PROCEEDINGS. 



V.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Flora Batava, No. 172. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 



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



The Athenajuro for January. From the Editor. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Societ3 T , No. 33. From the Society. 



Memoriaa de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid, and Resumen de las Actus, &c 



From the Academy. 

 Le Bon Jardiuier for 1853, and Album Vilmorin, No. 185. From M. Vilmorin. 



March 1st, 1853. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— ELECTIONS. 



D. D. Heath, Esq., Kitlands, Dorking, Surrey ; H. G. Bohn, 

 Esq., North End House, Twickenham; John Crowley, Esq., 

 Stockwood, Luton, Bedfordshire; M. Auguste Van Geert, Ghent ; 

 Rev. Lord John Thynne, Hawnes Park, Bedford ; and Mrs, 

 Barchard, Putney Heath, Surrey. 



II.— AWARDS. 

 Knightian Medal: — 



To Mr. Forhes, Gardener to the Duke of Bedford, F.H.S., at 

 Woburu, for bunches of new Black Hamburgh Grapes, not 

 very large, but well coloured and covered with a fine bloom. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent Garden Market, for a 

 collection of Vegetables, consisting of bundles of white 

 Asparagus and green "Sprew"from Paris, excellent green 

 Peas from Toulouse, Ash-leaved Kidney Potatoes, and Horn 

 Carrots from Paris, and Globe Artichokes from Avignon. 

 Also Cos and Cabbage Lettuces, Endive, and Radishes, all 

 from the neighbourhood of Paris. 



To Mr. Barnes, of the Camden Nursery, Camberwell, for six 

 plants of Orchis longicornu, a terrestrial Orchid of great 

 beauty, the cultivation of which is described at p. 30 of this 

 volume of the Journal. 



To Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, for Camellia Wilderii (rose), and 

 Mrs. Abbey Wilder (white), two medium-sized varieties of 

 American origin and very pretty, being both nicely cupped 

 and otherwise well formed, 



