XX PROCEEDINGS. 



from the Himalayan mountains. They were stated to have 

 been sown in May in boxes, and raised in a little green-house 

 erected above Mr. Wrench's warehouse in the city, where 

 they vegetated ; and when they had become strong, they 

 were planted out in his garden at Norwood an inch or 

 two deep, and at the same distance apart at which pota- 

 toes are usually planted. Along with these were also spe- 

 cimens of Cameron's Guayaquil Potatoes, the produce of 

 two tubers saved from the wreck of the Tweed, These 

 were large coarse-looking potatoes, the largest tuber of which 

 weighed 2 lbs. 9 oz. Finally, a fair sample of potatoes raised 

 fi'om seed sown last spring, was shown by Mr, M'Ewing, 

 gardener to Colonel Wyndham, of Petworth, Sussex, Mr, 

 Charlwood, of Covent-garden, sent a collection of large and 

 variously shaped Squashes and Gourds. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Calceolaria cunei- 

 folia, a new yellow-flowered species raised from Bolivian 

 seeds; Mr, Fortune's Aconitum autumnale, a pale blue- 

 flowered Chinese species resembling Aconitum Napellus ; 

 Mastacanthus sinensis, a pretty blue-flowered herbaceous 

 plant, which will prove useful ; Solanum lycioides, and the 

 same Flax-leaved Acacia (A. linifolia) which was shown at 

 the last meeting, still in flower and promising to go on 

 blooming for some time to come. Tlie fruit from the 

 Garden consisted of the following Pears : Forelle ; Figue 

 de Naples, a variety requiring to be gathered early, or it is 

 not melting ; Broom Park, a valuable hardy Pear raised 

 by the late Mr. Knight ; and De Parrain, a little known 

 sort obtained from the Continent, a great bearer, and a 

 variety which succeeds well as a standard. 



Books Presented, 



Calendario dello Agricoltore per I'anno 1847. From Signer Giuseppe Inzeriga, of 



Palermo. 

 Noticia Historica de la Familia Salvador de Barcelona. By Don Pedro Andres 



Pourret. From Don Jose Salvador. 

 The Botanical Register for November. From tlie Publishers. 

 The Athen^um for September and October. From the Editor. . 

 Index XI. Seminum qua; Hortus Botanicus Imperialis Petropolitanus pro Mutua 



Commentatione offert. From the Imperial Botanic Garden. 

 Nova Acta Academise Naturae Curiosorum. Vol. XXI., Part 2. From the Academy 



at Breslau. 



December 7, 1847. (Regent Street.) 



Awards, Large Silvei- Medal. To Messrs, Veitch and Son, 

 of Exeter, for a beautiful new Gesnerwort, named Agal- 

 myla staminea (Fig, A), obtained from Java, through their 

 collector, Mr, Thomas Lobb, The plant exhibited was the 



