PROCEEDINGS. 



very gayest hardy whiter shrubs; Nuttalia cerasiforniis, the red 

 and white varieties of Pyrus japonica, Lonicera fragrantissima, a 

 pretty evergreen bush, and sweet-scented ; Arabis alpina, Erica 

 carnea, Ceanothus azureus and its pale variety called pallidus, 

 Vinca minor, Helleborus olympicus and odorus, which flower later 

 than the common Christmas Rose ; Arbutus Unedo and schizo- 

 petala, Phillyrea obliqua, the grey-leaved Cotoneaster denticulata, 

 Eranthis hyemalis, Elasagnus argentea, Cornus mascula, the 

 common Laurustiuus, and a variety called stricta, which, in 

 addition to blossoms, had also a crop of beautiful blue fruit ; 

 Geum triflorum, Steuactis speciosa, Berberis aquifolium, Ribes 

 malvaceum, Clematis calycina, China Roses, Stocks, Erysimum 

 Perofskianum, Limuauthes Douglassii, Escallonia rubra and 

 montevidensis, Calendula officinalis, Iberis Gibraltarica and I. 

 amara, Garrya elliptica (the male kind), common single red 

 Camellia, which grows and flowers every year well behind a north 

 wall in the garden ; Aubrietia deltoidea, Nemophila atomaria and 

 maculata, Coriaria nepalensis, Vaccinium ovatum, Andromeda 

 floribunda, Polygala chamsebuxus, and Collinsia bicolor. 



The Kitchen Garden department likewise contributed a large 

 and varied salad, consisting of Chicoree fine d'Ete and sauvage 

 amelioree, Scarole a fleur blanche, Lettuce, Mache d'ltalie, very 

 succulent and tender; Mache ronde, Picridium, Celeri court 

 liatif and gros violet de Tours, Early White Winter Radish ; Castel- 

 naudari, Sutton's Dark-Red, and Atkin's Crimson-Red Beet ; 

 Mustard and Cress, Normandy Cress, American Cress, Burnet, 

 French Sorrel, common Garden Sorrel, Broad-leaved Sorrel, and 

 Oseille de Belleville, which is decidedly the best of all the 

 Sorrels, being less fleshy, and not near so coarse as the common 

 garden kinds; Chervil, and Deptford Onion, making in all twenty- 

 four varieties belonging to sixteen species. 



IV.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Flora Batava, No. 171. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 



Wegweiser fur die Besucher des K. Botanisehen Gartens in Munchcn, by Professor 



C. von Martius. From the Author. 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 32. From the Society. 

 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. XXII. From the Society. 

 The Athenaeum for December. From the Editor. 

 Reports of the Juries of the Exhibition of 1851, and First and Second Reports of the 



Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. From the Royal Commission. 



