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without any artificial heat or moisture farther than what 

 was obtained from sun-heat and damp arising from the 

 earthen floor of the pits. Along with these was the pretty 

 little hardy herbaceous plant, Silene Schafta, whose masses 

 of pink, starlike blossoms recommend it to a place in the 

 flower border. From the same collection were also Vis- 

 caria oculata, which, being raised in a greenhouse, had the 

 eye better and the colour brighter than when grown in the 

 open air ; the pretty marbled-flowered Aconitum ovatum, 

 a Himalayan production ; and a plant of Sobralia macran- 

 tha, on the top of whose long reedy stems were produced 

 magnificent purple blossoms, 5 or 6 inches across. 



Books Presented. 



Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. 6, Part 1. From the 



Society. 

 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 15, Part 1. From the 



Society. 

 The Botanical Register for August. From the Publishers. 

 The Florists' Journal, Nos. 74 and 75. From the Editor. 

 Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Nos. 23 and 24. From the Society. 

 Annales de la See. lloyale d'Agriculture, &c., de Lyons, t. 7. From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Nos. 25 and 2B. 

 Transactions of the same, Vol. 16 and Vol. 17 (of each), Part 1. 

 Transactions of the Agricultural Society of Vienna, Part 1, Vol. 2, 2nd Series. From 



the Society. 

 The Athenaeum for June. From the Editor. 

 Memoires de la Soc. de Physique et d'llistoire Naturelle de Geneve, t. 10. 28 p. 



From the Society. 



Septen^er 2, 1 845. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. J. Ridgway, Esq., Wallsuchen, Bolton, Lanca- 

 shire ; and Henry Winch, Esq., Liverpool. 



Awards. Knightia?i Medals : To Mr. J. Robertson, gardener 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for two fine specimens of Den- 

 drobium chrysanthum, and one of Aphelandra cristata. To 

 Mr. Dawson, of Brixton Hill, for two magnificent Cape 

 Heaths ; and to Mr. Scott, gardener to Sir George Staun- 

 ton, Bart., for three ripe Mangoes. 

 Banksian Medals : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for 

 a new species of Salpiglossis from Chili. To Mr. Ayres, 

 gardener to J. Cook, Esq., F.H.S., for a well-bloomed 

 plant in a pot of Echites .splendens, said to have been grown 

 in a brisk bottom heat. To Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, 

 F.H.S., for various plants, especially specimens of Statice 

 sinuata and Erica retorta. 

 Certificates : To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for Miltonia 

 spectabilis. To Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., for 

 the long lost Platycodon grandiflorum, recently reintroduced 

 by Mr. Fortune. To Mr, Carton, gardener to His Grace 



