X PROCEEDINGS. 



top of the house and ripened their wood; but in 1846 they 

 produced some nice Grapes, and this year they have pro- 

 duced a very pretty crop, from which I have been cutting 

 since the beginning of June. It will therefore be seen, 

 that liowever good Grapes grown by the means of glass- 

 covered and heated borders may be, equally good can be 

 produced in less time without such aids." 



From Mr. Henderson, gardener to Sir George Beaumont, 

 Bart., was a sweet Melon of Ispahan, weighing 13 lbs. 2 ozs. ; 

 and from Mr. Stanton, gardener to H. Stainton, Esq., of 

 Lewisham, was a Cantaloup Melon, weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs., 

 and a dish of Noblesse Peaches. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Aerides quinque- 

 vulnera, a fine specimen ; Achimenes Skinneri, a species 

 just now flowering, and of great merit, of which, however, 

 there are some indifferent varieties ; a new Gilia, named 

 pharnaceoides, a little flax-like annual, one of Mr. Hart- 

 weg's latest importations ; and Anemone Japonica, a most 

 useful plant, and as handsome as a Chrysanthemum. Seeds 

 of Genista jEtnensis, a hardy shrub from the woody parts 

 of Mount -^tna, were distributed to Fellows. 



Books Presented. 



Flora Batava, No. 147. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 17, Part 2 ; and Proceedings of 

 tlie Society, Nos. 29 and 30. From the Society. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 11. From the Society. 



Reglement de la Societe d'Horticulture de Louvain sous la devise Dorothee et expo- 

 sition d'ete, June, 1847. From the Society. 



Transactions of the Agricultural Society of Vienna, Part 1, Vol. 4, N. S. ; and Nei- 

 derosterreichisches Landwirthschaftliches Wochen-Blatt, 1846. From the Society. 



Paxton's Magazine of Botany, from February to July inclusive. From the Editor. 



The Athenaeum for the month of August. From the Editor. 



The Botanical Register for September. From the Publishers. 



The Critic, No. 139 of Vol. 6. From the Publishers. 



October 5, 1847. (Regent Street.) 

 Election. The Hon. Mrs. M'Adam Cathcart, Ayr. 



Awards. Knightian Medals : To Messrs. Loddlges, of Hack- 

 ney, for a collection of Orchids, comprising, among others, 

 Cattleya bicolor, a scarce species with deep violet lip and 

 tawny green petals, C. granulosa, Angraecum pertusum, 

 Odontoglossum grande, the latter particularly well coloured ; 

 and, by way of contrast, two specimens of Cymbidium 

 giganteum, one flowered in a hothouse, the other in a cool 

 well -aired greenhouse. The latter was richly coloured, 

 while the former was comparatively colourless, a fact which 

 conclusively proves the benefits to be derived from cool and 

 airy treatment, more especially when the plants are coming 

 into flower. From the same were plants, growing on the 



