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been received from the Continent about two years ago, 

 from Mr. Makoy ; this was probably the first time of its 

 flowering in this country. 

 Banksian Medals : To Mr. Plant, gardener to J. H. Schroder, 

 Esq., for Dendrobium Pierardii and Brassia Wrayae. To 

 Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for two "new sorts of 

 Tropaeolum ; one a yellow flowering variety, not named ; 

 the other a scarlet, called Lobbianum, in honour of their 

 collector, Mr. Lobb, who sent it from Peru ; the latter had 

 one fully-expanded bloom, of a very brilliant scarlet, and, 

 judging from its numerous flower-buds, it had the appear- 

 ance of being a free bloomer. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for December. From the Publishers. 



The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 15, Part 2. From the Society. 



Transactions of the Linnean Society, vol. 19, part 3 ; the List of the Members for 18J4, 



and Proceedings of the Society, Nos. 19 to 22 inclusive. From the Society. 

 Agricultural Chemistry, by George Cox. From the Author. 

 Chinese Works from G. T. Lay, Esq., viz. : 



The Literary Housewife's Manual, containing 



1. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Recipes. 



2. Useful Recipes. 



S. Medicine : Elemental Permutations, Celestial Harmonies in the Human 



Body. 

 4. Astronomy, and the Culture of Flowers, &c. 

 Also, Tlie Preparation of Tea, from the Chinese original. 

 Agricultural Questions, and on Rearing the Silkworm. 

 Comptes rendus des Seances de I'Academie des Sciences a Paris, \" Semestre, 18-)4. 

 From the Academy. 



January 21, 1844. (Eegent Street.) 



Elections. Mrs. Stackhouse Acton, Acton Scott, Shrews- 

 bury, and S. L. Stephens, Esq., Roehampton, Surrey, as 

 Fellows. W. Rich, Esq., of Washington, and A. Oliveira, 

 Esq., of Madeira, as Corresponding Members. 



Awards. A Bcmksian Medal to Mr. J. Robertson, gardener 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for Catasetum speciosum, the rare 

 Angrsecum bilobura, and an enormous plant of Centradenia 

 rosea. 

 Certificates : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for a spe- 

 cimen of the new Franciscea hydrangeaeformis. To Mr. 

 Povey, gardener to the Rev. T. Thornycroft, for a hand- 

 some Montserrat Pine-apple, weighing 4 lbs. 1 oz., and 

 measuring 15 inches in circumference and 10^^ in length. 

 To Mr. Toy, gardener to Col. Challoner, for five bunches 

 of Black Hamburgh Grapes. To Mr. Paxton, gardener to 

 the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, for fine specimens 

 of West's St. Peter's Grapes, said to have been grown with- 

 out fire-heat, except what was necessary to exclude frost and 

 preserve a dry atmosphere. It was also stated that the Vines 



