XXX PROCEEDINGS. 



Elections. R. Creyke, Esq., RawclifFe Hall, Selby ; and Mr. 

 G. Wheeler, Nurseryman, Warminster. 



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

 Exeter, for a Camellia called Storyi, a seedling raised by 

 W. H. Story, Esq. It liad a clean, somewhat ample, fine- 

 looking foliage, and flowers in the way of those of Imbri- 

 eata — very perfect, circular in outline and having the crown 

 well up. In colour the flower is lighter than Imbricata, 

 with a rosy pink centre gradually becoming darker on the 

 outer petals. To Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, for a collec- 

 tion of Orchids ; but more especially for two well-flowered 

 specimens of Dendrobium macrophyllum. To Mr. Carson, 

 Gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S., for a new 

 Dendrobium, apparently a variety of D, Grifiithii, but a 

 striking one, the flowers being white, relieved in their 

 centre by a broad patch of orange. 



Certificates of Merit : To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a 

 good plant of a Begonia from Oaxaca, apparently B. plata- 

 nifolia. To Messrs. Veitch for a new Tropseolum raised 

 from seeds received from the Andes of Cuenca ; to the 

 flowers of Moritzianum it added the foliage of Canariense. 

 To Mr. Kendall, of Stoke Newington, for a beautiful seed- 

 ling Cineraria, named " Newington Beauty" — a full-sized, 

 well-shaped flower, having a dark disk surrounded ^by pure 

 white. Its petals are deeply margined with crimson, termi- 

 nating at the points with crimson purple ; the flowers are 

 slightly cupped, and barren — a singular circumstance which 

 gives to the disk a clean appearance. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition, Kidney Beans, 

 sent by Mr. Todd, Gardener to Sir E. Filmer, Bart., from 

 a Polmaise house at East Sutton Park. These were sown 

 in the last week in Jaimary, at which time forcing was com- 

 menced, and it was stated tliat since that period this mode 

 of heating had given perfect satisfaction, and that even 

 during the greatest cold tliat has been experienced since 

 that time, a temperature of from 70^ to 80° could be main- 

 tained with ease and little care. It was mentioned that 

 Cucumbers grew well in the same house. Mr. Silver, Gar- 

 dener to the Rev. H. Pole, sent a cut specimen, in flower, 

 of Weigela rosea, with a view to prove that this hardy plant 

 (one of the best of Mr. Fortune's Chinese introductions) 

 forces well. The plant was placed in a vinery " at work," 

 and, on showing flower, was removed to a conservatory, 

 adapting itself to the most common-place treatment. 

 Messrs. Warner and Sons, of Jewin Street, sent a garden- 



