PROCEEDINGS. 



The following Fellows of the Society were elected Officers 

 for the ensuing year, viz. : — 



The Duke of Devonshire, President ; 



J. R. Gowen, Esq., Treasurer ; 



Dr. Royle, Secretary. 



Mr. Charlwood, j . ■ ': 

 T%/r o. f Auditors. 



Mr. Stevens, J 



The Annual Report from the Council and Auditors was read 

 and adopted. (See the body of this volume.) 



May 14, 1853. (Garden Exhibition.) 



The weather on this occasion was propitious, but cold ; the sun 

 being brilliant, but the wind biting. The exhibition itself was 

 magnificent ; such Roses, notwithstanding the very unfavourable 

 spring, were never seen before ; such Orchids may have perhaps 

 been witnessed in former years ; but on no occasion were they 

 displayed with greater skill, were they more varied, or was there 

 a greater absence of mediocrity. Azaleas too were as brilliant as 

 ever ; though scarcely, perhaps, so numerous. Stove and Green- 

 house Plants and Cape Heaths were also all that could be wished, 

 and there was a fair display of fruit. The number of visitors was 

 2381, exclusive of exhibitors and persons officially employed. 



I.— AWARDS. 



The Large Gold Medal : — 



To Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a 

 collection of twenty Stove aud Greenhouse Plants. 



The Gold Knightian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Fraser, of Lea Bridge Road, Essex, for a collection 



of twenty Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 

 To Mr. Franklin, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for 



twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



