XXXVl PROCEEDINGS. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Boronia anemonag- 

 folja, producing a multitude of gay rosy blossoms ; Tryma- 

 lium odoratissimum, a Swan River shrub, remarkable for its 

 sweet-scented minute white flowers ; and Acacia verniciflua. 

 — Cuttings of the following Pears, viz., Knight's Monarch, 

 Thompson's, Eyewood, and Broom Park, were distributed. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for April. From the Publishers. 

 The Florists' Journal, No. 70. From the Publisher. 



April 15, 1845. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. The Rev. J. J. Cleaver, Rector of Holme Pierre- 

 pont, Notts ; B. Smith, Esq., Colebrook Park, Kent ; Mr. 

 R. Smith, Nurseryman, Worcester; and Mr. John Hally, 

 Nurseryman, Blackheath. 



Awards. A Large Silver Medal to Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son, of Exeter, for the beautiful new Fuchsia serratifolia, 

 now for the first time exhibited. 



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

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for Erica concolor, seven feet in height, 

 and with flowers ; and for a handsome plant of Dendrobium 

 secundum. 



Banksian Medals : To Mr. Fairbairn, of Clapham, for Erica 

 favoides elegans, measuring nearly 3 feet in diameter, and 

 richly clothed with healthy foliage down to the pot. To 

 Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., for a mag- 

 nificent specimen of Erica aristata, literally covered with 

 blossoms, and a fine Epiphyllum Russellianum. 



Certificates : To Mr. Hutchison, gardener at Eatington Park, 

 for a dish of Peaches, grown in pots in a Pine-stove, and 

 the produce of a tree introduced into heat in the second 

 week in November; Mr. Hutchison mentioned that they 

 were part of the second gathering, the first fruit having 

 been fit for table on the 22nd March. To Mr. Pres- 

 toe, nurseryman, Shirley, for large specimens of Mush- 

 rooms, produced in the following manner : — In the first 

 week in August, a quantity of fresh stable-manure was col- 

 lected and dried ; a trench, 2 feet in width, 1 foot in depth, 

 and 12 feet in length, was dug in the driest part of the 

 nursery (running north and south) ; the dried dung was 

 then put in and trodden firmly down, and cakes of Mr. 

 Prestoe's improved Mushroom spawn were planted 1 foot 

 distant from each other. The mould, which had been pre- 

 viously thrown on the side, was laid over the bed and firmly 

 beaten by the spade. Thus the bed was formed and com- 



