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gether with cuttings of Pear-trees, were distributed. The 

 Pears consisted of Knight's Monarch, a hardy and excellent 

 bearer, whose fruit — melting and rich — ripens in December 

 and January ; Eyewood, also a hardy, middle-sized, round- 

 ish Pear, of rich flavour, ripening in October and Novem- 

 ber; Broom Park, a middle-sized roundish fruit, which 

 ripens in December and January, jmrtaking of the flavours 

 of the Melon and Pine-apple ; and, finally, Beurre d'Aman- 

 lis, a variety identical with Beurre d'Amalis of the Society's 

 Catalogue of Fruits ; but it was stated that B. d'Amanlis 

 was the proper name, it having originated at Amanlis, a 

 pai'ish about 1 8 miles from Rennes. It is an excellent Pear, 

 large and pyriform, pale green dotted with brown, some- 

 times acquiring a tinge of red next the sun. It partakes of 

 the flavour of the Brown Beurre, but the tree is much 

 hardier. It ripens in October. 



It was announced that the usual Seeds were ready for 

 distribution to Fellows, 



Books Presented, 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. No 13. From the Society. 

 The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Part 2. From the Society. 

 The Athenaium for January, 1848. From the Editor. 

 Le bon Jardinier Almanach pour 1848. From M. Vihnorin. 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society. Vol. XX., Part 2. From the Society. 

 Tables des Comptes Rendus des Seances de I'Academie des Sciences. Tome 24, 

 From the Academy. 



March 7, 1848. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. J, A, R. Jackson, M.D,, Brentwood, Essex ; and 

 Mr, A. Henderson, Nurseryman, Wellington Road, St, 

 John's Wood, 



Awards. Banksian Medals : To Messrs, Veitch and Son, of 

 Exeter, for a tall plant of Siphocampylus microstoma, a 

 greenhouse Lobeliad with which few can vie in brilliancy of 

 colour. The flowers are produced in dense terminal clus- 

 ters, each flower being fully 2 inches in length and of an 

 exceedingly rich scarlet crimson. Of this fine plant, which 

 was detected in New Grenada by IMr, Purdie, there are two 

 varieties, a darker and a paler, this being the darker one. 

 To Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, for a remarkably fine 

 specimen of Erica aristata major, measuring 2^ feet high 

 and as much through, and finely flowered. To Messrs. 

 Rollisson, of Tooting, for a collection of Orchids consisting 

 of four vai'ieties of Lycaste Skinneri, a Vanda from Java 

 nearly related to V. Roxburghi, but handsomer ; and a spe- 

 cimen of Ansellia africana, a somewhat scarce Orchid 

 from the island of Fernando Po. To Mr. Rae, Gardener 



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