PROCEEDINGS. 



June 4, 1844. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Miss E. Holmes, of Denmark Hill, Cambervvell, 

 and S. Lowdell, Esq.,Bedale, Lindfield, Sussex, as Fellows ; 

 and Dr. R. Wight, Dr. A. Gibson, Dr. H. J. Giraud, 

 Dr. Riedel, Col. Shell, Major Rawlinson, W. Griffith, Esq., 

 and G. Gardner, Esq., as Corresponding Members. 



Awards. TJie large Silver Medal to Messrs. Loddiges, of 

 Hackney, for a specimen of the new Epacris miniata. 



Knightian Medals. 1. To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for 

 Aerides maculosum. 2. To Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, 

 for the new Dendrobium Dalhousieanum, a large mass of 

 Cattleya Mossise and Laelia majalis. 



Banksian Medals: 1. To "W. C. Alston, Esq., of Birming- 

 ham, for a specimen of the rare Oncidium concolor. 2. To 

 Mr. Glendinning, of Chiswick Nursery, Turnham Green, 

 for two seedling Gloxinias, with rose-coloured flowers. 



Certificates : 1 . To Mr. Fish, gardener to H. H. Oddie, Esq., 

 of Barnet, for a capital green-fleshed Melon, weighing 

 nearly olbs. 2. To the same, for a bunch of Grapes, of 

 an apparently new variety, obtained between the White 

 Frontignan and Dutch Sweetwater ; it exliibited the long 

 narrow bunch of the former with the larger berries of the 

 latter ; when tasted it proved to have an agreeable Muscat 

 ■taste, and was considered a good sort. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. A French Water- 

 ing Pot for watering plants in sitting-rooms, or small 

 thumb-pots, where great nicety in the application is re- 

 quired. It consisted of a hollow spindle-shaped tube, 

 open at both points, one point being small, the other larger. 

 When used, it is plunged into water, which enters the ma- 

 chine and expels the air ; the thumb is then placed over the 

 wider aperture, and the lower is presented to the part that is 

 to be watered ; so long as the thumb is pressed upon the 

 upper aperture, the weight of the atmosphere is removed, 

 and no water will run out ; but as soon as the thumb is 

 lifted up, a stream descends upon the plant, and continues 

 to do so till the thumb is replaced or the vessel is emptied. 



Books Presented. 



Floricultural Cabinet for June. From Mr. Jos. Harrison. 



The Florist's .Toiirnal," No. 57. From the Editor. 



The Botanical Ref;;ister for June. From the Publishers. 



The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials, No. 29. From Mrs. Loudon. 



The Athenaeum for 5Iay. From the Editor. 



