VJ PROCEEDINGS. 



November 5, 1850. (Regent Street.) 

 Awards. Banksian 3Iedc(l : To J. Knowles, Esq., TrafFord 

 Bank House, near Manchester, for a new Burlingtonia, in a 

 rustic basket, whose sides it covered with numerous pendent 

 dense spikes of beautiful white blossoms. To Mr. Hamp, 

 Gardener to J. Thorne, Esq., South Lambeth, for a nice 

 exhibition of Epiphyllum truncatum and its varieties. To 

 Mr. Ingram, Gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, for 

 two finely-swelled fruit of the smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine- 

 apple, weighing respectively 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 7 lbs. 3 oz. 

 To Mr. Bray, Gardener to E. Lousada, Esq., Sidmouth, 

 Devonshire, for a handsome Providence Pine, weighing 



11 lbs. To Mr. Martin, Gardener to Sir H. Fleetwood, 

 Bart., Hill House, Windsor Forest, Berks, for three admi- 

 rable bunches of West's St. Peter's Grape, weighing 1 lb. 

 14 oz., 1 lb. 8 oz., and 1 lb. 5 oz. 



Certificate of Merit : To Mr. Slowe, Gardener to R. W. 

 Baker, Esq., F.H.S., for a magnificent bunch of Red 

 Hamburgh (or possibly Black Hamburgh Grapes, badly 

 coloured), weighing 4 lbs. 4oz. To Mr. Davis, of Oak 

 Hill, East Barnet, for sixteen finely-ripened bunches of 

 Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, weighing collectively 18 lbs. 

 To the same, for examples of Van Mons Leon le Clerc 

 Pear, a large handsome fruit, said to be equal in fliavour to 

 the Marie Louise. It was stated that it would not grow on 

 the Quince stock. To Mr. Watson, Gardener to Mrs. 

 Tredwell, St. John's Lodge, Norwood, for three Queen 

 Pine-apples, weighing 4 lbs. 14 oz., 41bs. 4oz., and 3 lbs. 



12 oz. To Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, for a beautiful spe- 

 cimen of the true Calanthe vestita, for which a worthless 

 variety without the red eye is sometimes sold. 



MiscELiiANEOus SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. Messrs. Veitch 

 sent a small example of a new Coclogyne, called Maculata, 

 one of those charming terrestrial Orchids which inhabit the 

 mountains of India. The great headed Pimelea (P. macro- 

 cephala), a robust stiff- growing kind, was exhibited in a 

 small state, by Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place ; 

 and a seedling Pentstemon, white streaked with pink, called 

 Salteri, by Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith. Mr. Slowe, 

 Gardener to R. W. Baker, Esq., had a Providence Pine- 

 apple, weighing 9 lbs. Mr. Martin, Gardener to Sir H. 

 Fleetwood, Bart., sent three unripe bunches of Muscat of 

 Alexandria Grape, weighing respectively 1 lb. 15 oz., 1 lb. 

 7 oz., and 1 lb. 5 oz. 5lr. Forsyth, Gardener to Viscount 

 Barrington, exhibited three'^ bunches of the same kind of 

 grape, the peculiarity about which was that they had been 



