Ix PROCEEDINGS. 



Nursery, St. John's Wood, for Boronia tetrandra. 11. To 

 Messrs. Rollisson, for the best-named collection of Plants 

 (no error in fifteen). 12. To Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East 

 Barnet, for a basket of Black Hamburgh Grapes. 13. To 

 the same, for four Providence Pineapples. 



The Silver Scmhsian Medal: 1. To Mr. Campbell, gardener 

 to Thos. Huggins, Esq., of Norwood, for a collection of 

 fifteen Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 2. To Mr. Hamp, 

 gardener to J. Thorne, Esq., of South Lambeth, for a 

 collection of six Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 8. To A. 

 Rowland, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve varieties of Roses, in 

 pots. 4. To Mr. I very, of Peckham, for a collection of 

 Cinerarias, in twelve varieties. 5. To Messrs. Rollisson, 

 for a new Hoya, from Java. 6. To Mr. Cole, gardener to 

 H. Colyer, Esq., for the second best-named collection of 

 Plants (two errors in thirty). 



The Certificate of Merit: 1. To Mr. E. G. Henderson, for a 

 collection of Cinerarias, in twelve varieties. 2. To Mr. 

 Carson, gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 Azalea lateritia. 3. To Messrs. Rollisson, for Talauma 

 mutabilis. 4. To Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, 

 Esq., F.H.S., for the third best-named collection of Plants 

 (two errors in twenty). 5. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. 

 Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S., for the third best-named col- 

 lection of Plants (two errors in twenty). N.B. These two 

 collections w^ere named with equal accuracy. 



May 15, 1849. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. The Earl of Shelburne ; J. F. Fletcher, Esq., 

 Peel Hall, Bolton ; .J. G. Sheppard, Esq., Campsey Ash, 

 Suffolk ; A. Cuthill, Esq., Clapham Park ; T. Fortescue, 

 Esq., Ravensdale Park, L)undalk ; H. Harms, Esq., Vassal 

 House, Brixton Road ; J. Edwards, Esq., Wace Cottage, 

 Holloway ; G. Reed, Esq., Manor House, Burnham, near 

 Bridgewater ; and Mr. H. Hart, 26, Pali-Mall. 



Lecture. Dr. Lindley then delivered the first of the six 

 Lectures on Horticulture, announced in a previous page. 

 The subject was the " Food of Plants." With the assist- 

 ance of apparatus, furnished by the Royal College of 

 Chemistry, a series of beautiful experiments was skilfully 

 performed by Mr. Med lock in illustration of the composition 

 of plants, and of their food. Among these, the decom- 



