PROCEEDliNGS AT MEETINGS OF THE 

 SOCIETY. 



April G, 1852. (Kegent Street.) 



I.— ELECTIONS. 



It was announced that the Council had recommended that 

 H.R.H. Prince Albert and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of 

 Russia, now Fellows of the Society, should be nominated Hono- 

 rary Members in two vacancies existing ; whereupon H.R.H. 

 Prince Albert and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia 

 were balloted for, and duly elected Honorary Members of the 

 Society. 



II.— AWAEDS. 

 Large Silver Medal : — 



To Messrs. Veitch, for Phalsenopsis Lobbii, a highly promising 

 species, uniting the colovxr of P. rosea with the large blos- 

 soms of P. amabilis. The example exhibited was small, 

 having been but recently imported, and only flowering for 

 the first time : but it served to show what may be expected 

 from larger and better established plants. 



Knightian Medal : — 



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

 collection of Orchids, containing Dendrobium nobile, the 

 Rhubarb-scented D. macrophyllum ; a Maxillaria, la- 

 belled a variety of M. Harrisonise, but, probably, a dif- 

 ferent species, and much handsomer ; the Brazilian Onci- 

 dium sarcodes, Trichopilia suavis, and Ly caste gigantea. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, for a collection 

 of Hyacinths. The names of some of tlie best were : Light 

 blue — Orondates, Robinson, Pasquin, Prince Frederick, 

 Nimrod, Grande Vidette, Grand Lilac, Morello, and Passe 

 tout (double). Dark blue — Laurens Koster (double), 

 Prince Van Saxe Weimar, Amicus, Richard Coeur de Lion 

 (very fine), Baron Van Thuyll, Charles Dickens, Prince 



