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June 6, 1848. (Eegent Street.) 



Elections. The Duchess Dowager of Northumberland ; the 

 Lord Wharncliffe, Wortley "liall, Sheffield ; W. Evans, 

 Esq., M.P., Allestree, Derby; E. Pain, Esq., Battersea ; 

 and W. D. Haggard, Esq , Hammersmith. 



Awards. Knightian Medal : To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine 

 Apple Place, for a Hippeastrum, allied to H. Johnsoui ; a 

 magnificent specimen of Pimelea Henderson!, 3 feet high 

 and as much through, and loaded with blossoms ; and a 

 capital plant of Abelia (Vesalia) floribunda, a half-hardy 

 Mexican species, with bunches of long rosy red pendulous 

 flowers and small bright green leaves. It was stated to have 

 been standing out in a cold pit all winter. It dislikes heat, 

 in which it is very subject to red spider. 



Banksian Medals : To Messrs. Loddiges, for a collection of 

 Orchids ; but more especially for plants of Dendrobium 

 Dalhousianum, the true Cyrtochilum hastatum, and Brassia 

 cuspidata. To Mr. Wood, of Norwood, for a collection of 

 alpine plants in pots, consisting of Linaria hepaticajfolia, 

 Silene quadridentata and alpestris, Alyssum minimum, Po- 

 tentilla tridentata, Erpetion reniformis, Cotyledon lutea, 

 Gypsophila repens. Thymus lanuginosus, Statice Caroli- 

 niana, Saxifraga ceratophylla, Veronica taurica, Stachys 

 Corsica, Bellium minutum, Sedum stellatum and dasyphyl- 

 luin, and Sempervivum arachnoideum. To Mr. Chapman, 

 gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., for good specimens 

 of Bellegarde Peaches and Violet Hative Nectarines : with 

 these Mr. Chapman also sent a lateral shoot taken from the 

 tree on which the Nectarines grew. Finding it necessary 

 several times to cut these laterals away in order that they 

 might not shade or interfere with the swelling of the fruit, 

 to Mr. Chapman's surprise the tree became a second time 

 full of blossom. He cut all away but the one sent, on which 

 a young fruit had set. The case was stated to be analogous 

 to pears producing flowers and fruit on the present year's 

 wood when hard pruned in. 



Certificates of Merit : To Mr. Groom, of Clapham Rise, for a 

 collection of hardy deep-brown coloured Lilies, remarkable 

 for their dwarfness, the result of crossing the common 

 orange-flowered bulbiferous lily with the Japanese L. atro- 

 sangnineum. The best were Nabob, Voltaire, Atlas, Vul- 

 can, and Louise-Philippe. To Mr. Smith, gardener to J. 

 Anderson, Esq., of Regent's Park, for a Guatemala Epiden- 

 drum, which looked like a large variety of E. fragrans, but 



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