PROCEEDINGS. 



but they were from greenhouse plants, and therefore not eligible 

 to compete for a prize, the Society having offered rewards on this 

 occasion for flowers from the open ground only. 



Mr. Allport, Gardener to H. Ackroyd, Esq., sent bunches of 

 Black Hamburgh and West's St. Peter's Grapes. 



From Mr. Watson, Gardener to J. Dent, Esq., of Ribston 

 Hall, Yorkshire, came Black Hamburgh Grapes, the produce of the 

 present year. " The Vine from which they were cut is planted 

 inside of a pine stove, the top being annually laid outside to rest. 

 In 1852, grapes were cut from it on the 7th of February ; in 

 1851, about a month later. This year (1853), the first fruit was 

 cut from it on Monday, the 10th of January, when two bunches 

 weighed respectively J lb. and 1 J lb. It was laid out to rest in 

 the first week in June, and put in again to force on the 21st of 

 August last. The number of bunches on it this year is eighteen.'' 



Mr. Forbes, Gardener to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn 

 Abbey, sent examples of Black Hamburgh Grapes, grown in 1852, 

 and a small bunch, this year's produce, quite ripe and well 

 coloured, from Vines which were started in September last. 

 These arrived much too late for competition. 



A very good Enville Pine-apple, weighing 4 lbs. 6 oz., was 

 shown by Mr. Bailey, Shardeloes Gardens, Amersham. 



A new Dendrobium was contributed by Mr. Summerfield, Gar- 

 dener to J. S. Venn, Esq., of Highbury Park. Its flowers were 

 white, like Orange blossom, and almost as sweet-scented. 



Messrs. Veitch sent the new Neilgherry Sonerila orbicularis, 

 "grown cool, and therefore well coloured." 



A box of Camellia blooms was shown by Mr. Chapman, Gardener 

 to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., of Withington Hall, Cheshire. 



III.— ARTICLES FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



Selago distans ; Siphocampylus microstomus, and the brighter 

 variety of it called ruber ; Echeveria retusa ; and Cochlearia 

 acaulis. 



The Garden also furnished the following cut flowers, all 

 gathered from the open ground, viz., Chimonanthus fragrans, 

 grandiflorus, and parviflorus : Jasminum nudiflorum, one of the 



