Ixvi PROCEEDINGS. 



Lecture. Dr. Lindley delivered a Lecture on " The Stem, 

 whether regarded as Timber or as a Means of Propagation ; 

 too'ether with the circumstances which hasten or defer its 

 Destrviction by Decay." Tlie importance of the stem as a 

 source of food to the young organs, and as the seat of buds 

 through whose agency alone propagation by the stem can 

 be effected, was discussed. The true principles of propaga- 

 tion were also explained, together with a variety of questions 

 relating to the decay of timber, and the proper season for 

 felling it. Numerous instructive specimens in illustration 

 of the effects upon timber of barbarous pruning were placed 

 before the meeting. 



Julll 11, 1849. (Gakden Exhibition.) 



The day was beautifully fine, the Gardens at Chiswick House, 

 which through the liberality of the Duke of Devonshire were 

 again thrown open to the visitors, were delicious, and the exhi- 

 bition of Fruit and Flowers one of the best which has yet been 

 seen in July. The fruit growers vindicated their claim to rank 

 with the cultivators of flowers ; very little was of inferior quality, 

 a great deal was excellent, and some was admirable. As to the 

 Strawberries from the Speaker's Garden at Heckfiekl, it was 

 admitted by the best judges that no such British Queens and 

 Eleanors had ever been seen before. The number of visitors, 

 exclusive of exhibitors, was 7338. 



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. 



The Large Gold Medal: 1. To Mr. Cole, gardener to H. 

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

 and Greenhouse Plants. 2. To Mr. My lam, gardener toS. 

 Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic 

 Orchids. 3. To Mr. Dobson, gardener lo Mr. Beck, 

 F.H.S., for six new varieties of Pelargonium, in 8-inch 

 pots. 



Tlie Gold Knightian Medal: 1. To Mr. Green, gardener to 

 Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a collection of fifteen 

 Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 2. To Mr. Williams, gar- 

 dener to C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for twenty species 

 of Exotic Orchids. 3. To Mr. Plant, gardener to J. H. 

 Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., for ten species of the same. 4. 



