PUOCEEDINGS. ^-^^i" 



March 2, 1852. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— ELECTIONS. 



Lady D. Nevil, Dangstein, Petersfield ; and R. Sneyd, Esq., 

 Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire. 



II.— MEDALS AWARDED. 



Knightian Medal : — 



To Mr. Blake, gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., for a col- 

 lection of Orchids, consisting of exceedingly well cultivatetl 

 plants of Ccelog>'ne cristata, covered with flowers; An- 

 sellia africana ; the white-blossomed Dendrobium Heynea- 

 num, perhaps in better condition than it had ever been seen 

 in before ; a fine plant of Epidendrum odoratissiinum, and 

 one of the higher coloured varieties of Lycaste Skinneri. 



Banksinn Medal : — 



To Messrs. Standish and Noble, of Bagshot, who furnished 

 on tliis occasion the first example of a new Sikkim Rhodo- 

 dendron in flower. It was named R. ciliatum, and is really 

 very handsome, the flowers being blush, shaded on the 

 outside with pink, very large for the size of the plant 

 (which was scarcely 6 inches high), and well formed. The 

 leaves were small, pale green, and covered with long hairs. 

 It was mentioned that, owing to its dwarf habit and large 

 blossoms, it would be valuable in the hands of the hybridist 

 for dwarfing and giving a more desirable habit to some of 

 our already existing kinds. The specimen sent had been 

 forced ; and therefore under out-door culture, if it should 

 prove to be hardy, which is expected, the flowers will no 

 doubt become deeper in colour. Messrs. Standish state 

 that " the merits of this Rhododendron consist in its sin- 

 gular foliage, dwarf habit, and freeness to bloom. The 

 seeds from which the plant in question was raised were 

 sown on April 20th, 1850. From the following experi- 

 ment it appears to be quite hardy. In the autumn of 1850 

 (with the exception of R. Dalhousiae) we had samples of 

 all the Sikkim Rhododendrons planted out in a cold frame. 

 They were exposed by day to the open air, and covered up 

 at night. One night, in February, 1851, they were left 

 uncovered by mistake, and although in a small state (with 

 the exception of R. argenteum) they withstood 10 deg. 

 of fro:it without injury, and argenteum was only slightly 



