PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Patterson, of Thame Park Gardens, Oxon, showed liis 

 Matcliless Green Marrow Pea, a large fine-looking kind ; but, iu 

 this instance, too old to judge with any certainty of its quality. 



A collection of Peas was furnished by Mr. Wrench, of London 

 Bridge, but they arrived too late for competition. They con- 

 sisted of Early Green Marrow, Dwarf Imperial, Flack's Pea, 

 Banksian Marrow, Scymetar, Auvergne, Blue Prussian, Tall 

 Sugar, the kind with eatable pods, the latter being destitute of 

 the tougli lining inside which other Peas have ; Burbidges' 

 Eclipse, Early Surprise, and Ringwood Marrow. Concerning 

 these, Mr. Wrench stated that the Auvergne is an admirable 

 sort, and most prolific, and that the Banksian Marrow is thought 

 very highly of : the seed of this sort originally came, it is said, 

 from Sir Joseph Banks's garden. 



Mr, Pince, of Exeter, furnished a Haeraanthus newly imported 

 from the Zulu country ; it is nearly allied to H. coarctatus and 

 hyalocarpus, but possibly distinct from either. 



C. Leach, Esq., F.H.S., of Clapham Park, sent Disa grandi- 

 flora in flower ; the blossoms were not so finely coloured as those 

 of Mr. Hanbury's Disa, shown at the last garden exhibition, but 

 the plant in the present instance was better grown. It was stated 

 to be three years old, and had all the appearance of being esta- 

 blished and disposed to thrive. 



Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, sent a box of Picotees, and another 

 of Carnations. 



Mr. Ayres, of Brooklauds Nursery, Blackheath, produced two 

 Seedling Pelargoniums, accompanied by the following memo- 

 vandum concerning them : — " I forward," he says, " a Seedling 

 Pelargonium from P. fulgidum crossed with one of the dark 

 Fancies. It will be perceived that it is intermediate in character, 

 and partakes quite as much of the Cape species as of the Fancy 

 variety. I fear it is a true mule, for it produced no pollen, and 

 all attempts to fertilise it from other sources have so far proved 

 abortive. If it could be seeded by a fine-formed Fancy of bright 

 colour, I think, from its Jiaving the hardy constitution of P. ful- 

 gidum, it might give us a race of good bedding plants, desirable 

 in habit and perpetual bloomers ; or, by its pollen, the orange 

 tint might be worked into the Fancies. With it are some flowers 

 of another Cape cross, viz., P. formosissimum of Sweet, with 

 possibly the Fancy called Jenny Lind. It will be seen that the 



