PROCEEDINGS. 



A glass case containing anatomised leaves and seed-vessels 

 (of the Poppy and other plants), neatly arranged, and altogether 

 as well executed as the best Indian specimens of the art, was 

 contributed by a lady. 



IV.— ARTICLES FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN". 



A bush ofTorsythia viridissitna, literally loaded with blossoms, 

 large and fine ; it was stated that to have this shrub in perfection 

 at this season the flowers must have a little protection, although 

 the plant itself is perfectly hardy ; along with it were the Sikkim 

 Rhododendron ciliatum, flowering abundantly ; Henfreya scandens, 

 Mr. Fortune's Camellia hexangularis, Acacia celastrifolia, Begonia 

 hydrocotylifolia, and a handsome variety of it called hybnda ; 

 Ceanothus rigidus, which has proved quite hardy this spring, 

 while dentatus, which it is to be suspected is sometimes sold for 

 it, has been a little injured ; Habrothamnus elegans, Trymalium 

 odoratissimum, Centradenia rosea, some Azaleas, Epacrises, 

 Heaths, and one or two other plants. 



V.— BOOK PRESENTED. 



The Athcmeum for March. From the Editor. 



April \§bh, 1853. (Regent Street.) 



I.— ELECTION. 

 I Y. Burgess, Esq., Upton Park, Slough. 



II.— AWARDS. 

 Banksiaii Medal :— 



To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, for a collection of 

 Greenhouse Plants, consisting of Boronia tetrandra, Erios- 

 temon scabrum, Brachysema acuminatum, Grevillea fiexuosa, 

 Pimelea Guidia, a promising new white-flowered kind, 

 Tetratheca ericifolia, and Daviesia puugens, a new species 

 with pale-yellow blossoms, which are very sweet-scented. 



