PROCEEDINGS. 



Lencb, Crassane d'Hiver Brunneau, Catillac, and some Royal 

 Kusset Apples. The Peai's had beeu very much bruised, and had 

 all more or less begun to decay. 



Some very fine Pears of foreign growth were furnished by Mr. 

 Lewis Solomon. They consisted of Easter Beurre, Belle Angeviue, 

 St. Germain, Winter Nelis, Passe Colmar, and Bon Chretien ; 

 and along with them were the following kinds of Apples, viz., the 

 White Calville, Reinette du Canada, and the pretty little Lady 

 Apple, or Pomme d'Api of the French. These were all beautiful 

 fruit, more especially the two first-named Apples, which possessed 

 a transparency and brightness of colour such as they never attain 

 in the climate of Britain. 



From Mr. Freeman, gardener to W. O. Hunt, Esq., came Royal 

 Nonpareil, Hunt's William Shakspeare, and Hunt's Duke of 

 Gloucester Apples. 



Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, furnished Barkeria elegans and 

 Skinneri : the latter was sent to show the time this Orchid will 

 retain its beauty, the same plant having been exhibited at the 

 meeting of December last. 



Mr. Buck produced a well-bloomed specimen in a small pot of 

 Cyclamen persicum. 



From the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India 

 Company came a slab of Deodar timbei', from the North Western 

 Provinces, measuring 18 feet inches in length, 4 feet 6 inches 

 in breadth, and 4 inches in thickness. 



N. B. Acworth, Esq., of the Hook, Northan, Baniet, sent a 

 branch of Cedar of Lebanon, brought by himself from Mount 

 Lebanon. 



The Vice-Secretary furnished various specimens of wood of 

 Cedar of Lebanon, of English growth. 



With regard to these dilierent kinds of wood the Vice- Secretary 

 observed that a great deal of interest had lately beeu excited 

 respecting the Deodar and the Cedar of Lebanon, and the quality 

 of their timber. No one had ever yet seen Deodar timber pro- 

 duced in this country, and therefore it was uncertain whether it 

 would have the qualities ascribed to it in India, or remain merely 

 as a tree of very great beauty, but of very little use. With a 

 view to extend a knowledge of the real quality of the Deodar 

 wood, the East India Company had caused some enormous planks 

 of it to be imported, of which that mentioned above was one. 



