xlii RROCEEDINGS. 



II.-PAPERS READ. 



Remarks on the Cultivation of Hyacinths in Glasses. By the 

 Rev. W. B. Hawkins, F.H.S. (This paper will be found at p. 

 181 of the present volume). 



Also some observations on the Fluke Potato, and a seedling 

 from it, by Mr. John Edwards, F.H.S. 



III.— awards: 



Knii/htian Medal .- — 



To Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, for Rhododendron Princess Alice 

 in the form of a tree some 10 feet high, profusely covered 

 with large heads of white flowers delicately suffused with 

 pink, each floret being prettily spotted in the upper petals 

 with minute brown dots. 



To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a collection of Orchids, 

 consisting of Dendrobium Farmeri, D. macrophyllura ; three 

 kinds of Vanda, all referable to V. suavis ; two forms of 

 Cattleya Harrisoniae, Barkeria elegans, a pale variety of 

 Sobralia macrantha, and other plants. 



To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, for Acacia celastri- 

 folia, Eriostemon scabrum, Boronia triphylla, iEschynanthus 

 speciosus, and a basketful of pretty little flowering plants of 

 the hardy Sikkim-Himalayan Rhododendron ciliatum. 



Banlxsian Medal: — 



To Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, for an exhibition of Camellias, 

 among which the most strikingly beautiful was a sort called 

 De la Reine, a well-foi-med, good-sized, white flower, with a 

 tinge of creamy yellow in the centre. 



To Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent Garden, for e.xamples of the 

 following salad vegetables of foreign growth, viz., Lettuces, 

 Endive, Tuxniip Radishes, Blanched Chicory, or Barbe de 

 Capucine of the French, Tarragon, and Chervil. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Mr. Gaines, for a young plant of Rhododendron javanicum 

 in flower. 



