Ixiv PEOCEEDINGS. 



Jidy Sth, 1854. (Garden Exhibition.) 



Oa this occasion Her Majesty, accompanied by His Royal 

 Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince 

 of Wales and Prince Alfred, honoured the Society by visiting the 

 Garden late in the afternoon. The weather was fine, and the 

 display upon the Exhibition tables worthy of inspection by the 

 Pioyal party. The grounds at Chiswick House were thrown open 

 to visitors, as in former years. The number of visitors was 7365. 



The award was as follows : — 



The First Large Gold Medal : — 



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



for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 

 To Mr. Speed, Gardener, of Edmonton, for a collection of 



twenty Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



The Second Large Gold Medal : — 



To Mr. Woolley, Gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., of Cheshunt, 



for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 

 To Messrs. Eraser, of Lea Bridge Road, for a collection of 



twenty Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



The First Gold Knightian Medal : — 



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



Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 

 To Mr. Dods, Gardener to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart., F.H.S., for 



a collection of fifteen Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



The Second Gold Knightian Medal : — 



To Mr. Rhodes, Gardener to J. Phillpott, Esq., of Stamford 

 Hill, for a collection of twenty Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants. 



To Mr. Barter, Gardener to A. Bassett, Esq. of Stamford Hill, 

 for a collection of fifteen Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



