xliv TROCEEDINGS. 



wliicli might possibly prove an undescribed species. It is 

 extremely sweet scented. To Mr. Ambrose, of Battersea, 

 for a seedling " fancy " Pelargonium named Defiance, a 

 pretty dark variety in the way of Jehu, whose petals have a 

 clear narrow li^-ht edg^e. 



Miscellaneous subjects of Exiiibitfon. A nice collection 

 of variegated plants from Mr. Wood, of Norwood. Cut 

 flowers of two kinds of Lathyrus from Messrs. Veitch, and 

 plants of a new purple-flowered dark-eyed Oxalis from Peru. 

 A seedling Verbena, named Emperor of China, dark-red 

 with a white eye, from Mr. Ivery, of Peckham. A dish of 

 fruit, and a plant bearing upwards of 200 fruit in all stages 

 of growth, of some unnamed Strawberry related to the Old 

 Black Strawberry, from Mr. Cuthill, of Camberwell. It 

 was stated to be very early, and excellent for preserving : 

 also, from the same grower, a dish of ash-leaf Kidney Pota- 

 toes, fine looking, and quite free from disease. Mr. Craggs, 

 gardener to Sir Thomas Acland, Bart., M. P., F.H.S., sent a 

 bundle of Asparagus from Killerton, weighing (100 heads) 

 13 lbs. 4 oz. The sticks were remarkably large, witii no 

 undue proportion of white about them. From Mr. Restell, of 

 Croydon, came what he called a " Plant and Seed Protector," 

 being a triangular looking-glass, which, suspended from one 

 end, kept constantly moving and reflecting the objects pre- 

 sented to it, and thereby frightened away the birds. Samples 

 of remarkably neat-looking garden netting were shown by 

 Messrs. J. Merriman and Co., of Houndsgate, Nottingham. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. A fine large well- 

 flowered specimen of Dendrobium sanguinolentum ; Cereus 

 crenatus, a pale straw-coloured species from Honduras, a 

 profuse bloomer, the flowers being less evanescent than those 

 of the night-blowing Cereus, for they last two or three days ; 

 Statices imbricata and frutescens, new species from the 

 Canaries ; Captain Grey's Swainsona (S. Greyana) ; Chae- 

 nostoma polyanthum, a suffruticose half-hardy plant of con- 

 siderable beauty, and an abundant bloomer ; Ligustrum 

 japonicura, a half-hardy evergreen shrub, with large panicles 

 of white blossoms ; Exostemma aquatica, and Torenia 

 Asiatica. 



Books Presented. 



Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. III., Part 5. From the 



Society. 

 The Athensum for May. From the Editor. 



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

 Flora Biitava. Nos. CL. and CLI. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 

 Verliandlungen der K. K. Landwirthschafts-gesellschaft in Wien, und Aufsiitze 



vermischten oekonomischen inhaltes. Vol. IV., Part 2. Vienna, 1847. 



