PROCEEDINGS. 



To the same, for Geissomeria nitida, a scarlet-flowered Acauthad, 

 nearly related to Aphelandra. 



III.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Glendinning also sent a variety of Franciscea hydrangeae- 

 formis, called Elegans, which was stated to be an improvement on 

 the species, inasmuch as its general constitution was more robust, 

 its leaves broader, and not liable to die off at the ends, a fault 

 which belongs to the original plant. 



The Hon. William Fox Strangways again furnished some Helle- 

 bores, and cut specimens of other interesting plants, which were 

 in flower in his garden at Abbotsbury, in Dorsetshire. Among 

 them was the Helleborus abchasicus, a pale Russian species little 

 known ; and Euphorbia mellifera from the Canaries, a bush 

 quite hardy at Abbotsbury. 



Mr. J. Young, Taunton, Somerset, sent a flowering branch of 

 Acacia dealbata. Mr. Y. stated that the tree from which it 

 was taken had been growing in his garden about twenty years, 

 away from any wall or building, and without any protection, and 

 that notwithstanding the frost, it was a truly beautiful object, 

 about twenty-three feet high, and covered with honey-scented 

 flowers. 



An example of the kind of bell-glasses, called by the French 

 Cloches, and used in the neighbourhood of Paris for promoting 

 the growth of early Cauliflowers and other market-garden crops, 

 was exhibited. It was made of strong green glass, about fifteen 

 inches high, and nearly the same in width at the mouth. It was 

 stated that such glasses cost in Paris about 7^d. each, and it was 

 hinted that it might be found worth the while of English glass 

 manufacturers to make similar protections for the benefit of 

 gardeners in this country. 



Mr. Adamson, jun., of Turnham Green, furnished specimens of 

 a new Portland cement edging-tile, which is found to stand all 

 kinds of weather without cracking. 



A gas-heating conti'ivance, the invention of Mr. Cutbill, of 

 Camberwell, was exhibited. It consists of a hemispherical cast- 

 iron chamber, to the top of which is attached a cast-iron pipe, 

 which, after being led along the house to be warmed, is returned, 

 and discharges itself outside. The chamber is intended to be 



