PROCEEDINGS. xli 



May 24, 1845. (Garden Exhibition.) 



The weather on this occastoii was propitious until about 

 5 o'clock P.M., when rain began to fall in torrents, and the pro- 

 menade was in a few minutes deserted. The exhibition was 

 perhaps the best that had ever been seen in the Gardens, being 

 remarkable not only for the great quantity of beautiful speci- 

 mens ; but also for the general absence of bad ones. The number 

 of visitors amounted to 3622, exclusive of exhibitors. 



The Award was as follows : — 



Large Gold Medals : 1 . To Mr. J. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of forty stove and green- 

 house plants. 2. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to Sigismund 

 Rucker, Esq., Jun., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic 

 Orchidaceae. 



Gold Knightian Medals : 1. To Mr. Barnes, gardener to G-.W. 

 Norman, Esq., of Bromley Common, Kent, for a collection 

 of forty stove and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Frazer, 

 of Lea Bridge Road, for a collection of twenty stove and 

 greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. J. Robertson, for twenty 

 species of Exotic Orchidaceae. 4. To Mr. Don, gardener 

 to F. G. Cox, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve species of Exotic 

 Orchidaceee. 5. To Mr. J. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for twenty varieties of Cape Heaths. 

 6. To Messrs. Fairbairn, Nurserymen, Clapham, for the 

 same. 7. To Mr. Dodd, gardener to Sir George War- 

 render, Bart., F.H.S., for a miscellaneous collection of 

 Fruit. 



Gold Banksian Medals: \. To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir 

 E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a collection of forty stove 

 and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss 

 Traill, of Hayes Place, Bromley, for a collection of twenty 

 stove and greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. Bruce, gardener 

 to Boyd Miller, Esq., of Colliers Wood, Mitcham, for a 

 collection of twelve stove and greenhouse plants. 4. To 

 Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck, F.H.S., for twelve new 

 varieties of Pelargonium. 5. To Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, 

 for the same. 6. To Mr. R. Staines, of Middlesex Place, 

 New Road, for twelve varieties of Pelargonium. 7. To 

 Messrs. C. D. Smith, of Elizabeth Street South, Pimlico, 

 for the same. 8. To Mr. Dobson, for twelve varieties of 

 Roses in pots. 9. To Messrs. Lane and Co., of Great 

 Berhampstead, for twenty-five varieties of Roses in pots. 

 10. To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for twenty species of 

 Exotic Orchidaceae. 11. To Mr. Williams, gardener to 

 C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve species of the same. 



