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position of carbonic acid, and the consequent separation of 

 its charcoal ; of olefiant gas, with the same result ; the 

 conversion of the most delicate flowers into charcoal ; the 

 production of ammonia from coffee leaves ; tlie conversion 

 of starch, gum, and sugar into charcoal, by the removal of 

 their water ; and the formation of phosphoric acid, were 

 particularly striking. 



May 22, 1849. (Regent Street.) 



Lecture. Dr. Lindley delivered the second of his six Lectures 

 on Horticulture. The subject was " The Root ; its Means 

 of obtaining Food, and its other Properties." On this occa- 

 sion the manner in which roots are formed, and the means 

 by which they feed, together with a variety of questions 

 connected with growth, drainage, transplantation, potting, 

 watering, manuring, forcing, &c., were illustrated by ex- 

 amples. 



Specimens were also sent from the Society's Garden of the 

 following plants : — Hoya imperialis (Messrs. Veitch's small- 

 leaved variety), Lemonia spectabilis, Cyrtoceras multiflorum, 

 a Parsonia from New Zealand, Lilium pyrenaicum, Nemo- 

 phila maculata, Tropaeolum edule. Erica Cavendishii, and 

 Dillwynia clavata. 



June 9, 1849. (Garden Exhibition.) 



Than on this occasion a more delightful day, and a more 

 glorious collection of flowers, have perhaps never been combined ; 

 the softness of the turf, the freshness of the foliage — here ma- 

 tured, there coloured with the peculiar tints of spring, banks of 

 Rhododendrons in blossom, tents filled with an endless profusion 

 of the most admirably varied flowers, together with a crowd of 

 gay costumes, graceful forms, and happy faces, constituted a 

 scene which has often been witnessed in these gardens and rarely 

 elsewhere. The number of visitors present was 8839, exclusive 

 of exhibitors and persons oflScially employed. 



The Award was as follows : — 



The Certificate of Honour : To Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of thirty Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants. 



Tlie Large Gold 3Iedal: 1. To Mr. Cole, gardener to H. 

 Colyer, Esq., of Dartford, for a collection of thirty Stove 



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