xxviii PROCEEDINGS. 



Cuttings of the following fruit-trees were distributed, viz., 

 Dunmore Plum, a variety raised by the late Mr. Knight, and 

 described in the Society's Transactions. It is a good-sized oval 

 fruit — yellow, although it sprang from a seed of the Purple 

 Imperatriee and pollen of Coe's Golden Drop. The flesh adheres 

 to the stone, is yellowish, extremely rich and sugary, so much so 

 that it shrivels and dries up like a preserved Prune. The tree is 

 hardy, and bears well as a standard, ripening later than Coe's 

 Golden Drop. It is not much in cultivation, but is highly 

 approved of by all who have fruited it. 



Beadnell's Seedling Pear. This is a middle-sized sort, so 

 melting and juicy that it is scarcely possible for any Pear to be 

 more so. It ripens in the end of September or beginning of 

 October. The tree is vigorous and bears very abundantly. 



Nouveau Poiteau and Colmar tardif Pears. These were 

 received from M. Van Houtte as new and good sorts ; they have 

 not, however, as yet fruited in the Garden. 



V.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



The Athenscum for February. From the Editor. 



Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome VI., livraisons 3 & 4. From the 

 Museum. 



April 5th, 1853. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTIONS. 



H.R.H. Prince Albert, His Majesty the King of Prussia, 

 His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, His Majesty the 

 King of Wurtemberg, and His Imperial Highness the Arch- 

 duke John of Russia, who had been previously Fellows of the 

 Society, were on this occasion elected Honorary Members. 



The Right Honourable Lord Wenlock, Mrs. Long, S. Rickards, 

 Esq., were elected Fellows. 



II.— AWARDS. 



Large Silver Medal : — 



To Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of Orchids, con- 

 sisting of Arpophyllum giganteum, Dendrobium macro- 



