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6. To Mr. Epps, F.H.S., for Aphelexis purpurea grandi- 

 flora. 7. To Mr. Tyso, Wallingford, for a collection of 

 Ranunculus. 8. To Mr. Glendinning, F.H.S., for Hoya 

 imperialis, 9. To Mr. Cowell, gardener to F. R. Bedwell, 

 Esq., Walthamstow, for Black Hamburgh Grapes. 10. To 

 Mr. Foggo, gardener to the Marquis of Abercorn, for Figs. 

 1 1 . To Messrs. Rollisson, for the second best-named collec- 

 tion of Plants (no errors in fifteen). 



The Certificate of Merit: 1. To A. Rowland, Esq., F.H.S., 

 for a collection of Roses, in twenty-five varieties. 2. To 

 Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for nine varieties of Cape Heath. 3, To Mr. Malyon, 

 gardener to T, Brandram, Esq., for Erica ventricosa 

 superba. 4. To Mr. Epps, F.H.S., for Erica propendens. 

 5. To Messrs. Veitch and Son, for Hoya bella. 6. To Mr. 

 Costar, Benson, Oxon, for a collection of Ranunculus. 7. 

 To Mr. Gad, gardener to T. J. Lenox, Esq., Stamford Brook 

 Lodge, New Road, for two Seedling Petunias, " Enchan- 

 tress" and " Prince of Wales." 8. To Mr. Mylam, gar- 

 dener to G. Rucker, Esq., F.H.S., for a New Odontoglossum. 

 9. To the same, for Phalaenopsis rosea. 10. To the same, 

 for the third best-named collection of Plants (one error in 

 twenty). 



June 12, 1849. (Regent Street.) 



Lecture. Dr. Lindley delivered his third Lecture on " Leaves 

 and their Importance in the General Economy of a Plant " 

 this day. The principal topics discussed on this occasion 

 were, the nature of leaves, their anatomy, vitality, and 

 varied forms ; the processes of vegetation carried on in 

 them by exhaustion, absorption, assimilation, and nutrition ; 

 the rationale of ventilation, and the application of the facts 

 thus explained to the various operations in gardening. 

 Specimens of the following plants were sent from the 

 Society's Garden . — Statice mucronata, Abronia umbellata, 

 Philadelphus Mexicanus, Mahornia incisa, Wulfenia Am- 

 herstiee, and Pentstemon azureus. 



June 26, 1849. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Sir J. W. Ramsden, Bart., Buckden, Skipton, 

 Yorkshire, and 6, Upper Brook Street ; G. Harcourt, Esq., 

 M.P., 5, Carlton Terrace ; R. B. Byass, Esq., Westwood 

 Cottage, Sydenham ; AV. W. Saunders, Esq., East Hill, 

 Wandsworth ; and Mr. Hurst, Leadeuhall Street. 



