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but five stamens instead of ten, but also in other important 

 particulars. 



Book Presented. 



Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Entomological Society of Lon- 

 don, 1849, by William Spence, Esq., President. From tlie Author. 



April 3, 1849. (Regent Street.) 



Election. The Rev. J. Heyworth, Bristol. 



Awards. Knightian 3Iedals : To Mr. Iveson, gardener to the 

 Duchess Dowager of Northumberland, for an exliibition of 

 cut flowers of light-coloured Rhododendrons. These had 

 compact heads of flowers as large as those of the Red Tree 

 Rhododendron, and of the most delicate colours imaginable. 

 There were five sorts, three of whicli were named as fol- 

 lows ; — Clivianura, Syonense, and Percyanum ; the other 

 two were less remarkable. The two first-named kinds were 

 delicate pink, with the upper petals of each flower richly- 

 covered with deep crimson spots. Percyanum was some- 

 what smaller than its associates, and free from spots, but 

 veined with deeper pink, and beautifully transparent. 

 They have been obtained, it is believed, by crossing Cataw- 

 biense, or the White Pontic Rhododendron, with the White 

 Indian arborescent kind. They were stated to be quite 

 hardy, and to have been growing in the open border until 

 the flower-buds were about to open, when they were lifted, 

 and flowered under glass. This practice, or that of cover- 

 ing the plants where they grow so as to give shelter to the 

 flowers, which are apt to be injured by the weather, was 

 recommended in all cases where fine blooms are required. 

 To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, for a collec- 

 tion of Stove and Greenhouse plants, among which was a 

 pretty specimen of their new Eriostemon inteimedium, also 

 for a collection of Hyacinths, whose name? were as fol- 

 lows : — The double ones are marked with D, the single 

 ones with S. Pitik : Prince of Wales, D ; Monsieur de 

 Taesch, S ; Acteur, D ; Comtesse de la Coste, D ; Bouquet 

 Royal, D ; Perruque Royal, D ; Triumph Blandina, D ; 

 Professor Lindley, D ; Duchess de Parma, D. White : 

 Minerva, D ; La Vestale, D (one of tlie best whites) ; Ne 

 Plus Ultra, D ; Grande Blanche Imperiale, S ; Don Gra- 

 tuit, D. Hed : Sans Souci, D ; Mars, S. Dark blue : 

 Alfred the Great, D ; Quentin Durward, S ; Bouquet 



