PROCEEDINGS. 



November 2nd, 1852. (Regent Street.) 



I.— AWARDS. 

 Knightian Medal: — 

 ' To Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, for a collection of Pompone Chry- 

 santhemums, consisting of the following sorts : — Autumnus, 

 buff, with a brown centre; Sacramento, a very handsome 

 var i e ty — bright yellow, with a brown eye ; Minon, delicate 

 pink, with a brown centre ; Hendersonii, pure yellow ; 

 Argentine, white ; and Surprise, pink, with a brownish 

 centre. 

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

 of twelve young plants of iEschynanthus splendidus, a 

 variety very much in the way of M. speciosus. Their clus- 

 ters of brilliant fiery-red flowers, numbering from eight to 

 ten in a head on each plant, produced a striking effect. 

 They appeared to have been the flowering tops taken off 

 early in autumn, struck, and grown in three-inch pots. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, for Calanthe vestita, a late- 

 flowering species, with large white blossoms, having a red 

 eye; also, for Vanda caerulea. Accompanying these were 

 the following memoranda : — " We find the Vandas vary in 

 colour according to the amount of heat they are exposed to ; 

 we have had many flower this season, some opening in the 

 hottest or East India end of our Orchid-house.and others in 

 the cooler parts. The difference is striking, the colour 

 becoming lighter and lighter as it receives more heat and 

 moisture. Of the Calanthe, there are two varieties, the one 

 with the fine crimson eye, as the plant sent represents ; the 

 other is without the coloured spot, and instead of it has a 

 yellowish eye. We need not say that the plant is much 

 more striking with the crimson than without it." 

 To Mr. Chapman, Gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 a dish of White Alpine Strawberries, concerning which it was 

 stated that they were sown on two aspects, south and west ; 

 that on the former they are the first Strawberries ripe in 

 summer, and that on the latter they hold out till the frost 

 cuts them down, affording a constant dish between June and 



