PROCEEDINGS. 



the better of the two ; Berberis nepalensis ; the early blooming 

 Azalea obtusa, some Heaths and Epacrises, and a cut branch of 

 the tree Acacia Riceana, covered with its lovely yellow inflores- 

 cence. 



Cuttings of fruit-trees and the usual packets of garden-seeds 

 annually given away to Fellows were distributed. The former 

 consisted of Huling's Superb Plum, an American sort, equal in 

 size to the Washington, roundish, greenish yellow, and of first- 

 rate quality ; Belle Audigeoise, Monstrueuse de Bavay, or Reine 

 Hortense, and Como Cberries. The first and second named 

 sorts are said to be large and excellent, but their merits in this 

 country have not yet been sufficiently ascertained. Concerning the 

 last, Mr. Clare, who sent four small plants of it to the Garden in 

 1851, writes as follows : — " This Cherry is indigenous on the Lake 

 of Como. The tree is remarkably handsome ; it grows to the 

 size of the common Hawthorn, and has pendent branches. The 

 fruit is about the size of the Flemish Cheny, but the stone is 

 smaller, and the flesh is more delicate than that of the Flemish, 

 having none of its alum-like roughness. It ripens here about 

 the beginning of June ; but if taken care of and covered with 

 netting, it will hang on the tree till the beginning of September, 

 when it becomes the most delicious fruit I know, having all the 

 richness of the May Duke with a fine acid. It is much employed 

 by the Milanese, stewed in white wine and iced, for the table ; 

 and preserved, it is used in the heat of summer in iced water." 

 It has not yet fruited in the garden. It has slender wood, and 

 appears to be most allied to the Flemish in its general habit. 



V.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Acta Academise Natune Curiosorum, Supplement to the 22nd Volume. From the 



Academy. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. VI. Nos. 90, 91. From the Society 



March 15th, 1853. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTIONS. 

 The Right Honble. T. F. Kennedy, 25, Lowndes Square. 



