PROCEEDINGS. 



■■ The following Fellows of the Society were elected OflBcei's for 

 the ensuing year, viz. : — 



The Duke of Devonshire, President ; 

 J. R. Gowen, Esq., Treasurer; 

 Dr. Royle, Secretary. 



The Annual Report from the Council and Auditors was read. 

 (See the body of this Volume.) 



It was resolved unanimously that the report now read be 

 adopted. 



May \Zth, 1854. (Garden Exhibition.) 



Nothing could be more brilliant than the exhibition of flowers 

 and fruits on this occasion. Such Roses and such Azaleas liave 

 rarely been seen. Orchids too were abundant and excellent, and 

 Stove and Greenhouse Plants numerous and fine. Those to which 

 the first prize was awarded were models of cultivation. The new 

 arrangements for rewarding fruit appeared to have been acceptable 

 to gardeners, for no May show in remembrance produced so great 

 an abundance of such remarkable excellence. 



The award was as follows : — 



The First Large Gold Medal : — 



To Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for a collection of twenty Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



To Mr. Williams, Gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S,, 

 for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



The Second Large Gold Medal : — 



To Mr. Gilham, Gardener to J. R. Scott, Esq , of Leyton, 

 Essex, for a collection of twenty Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants. 

 To Mr. Blake, Gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



The First Gold. Kiiightian Medal : — 



To Mr. Hamp, Gardener to .T. Thorne, Esq., of South Lam- 



