lii PROCEEDINGS. 



in bud, are at first white ; but gradually change to pink,, 

 and when fully expanded the interior is a violet blue. The 

 flowers should be succeeded by little berries of a fine blue 

 colour, and which are as pretty as the flowers ; but attempts 

 to fruit it in this country have hitherto failed. 



Books Presented. 



Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, AfTfjhanistan, and the neighbouring 

 countries ; Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum, Part I. ; and Notiilee ad Plantas Asia- 

 ticas, Part I. ; being posthumous papers bequeathed to the Honouraljle the East 

 India Company, by William Griffith, Esq. From the East India Company. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 10, Part 1 ; and Proceedings 

 of the ."Vmerican Philosophical Society, Vol. 4, Nos. 36, 37, 38, and 39. From the 

 Society. 



The Atlienseum for .Tune. From the Editor. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol. 18, Part 1. From the Society. 



Sur les Causes qni limitent les Esp^'ces Vegetales du cote du Nord en Europe et dans 

 les regions analogues ; par M. Alph. de CandoUe, being an extract from the ninth 

 volume of the Annales des Sciences Naturelles. From the Author. 



Erster und zweiter Jahresbericht und .Mittheilungen des Gartenbau-Vereins fiir Neu- 

 vorpommern und Riigen. Bericht liber die erste Neuvorpommersche Fruchtaus- 

 stellung vom 30 September bis 8 October, 1845. Statuten des Garteubau-Vereins 

 fTir Neuvorpommern und Riigen. From the Horticultural Society of Neuvorpom- 

 mern and Riigen. 



Juhl 12, 1848. (Garden Exhibition.) 



This vva3 as good a July exhibition as ever graced the garden. 

 The plants were numerous, and the fruit plentiful and good — 

 some of it excellent. The day was hot without being oppres.sive, 

 and the beautiful grounds at Chiswick House, through the kind- 

 ness and liberality of the Duke of Devonshire, being thrown 

 open to the visitors, the scene, enlivened by the music, was one 

 of real enjoyment. The number present was 14,084, viz. 227 

 Fellows, 13,823 visitors admitted by ordinary tickets, and 34 by 

 amba.ssadors' tickets. This is the largest number on record. On 

 the 13th of June, 1846, there were only 13,421, and the 11th of 

 June, 1842, only 13,351. 



The Award was as follows : — 



Certificates of Honour : 1 . To Messrs. Frazer, of Lea Bridge 

 Road, for a collection of thirty Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants. 2. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Pucker, Esq., 

 jun., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



Large Gold Medals : 1. To Mr. Cole, gardener to H. Colyer, 

 Esq., of Dartford, Kent, for a collection of thirty Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants. 2. To Mr. Rae, gardener to J. J. 

 Blandy, Esq., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



Gold Knightian Medals: 1. To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir 

 E. Antrobus, Bart., F.II.S., for a collection of fifteen Stove 

 and Greenhouse Plants. 2. To Mr. Williams, gardener to 

 C. B. Warner, Esq., F.II.S., for ten species of Exotic 



