XXXIV PROCEEDINGS. 



IV.— PLANTS, &c., FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



The vivid crimson or rather scarlet Azalea obtusa, the Double 

 White and Red flowering Chinese Peaches, two Californian 

 Ceanothes, &c. &c. 



v.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Flora Batava, No. 168. Ftom tlie King ol' Holland. 

 The Garden Companion for April. From the Publisher. 



April 20, 1852. (Regent Street.) 



I.— AWARDS. 



Knighlian Medal: — 



To Messrs. Standish and Noble, for Azalea amoena, a new 

 species collected in the North of China by Mr. Fortune, and 

 expected to prove hardy in this country. It has small, 

 rather blunt leaves, and very small round rosy-purple 

 flowers, looking like so many half-inverted bells, so that, 

 independent of its beauty, which is great, it will be exceed- 

 ingly interesting on account of the form of its blossoms, 

 wliich are quite distinct from those of any Azalea yet 

 introduced. 



To Messrs. Veitch, for Dendrobium albo-sanguineum. 



To Messrs. Loddiges, for a collection of Orchids, consisting of 

 Vanda suavis, Saccolabium ampullaceum, Lycaste Skinneri, 

 Dendrobium anosmum, a species in the way of but hand- 

 somer than D. macrophyllum, and wanting the strong 

 Rhubarb smell which belongs to the latter ; Oncidium bi- 

 folium, Dendrobium chrysotoxum, Aerides affine, Laelia 

 cinnabarina, and a white Angrec from Algoa Bay. 



Banlisian Medal:— 



To Mr. Mylam, Gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., F.H.S., for a 

 new Huntleya, marked with dark brown in the centre, which 

 is surrounded by a field of pale primrose. 



To Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for Azalea Iveryana. 



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

 new Oxylobiuni. 



To Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, for a group of tender varie- 

 gated plants, consisting of Vriesia speciosa (with two flower- 



