PllOCEEDINGS. 



Claygate Pearmam. — A first-rate apple for December and 

 January, or even later. The flesh is yellowish, rich, and sugary, 

 partaking of that Ribston pippin flavour which is so rarely found 

 in apples. 



Fiji Ap2)le. — The cuttings of this have been presented to the 

 Society by J. Disney, Esq., F.H.S., The Hyde, Ingatestone. It 

 is a very handsome, middle-sized, round apple, of a fine pale 

 yellow colour, with a delicate blush next the sun. It is likely 

 to prove a good kitchen apple. The tree is a very abundant 

 bearer : it is remarkable as a seedling of the Ribston pippin, 

 without a trace of the colour, form, or quality of that variety. 



v.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Catalogo delle I'iante che si coltivano nel Orto Hotanico di Napoli ; Catalogo delle Piante 

 vend^ibili nel Orto Botanico di Napoli ; Memoria della Macria ; and Intorno all' Amygdalus 

 Pumila del Linneo; by Professor Michael Tenore. From the Author. , 



March 16, 1852. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTION. 

 William Hunt, Esq., Pittincreef, Fifeshire. 



II.— AWARDS. 



Banhsian Medal : 



To Mr. Meredith, Gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S., 

 at Cleifden, for an admirable specimen of a Hybrid Bego- 

 nia, raised between B. manicata and hydrocotylifolia. It 

 had the general aspect of the latter, but added the constitu- 

 tional vigour and some other peculiarities belonging to 

 manicata ; while altogether it was a more desirable plant 

 than either of its parents. 



To Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for fine 

 plants of the Hong Kong Enkianthus reticulatus, the 

 charming Boronia triphylla covered with pink starry 

 flowers, the white Eriostemon scabrum and Styphelia 

 tubiflora. 



To Mr. Ingram, Gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, for 

 a Cayenne Pine Apple, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. 



