PROCEEDINGS. XXXVll 



to him by Joseph Davis, dated this day, and requested that it 

 might be laid before the Council. 



Mr. George Glenny signified his intention of sending a 

 written communication to the Council. 



Peter Pole, Esq., moved a vote of perfect confidence in the 

 Council, which was seconded by Mr. John Glenny, and carried 

 unanimously. 



It was moved by Robert Wrench, Esq., seconded by C. W. 

 Dilke, Esq., and carried unanimously, that the best thanks of the 

 meeting be given to T. Edgar, Esq., the retiring Treasurer, for 

 the continual zeal, attention, and urbanity which he had un- 

 varyingly displayed in his office as Treasurer. 



It was moved by Mr. George Glenny, seconded by R. S. 

 Streatfield, Esq., and resolved unanimously, that the suggestion 

 made by the Council in their Report, whether as to the amend- 

 ment of the Bye-Laws or the improvement of the Charter, be 

 adopted by the meeting, and that the Council be empowered to 

 act accordingly. 



May 2, 1848. (Eegent Street.) 



Awards. Large Silver Medal : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of 

 Exeter, for Cantua bicolor, the magic tree of the Peruvian 

 Indians, a green-house shrub of easy cultivation and much 

 beauty. The plant exhibited had only two flowers on it, 

 which served merely to show their size and colour ; but in 

 its native habitat it was stated to form a branching shrub, 

 each of whose shoots terminates in a cluster of campanulate 

 carmine-coloured flowers, the tubes of which are yellow, 

 and nearly half covered by the green calyx. It promises 

 to be a great acquisition to gardens. 

 Knightian Medal : To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a 

 collection of Orchids, consisting of Oncidium bifolium, 

 Cyrtochilum flavescens, Burlingtonia fragrans, and Arpo- 

 phyllum giganteum. The latter is a most beautiful Guate- 

 mala Orchid, producing erect spikes of small purple flowers, 

 which are arranged with the greatest regularity, presenting 

 more the appearance of a spike of little shells than of 

 flowers. In its native country this fine Orchid was stated 

 to produce spikes from twelve to eighteen inches in length, 

 covered with these beautiful little shell-like flowers. 

 Certificates of Merit : To Messrs. Veitch, for a new Dendro- 

 bium, nearly related to longicornu, from the Indian pro- 

 vince of Moulmein. To Mr. Henderson, of Wellington 

 Nursery, St. John's Wood, for a collection of seedling 

 Cinerarias, all of remarkably dwarf habit. 



