IV rROCEEDINGS. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition, JVIiltoiiia Candida 

 with thirteen flower spikes, Dendrobium fornioyiim, and the 

 curious Oncidium macranthum, pretty, but not so much so 

 as the species was expected to prove, from Mr. My lam ; 

 Dendrobium triadenium, a variety of Saccolabium Blumei 

 from Moulmein, and a specimen of their Java Rhododen- 

 dron, togetlier with a coloured drawing of its yellow variety 

 called Aureum, from JMessrs. Veitch ; various Allamandas, 

 and Stanhopea Wardii and graveolens, from IMessrs. Rol- 

 lisson ; Leschenaiiltia splendens and Mr. Backhouse's 

 Achimenes venusta, from Mr. Green ; Cyclamen Neapoli- 

 tanum, from Mr. Cuthill, of Camberwell ; Gladiolus Brench- 

 leyensis, a brilliant red variety, from Mr. Charlwood, of 

 Covent Garden ; Echites Franciscea, a purple, white-eyed, 

 Brazilian species, from Mr. Ivison ; a smooth-leaved Cay- 

 enne Pine-apple, weighing 4 lbs. 15 oz., from Mr. AVilmot ; 

 three large obovate orange-coloured Cedrati, with thick, 

 wrinkled, spongy rinds, which are sometimes made into a 

 preserve, from Mr. Bray ; the latter are the Median apples 

 of the ancients, and are cultivated in the southern parts of 

 Europe, where they are esteemed for their fragrance and 

 beauty, and for the essential oil which they produce ; speci- 

 mens of a Seedling Apple, gritty and deficient in flavour, 

 came from Mr. Camden, of Hounslow ; a dish of Figs from 

 the open wall from Mr. Siherlock, of Chichester ; a con- 

 trivance for supporting Hyacinths, consisting of pierced 

 rings through which wires w^ere passed upwards to support 

 the tops and downwai'ds into the glasses to keep the appa- 

 ratus steady, from Mr. flamilton, of Cheapside ; samples of 

 cloth (waterproofed by some oily or resinous substance), 

 which was stated to be better adapted for covering green- 

 houses and frames in winter than Russian mats, from Mr. 

 Yexley, of Merton ; and finally, a Palm-leaf, exhibiting- a 

 bad case of burning, occasioned by the employment of 

 British sheet-glass in his conservatory, from J. II. Barchard, 

 Esq., of Putney Heath. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. The new Mexican 

 Miltonia Ivarwinskii, figured in p. 83 ; Achimenes Can- 

 dida ; Nemophila (speciosa) maculata, described at p. 320, 

 vol. iii. ; a pink-flowered Anemone, a hybrid between 

 A. japonica and vitifolia ; and a trayful of the small, round, 

 black fruit and leaves of the Morelle de Guinee, a name 

 under which seeds were sent to the Garden by M. Vilmorin, 

 of Paris, last spring, and from which the specimens 

 exhibited were raised. The common Morelle of the French 



