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Banksian Medals : To Mr. Rivers, gardener to R. W. Eyles, 

 Esq., F.H.S., for the same. To Mr. Iveson, gardener to 

 the Duchess Dowager of Northumberland, for ripe fruit of 

 the Vanilla (V. planifolia), and for a hardy hybrid Rhodo- 

 dendron, with large compact heads of handsome white 

 flowers. To Mr. Bunney, of Stratford, for a pretty brown 

 and yellow-flowered Oncidium, apparently new to gardens; 

 and to Messrs. Hendei-son, of Pine Apple Place, for the 

 following collection of Hyacinths : — Blues : Emicus ; Prince 

 Van Saxe Weimar, double; L'Ami Coeur, Vulcan, Richard 

 Creur de Lion, Le plus Noir, Graaf Van Nassau, Tubal 

 Cain, Charles Dickens, William the First. Pale blue : 

 with lighter tubes, Laurens Koster, double ; Grande Vi- 

 dette (one of the best) ; A la Mode, double ; Orandates ; 

 Passe tout ; Prince Fi-ederic, double. White : La Candeur, 

 Madame Talleyrand, Virgo, States General, Helene, Vic- 

 toria Reginse, Grande Vidette. ^ec?:Van Speyke, L'Eclair, 

 Appelliiis, Panorama, La Dame du Lac, Talma, Lord Wel- 

 lington, Waterloo, double ; Norma. Black, or nearly so : 

 Prince Albert. Plumcoloured . La Unique, a desirable 

 variety on account of its colour, which is new to Hya- 

 cinths. 



Certificates of Merit: To Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, 

 for a beautifully-grown plant of the late Mr. McNab's 

 variety of Erica aristata major. To Messrs. Veitch for a 

 Dendrobium from Moulmein, blush-coloured, with a yellow 

 blotch in the lip. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. Messrs, Veitch 

 sent Camellia Storyi, a variety iu the way of Imbricata, 

 pretty, and stated to be constant in character ; also their 

 hardy Yellow Violet from Patagonia. Mr. Henderson, of 

 Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood, contributed Azalea 

 obtusa and various Cinerarias. INIessrs. Kendall, Towns- 

 end, and Gaines also showed seedlings of the same useful 

 genus. Mr. Drummond, gardener to C. H. Leigh, Esq., 

 Pontypool Park, produced a Ripley Queen Pine Apple, 

 weighing 2 lb. 12:^ oz. : it was stated to have been grown 

 in turf, broken bricks, and rough charcoal. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Mr. Fortune's 

 double-flowered White Chinese Peach, a handsome hardy 

 addition to our shrubberies ; and a very dwarf compact 

 white-flowered Azalea from tlie North of China, differing 

 from the common White Chinese Azalea not only in liaving 



