VI PKOCEEDINGS. 



the third, being the one that had received the liquid manure 

 in addition to the top-dressing of charcoal, was the largest, 

 and the leaves were of a very healthy dark green ; but that 

 this resulted from the use of the liquid manure was not per- 

 fectly ascertained. 



Books presented. 



The Florist's Journal for March. From the Editor. 

 Paxton's Magazine of Botany for March. From the Editor. 



April 2, 1844. (Regent Street.) 



Election. Arthur Pryor, Esq., Brewery, Spitalfields, and 

 Wandsworth. 



Awards. Knightian Medals: 1. To Mr. Paxton, of Chats- 

 worth, for a large specimen of Dendrobium Paxtoni. 

 2. To Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, for a fine plant of 

 Dendrobium macrophyllum. 3. To Mr. J. Robertson, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, for fine plants of Cyrtopodiura 

 Andersonii, Maxillaria Harrisonii, Brassia Wrayge, and 

 the larger flowered variety of Oncidium ampliatum. 

 Banksiau Medal to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir Edmund 

 Antrobus, Bart., for a most beautiful specimen of the 

 larger flowered variety of Erica cristata. 

 Certificate: To Messrs. Henderson, of Pineapple Place, for 

 a plant of the New Holland shrub Dillwynia tenuifolia. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Echeveria rosea, 

 a green-house plant sent to the Society by Mr. Hartweg 

 from Mexico, and a flower of Aristolochia Gigas, or 

 " Pilate's nightcap," a twining stove-plant, which bears 

 singular dingy concave blossoms having considerable re- 

 semblance to those of A. foetens, but much larger, and 

 assuming more the appearance of a cap. 



Books Presented. 



The Florist's Journal, No. 55. From tlie Editor. 



The Botanical Register for April. From th« Publishers. 



The Florieultural Cabinet for April. From the Editor. 



Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, part 8. From M. Alphonse De 



Candolle. 

 On the Cultivation of tlie Cucumber in tlie Winter Season. From the Author, Mr. 



Thomas Moore, Royal Botanic Garden, Regent's Park. 



April 16, 1844. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. A. Bayley, Esq., of Twickenham Park ; "W. R. 

 Browne, Esq., of Chisledon, Wilts, and 2, Devoiiport Street, 



