PEOCEEDINGS. 



to J. J. Blandy, Esq., F.H.S., for Orchids, especially for 

 Laelia flava, Oncidium cornutum, the beautiful orange- 

 scarlet-flovvered Sophronitis grandiflora from the Organ 

 mountains, and a plant of Chysis bractescens. 

 Certificate of Merit : To Mr. Williams, Gardener to C. B. 

 Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for Odontoglossum pulchellum, 

 with 8 spikes of white flowers, which smell as sweetly as 

 those of a lily of the valley. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. A small Odonto- 

 glossum pulchellum and a Pelargonium of good colour and 

 properties, a seedling of 1846, from' Mr. Beck, F.H.S. The 

 latter had been forced, and was sent to show that Pelargo- 

 niums of better properties than those usually employed for 

 forcing could be successfully subjected to that process. The 

 plant in question had been introduced into heat on the 27th 

 of .January, at which time tlie blossom-buds were just be- 

 ginning to appear, and, although the night temperature had 

 been kept at from 55^ to 60°, the blossoms were rich in 

 colour, and the plant dwarf and short-jointed. A specimen 

 of a mode of glazing hothouse sashes was exhibited, by 

 which the inventor (Mr. Rishton, of Kendal) stated that he 

 had obviated breakage by frost and other evils to which 

 common glazing is known to be subject. The remedy con- 

 sisted in each pane having its own rebate, the upper end 

 of which dipped so as to elevate the lower end of the pane 

 a little above a cross-bar of some metal, which receives the 

 upper ends of the succeeding panes, and forms a receptacle 

 for putty. The superincumbent pane is thus kept clear of 

 the bar, and all collection of condensed water is conse- 

 quently prevented, while free ventilation is afforded through 

 the open lap. Whether this plan will fully answer all that 

 it is said it will effect, however, remains in some measure to 

 be proved. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Mr. Fortune's 

 Daphne (D. Fortuni), coming nicely into flower ; and the 

 pretty little hardy Himalayan Primula denticulata. 



Cuttings of the following Pears were distributed : March 

 Bergamot, Shobden Court, .Jean de Witte, and Thompson's. 

 The first resembles the autumn Bergamot in size and form ; 

 it is an excellent Pear, ripening, as its name implies, in 

 March, but will even keep later. The second is a middle- 

 sized fruit, obovate, rich, and sugary ; ripe m January and 

 February. Tliis and the preceding are seedlings of tlie 

 late Mr. Knight's — hardy, and, as yet, rather thorny, which 

 is generally the case with recent seedlings. The thorns, 



