 20, 1852. (Kegent Street.) 

 I.— MEDALS AWARDED. 



Banhsian Medal: — 



To Mr. Franklin, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a 

 small collection of Orchids and other plants. It consisted of 

 Dendrobium formosura, the variety of Zygopetalum crinitum 

 called cseruleum, a good example of Coelog'yne cristata ; the 

 scarce Warrea Lindeniana, with two graceful spikes of 

 spreading- brown and white flowers ; and two masses of Heli- 

 conia brasiliensis, exhibiting the real appearance which such 

 plants present in their native country. 



To Mr. Chapman, Gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 a handsome smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine Apple, weighing 

 7 lbs. 8 oz. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East Barnet, for a dish of Old- ' 

 aker's West's St. Peter's Grapes, plump and fine, and beau- 

 tifully covered with bloom. 



II.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



Messrs. Loddiges furnished a promising new purple-flowered 

 Dendrobe (D. bigibbum), obtained from the north-west coast of 

 New Holland, and a white variety of Barkeria Skinneri. 



From Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East Barnet, came a small 

 example of the Blood Pine Apple. 



Twenty-four sorts of Seedling Potatoes were exhibited by Mr. 

 Newton, of Brewer-street, Golden-square. 



Mr. Spencer, Gardener to the Marquess of Lansdowne, F.H.S., 

 at Bowood, sent a small model of a moveable span-roofed Glass- 

 house, of the appearance and construction of which some idea 

 may be gleaned from the annexed figures. 



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