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best named collection. 18. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to 

 J. Rucker, Esq., Junr., F.H.S., for the fourth best-named 

 collection. 19. To Mr. Dodemeade, gardener to W. Leaf, 

 Esq., F.H.S., for Melons. 



Jub/ 1, 1845. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Mr. F. Gaines, Nurseryman, Battersea ; Mr. J. F. 

 Wood, of the Coppice, Nottingham ; and Mr. J. Pearson, 

 of Hampstead Road, Middlesex. 



Awards. Banksiaii Medals : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of 

 Exeter, for a new species of Calandrinia, named umbellata, 

 stated to be hardy, having stood last winter, in Devonshire, 

 in the open ground without protection, and in a situation 

 by no means sheltered. To Mr. R. Fish, gardener to Col. 

 Sowerby, for Peaches and Nectarines, said to be the last 

 gathering from an eai'ly forced house. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Fedia gracili- 

 flora, a hardy annual, forming a thick mass of pink flowers, 

 which almost completely buried the bright green leaves. It 

 was introduced through France from Algiers. Begonia 

 Dregei, a Cape plant, covered with a profusion of white 

 flowers ; Lyperia pinnatifida ; and Phlomis Cashmeriana, a 

 half hardy plant with grey leaves and violet flowers, not 

 remarkable for their beauty. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for July. From the Publishers. 



Memorial of the Citizens of Cincinnati to the Congress of the United States, relative 

 to the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, (8vo. 1843.) From the Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society. 



The Western Farmer and Gardener, and Horticultural Magazine, vol. 4, ( 1844.) 

 Do., vol. 5, Nos. 1 to 10, (l)!*4o.) From the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, No. 16, part 1. 

 From the Society. 



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



'The Way to Wealth,' the original of Taou-choo-kung. From Mr. Tradescant Lay, 

 H. B. M. Consul at Amoy. 



Jul// 12, 1845. (Garden Exhibition.) 



The weather on this occasion was favourable, and the exhibi- 

 tion excellent. The plants were in some respects finer than at 

 any former meeting during the year, especially the Orchids and 

 Heaths, and the fruit was admirable. The number of visitors 

 amounted to 5963, exclusive of exhibitors. 



The Award was as follows : — 



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

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

 of store and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Mylam, gar- 



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