PROCEEDINGS. V 



March 18, 1844. (Regent Street.) 



Election. Mr. W. Cock, Jun., Chiswick. 



Read, a communication respecting Oxalis Deppei by Mr. Cock- 

 burn, gardener to the Earl of Mansfield, at Kenwood. 

 Mr. Cockburn stated that he had grown this esculent 

 for several years, and was convinced that if attention is 

 paid to its cultivation it will be found very useful in the 

 months of October, November, and December ; but it 

 requires a longer season of fine weather than our climate 

 affords to bring its roots to maturity. The bulbs should be 

 potted as early in spring as circumstances will permit ; and 

 as they vegetate in a low temperature, the pots may be 

 placed in a peach-house, green-liouse, or even in a cold 

 frame : but tliey^must not be turned out of doors until all dan- 

 ger of frost is over. They thrive best in a light sandy soil 

 in a southern exposure ; the bulbs may be planted from 

 nine to twelve inches apart each way, and should be so 

 arranged that they may be protected from the early frost.*? 

 of October and November by a slight covering of straw, 

 mats, or spare lights. As eight or ten good roots are suf- 

 ficient for a dish, there may be two or three dishes a week 

 for three or four months, which is a great acquisition to a 

 family at that season. 



Awards. Knightian Medal to Mr. J. Robertson, gardener 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for handsome specimens of 

 Epidendrum rhizophorum, Illicium religiosum, Dendrobium 

 secundum, and a plant of Cyrtopodium Andersonii. 

 Certificates: 1. To C. B. Warner, Esq., for Camarotis pur- 

 purea. 2. To Mr. Plant, gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., 

 for a specimen of Vanda cristata. 3. To Mr. Doran, gar- 

 dener to T. Hawes, Esq., for a brace of Cucumbers mea- 

 suring 19 inches in length. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Oncidium am- 

 pliatum, sent from Guatemala by Mr. Hartweg ; Franciscea 

 Hopeana, Dendrobium Heyneanum, Euphorbia melanthera, 

 and three Cinerarias : the first drained with charcoal, the 

 second top-dressed with the same material, and the third, 

 besides being top-dressed with charcoal, manured with one 

 tea-spoonful of Harris's liquid manure in a pint of water, 

 on the 5th of February. With these differences, the plants 

 were treated in every respect the same. The first was the 

 smallest, and the leaves Avere of a pale yellow green ; the 

 second was larger, and the foliage was of a deeper shade ; 



