PROCEEDINGS. 



claim no merit for this experiment as a novelty, for there is a 

 report of a somewhat similar process in the ' Prize Essays ' of the 

 Highland Agricultural Society, vol. iii.; the only difference heing, 

 that, in that instance, the Swedes had been transplanted. I would 

 add that it is there shown, besides, that on analysis, as compared 

 with Swedes treated in the common way, the root only suffered in 

 value to the extent of containing a small per centage more of 

 water, the quantity of solid matter being displaced in the. same 

 proportion, while the quality of the food remained uninjured. 



IV.— NOVELTIES FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



Sonerila orbicularis, described in another page, and Malva 

 umbellata, a large purple-flowered species from New Grenada, 

 long lost sight of in gardens, but now coming again into notice. 

 Tts blossoms are very persistent; and in summer it makes an 

 exceedingly handsome showy bush. 



V.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XIII. Part 2. From the Society. 



Flora Batava, No. 170. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 



The Athenaeum for November. From the Editor. 



Versucb einer Monographie der Stachelbeeren, by the late Dr. Lorenz v. Pansner, edited 



by Mr. Heinrich Maurer. From the Editor. 

 Industrial Instruction on the Continent (being the Introductory Lecture of the Session 



1852-3, at the Museum of Practical Geology) by Dr. Lyon Playfair. From the 



Author. 



January 18th, 1853. (Regent Street.) 



I.— AWARDS. 

 Banksian Medal: — 



To the Hon. William Fox Strangways, F.H.S., of Abbots- 

 bury, for the following cut specimens of winter flowering 

 plants which are found to be hardy in the mild climate of 

 Dorsetshire, viz. : — Fuchsia cordata, beautifully coloured ; 

 Pittosporum Tobira, Epimedium macranthum, Pernettya 

 mucronata, Yuccas, Edwardsia macrocarpa, Symphytum 



