PROCEEDINGS. 



Dec. 6th, 1853. (Regent Street.) 



I.— AWARDS. 

 Knifjlitian Medal : — 



To Mr. Robiuson, gardener to J. Simpson, Esq., of Thames 

 Bank, Pimlico, for a collection of Porapone Chrj'santhemums, 

 consisting of the following kinds, viz. : — Mignonette, brownish 

 yellow ; Daphne, purple ; Nelly, white with a yellow centre ; 

 La Gitana, blush white; Atropos, brownish red ; and Drine 

 Drine, yellow. These were very healthy dwarf plants, and 

 covered with flowers. 



Banksian Medal : — 



To Mr. Gifkins, Gardener to P. Johnson, Esq., of Church- 

 street, Stoke Newington, for a group of the following 

 varieties of large flowered Chrysanthemums, viz. : — Phidias, 

 General Negrier, Christine, Pilot, Annie Salter, and Madame 

 Camerson. These were all very large plants, measuring 

 from 4 to 5 feet in height, and about as much in diameter. 



To Mr. Snow, Gardener to Earl de Grey, West Park, Bedford- 

 shire, for a collection of Pears, consisting of Beurre Diel, 

 Chaumontel, Glout Morceau, Passe Colmar, Van Mons 

 Leon le Clerc, and Napoleon. These were quite free from 

 spot or blemish, and were altogether beautiful fruit of their 

 respective kinds. 



To J. Abell, Esq., of Limerick, for the following Pears, which 

 had borne the severity of the last spring in that part of 

 Ireland, viz.: — Apres Belle de Noel, and Elise de Heyst, 

 extremely well coloured, and both apparently the same sort; 

 Poire dAvril ; Triomphe de Jodoigne, a large fine looking 

 fruit; Beurre Ranee; Beurre Diel, from a N. West, and 

 the same variety from a N. East wall ; Easter Beurre ; 

 Glout Morceau ; Vicar of Winkiield ; Hacon's Incompar- 

 able ; Spring Beurre ; and Ne Plus Meuris. Mr. Abell also 

 sent examples of French Crab or Easter Pippin Apples, 

 grown in 1852, and likely to keep until 1854; and 12 large 

 Apples of the sort sometimes called " Tankards," but more 

 commonly Catshead. 



To Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent Garden Market, for the 

 following examples of Foreign produce, viz. : — Chaumontel, 



