xx PROCEEDINGS. 



February \hth, 1853. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— ELECTIONS. 



J. Praxedes P. Pacheco, Esq., Ptio de Janeiro ; David Henry, 

 Esq., Forty Hill, Eufield ; John Wilson, Esq., Shirley, near 

 Southampton ; and P. Carthew, Esq., St. Mary Abbott's Terrace, 

 Kensington. 



II.— AWARDS. 

 Banksian Medal : — 



To Mr. Snow, Gardener to Earl de Grey, West Park, Beds, 

 for a collection of Pears, consisting of Old Colmar, Glout 

 Morceau, Beurre Ranee, Ne Plus Meuris, Easter Beurre, 

 and specimens of a small Brown sort, called Bezi de Caissoy 

 (Nutmeg of some), an excellent table fruit, and an enormous 

 bearer ; with the Warden, or Black Pear of Worcester, in 

 addition. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To the same, for Snow's Matchless Green Cos Lettuces, grown 

 at the bottom of a south wall. 



To Mr. Ingram, of the Pioyal Gardens, Frogmore, for 100 

 heads of excellent Asparagus, weighing (the bundle) 1 1 lbs. 

 4 oz. It was stated to have been produced in brick pits 

 exclusively devoted to the purpose, and sunk in the ground 

 to the depth of four feet. Between each pit exists a space 

 traversed by hot-water pipes, which spring from a central 

 boiler ; the divisional spaces are covered securely with York 

 stone, and the beds have a tight-fitting wooden span roof. 



To Mr. Butcher, Gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., of Streatham, 

 for three bunches of Muscat Grapes, beautifully ripened, and 

 exhibiting no symptoms of shrivelling. 



To Mr. Dodds, Gardener to Colonel Baker, of Salisbury, for a 

 well-formed Providence Pine-apple, weighing 9 lbs. 



To Mr. Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, Turnham 

 Green, for Piogiera amcena, a stove plant of considerable 

 beauty, introduced into this country through the German 

 gardens. 



