PROCEEDINGS. 



The following cuttings of fruit-trees were distributed : — 



Cerise Reine Horteuse, a juicy, sweet Cherry, whose synonyms 

 are Cerise Moustrueuse de Bavay, Hybride ou Belle de Lacken, 

 Louis XVIll., Morestru, Rouvroy, Guigne de Petit Brie, and 

 Reine des Cei'ises. 



Donna Maria, said to be a large Cherry, of lirst-rate quality, 

 ripening in Belgium, in the end of July. 



Bigarreau d'Octobre ; fruit not large, but very late ; it is the 

 latest sweet Cherry. 



Josephine de Malines Pear : middle sized, turbinate, brownish 

 red next the sun. Flesh melting, buttery and sugary, with a 

 flavour somewhat resembling that of the Passe Colmar. Ripens, 

 January — IVIarcli. A valuable late Pear. 



IV.— BOOKS PRESENTED. 



Le Bon Jardiuier for 1854. From M. Vilmoriu. 



The Athenseum for January. From the Editor. 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 37. From the Society. 



Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. XIV. Part II. From the 



Society. 

 Description succiucte de quelques Frxiits, &c., par M. J. D6 Liron D'Airoles. From the 



Author. 



March 1th, 1854. (Regent Street.) 

 I.— ELECTIONS. 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, Tortworth Court, Glouces- 

 tershire. 



II.— AWARDS. 

 Banksian Medal : — 



To Messrs. Henderson, Pine Apple Place, for examples of 

 Conoclinium ianthemum, Franciscea confertiflora, Acacia 

 longifolia, and other plants. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Messrs. Veitch, for Acacia Drummondi, a handsome 

 new species from Swan River. 



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