Xll PROCEEDINGS. 



north of Italy. In this country, with good cultivation, its 

 produce may be estimated at from forty to fifty tons per 

 acre ; and it may be grown on thinner land than is required 

 for the other kinds of Beet, as it grows mostly above ground, 

 like a turnip. 



Books Presented. 



Le Bon Jardinier pour 1851. From M. Vilraorin. 



The Athenaeum for December, I80O. From ttie Editor. 



February 18, 1851. (Regent Street.) 



Awards. Banksian Medal: To Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for 

 a collection of Orchids, consisting of a nice specimen of the 

 Long-tailed Lady's Slipper (Cypripediuni caudatum), Ly- 

 caste Skinneri, Cosloayne cristata, the Wliite-blossomed' 

 Odontoglossum pulchellum, Cyrtochilum hastatnni, and 

 the Yellow Oncidium Cavendishii. To Mi\ Ingi'am, Gar- 

 dener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, for an exceedingly 

 handsome specimen of Begonia manicata. It measured 

 about 3 feet high, and as much through, and it was loaded 

 with blossoms, which had, however, suffered considerably 

 from travelling. 



Certificate of Merit : To Mr. Cole, Gardener to H. Colyer, 

 Esq., of Dartford, for an example of the Neriiim-leaved 

 Allamanda. To Mr. Kinghorn, Gardener to the Earl of 

 Kilmorey, for two beautiful Seedling Epacrises : one, named 

 Kinghornii, was white ; the other, Grandiflora rubra, was 

 red tipped with white. To Mr. Hamp, Gardener to J. 

 Thorn, Esq., of Mawbey House, South Lambeth, for Ca- 

 mellia tricolor, in the shape of a tree some 7 feet high, 

 loaded with blossoms in different stages of development. 

 To Mr. Fleming, Gardener to the Duke of Sutherland at 

 Trentham, for a bunch of White Tokay Grapes, weighing 

 1 lb. 5^ oz. The berries were plump and good, and 

 appeared as if they would keep sound at least a month 

 longer. Along with it were two bunches of the Muscat of 

 Alexandria Grape, somewhat shrivelled, but excellently 

 flavoured. Mr. Fleming stated that the latter were " from 

 a vine grafted upon the old White Tokay, which, being a 

 very strong grower, and continuing to grow late in the 

 season, seems to improve the fruit of the Muscat ; and the 

 berries keej) plump and fresh for a month or five weeks 

 later than tliose on other vines in the same house which 

 are not grafted, but are upon their own roots. There are 

 three grafted vines and eight not grafted in the house; and 



