PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



October \§th, 1852. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTIONS. 



Miss Boulton, Haseley, Oxfordshire ; E. C. Seaman, Esq., 

 Pancras Lane, and Hampton ; J. Harris, Esq., 3, Princes Gate ; 

 W. J. Phelps, Esq., Chestal, near Dursley, Gloucestershire ; 

 Mr. J. F. Chater, Havershill, Suffolk. 



II.— AWARDS. 

 Silver Enightian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Standish and Noble, of Bagshot, for plants of 

 Skimmia japonica, a new hardy evergreen shrub, which bears 

 beautiful red berries resembling those of the Holly all 

 through the autumn and winter months. It fruits in a very 

 small state, and is altogether exceedingly attractive. 



To Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter, for a specimen 

 of Vanda eaerulea. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Mr. Woolley, Gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., of Cheshunt, 

 for a smaller example of the last-named Orchid. 



To Mr. Butcher, of Stratford-on-Avon, for a bunch of Black 

 Barbarossa Grapes, weighing 3 lbs. 9 oz. Mr. Butcher 

 stated that this variety never shanked, and that it was one 

 of the very best late Grapes he had. 



To Mr. Kobertson, Gardener to A. Dunbar, Esq., of Duffus 

 House, Elgin, for a collection of Pears, consisting of Winter 

 Nelis, Sinclair, Marie Louise, Easter Beurre, extraordinary 

 specimens of Grosse Calebasse, each fruit measuring at least 

 seven inches in length ; Thompson's, very large ; Duchesse 

 dAngouleme, and Glout Morceau. 



To Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent Garden, for the following 

 Pears of foreign growth, viz., Chaumontel, Passe Colmar, 



