PROCEEDINGS. 



The gardeu also furnished the following Pears, viz., Duchesse 

 d' Angouleme, Beurre Diel, Marie Louise, Gansel's Bergamot, 

 Seckel, and King Edward's Pear, so named, it is said, because it 

 was first planted by a King Edward, near Winchester It is a 

 good Pear and grows very large in favourable seasons. 



Accompanying these were, likewise, Aubergine Violet, Large 

 Spanish Capsicum, a mild kind, grown and ripened in Ewing's 

 glass wall ; Saracha viscosa, a South American plant, bearing 

 briglit red conical fruit, about as large as a Cherry, but of little 

 value ; Physalis Peruviana ; Pomeranian and Winnigstadt Cab- 

 bages, and the Early Ulra Savoy, an extremely useful sort, which 

 does best in soil not too rich, and which may be planted at 1 foot 

 apart. It may not be generally known that if the head be cut 

 close to the lower leaves, small heads will again push, like 

 Brussels Sprouts, and almost as delicious. 



IV.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



The Athenfeum for J>ine, July, August, aud September. From the Editor. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of Berlin, Vol. XXI. Pai-ts 3 aud 4. From 

 the Society. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. X., Part 2 ; and Proceeding.s 

 of the same. Vol. V. Parts 47 and 48. From the Society. 



Sinitlisonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. V. Sixth Annual Report of the Board 

 of Requests ; Reports of Scientific Investigations in relation to Sugar and Hydro- 

 meters. From the Smitlisouian Institution. 



Literary Gazette for June, July, August, and September. From the Publishers. 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 35. From the Society. 



Journal of the Society of Arts, No. 1 to 47 inclusive. From the Society. 



November 1, 1853. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— ELECTIONS. 



Joseph D. Piigby, Esq., Priory Lodge, Kew ; William Philips, 

 Esq., Montacute House, Yeovil ; Walter C. Fleming, Esq., 

 Spring Grove, Bewdley ; Henry Vaughan, Esq., 38, Cumberland 

 Terrace ; Mr. Martin Hope Sutton, Nurseryman, Reading ; and 

 Mons. Andre Le Eoy, Angers. 



I.— AWARDS. 

 Knifihtiaii Medal : — 



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

 beautiful examples of Dessert and Kitchen Apples, and for 

 dishes of Coe's Golden Drop, and Coe's Fine Late Fi-ed 

 Plums. The latter were plump and good, and the Apples 



