PBOCEEDINGS, Ux 



tlie Duke of Northumberland, for various seedling Gloxi- 

 nias raised between Sinningia hirsuta and G. eaulescens, 

 the object being to obtain the arborescent character of the 

 former with the better coloured flowers of the latter. To 

 Mr. Chapman, of Brentford, for specimens of his Prince of 

 Wales Plum. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Mr. Fortune's 

 yellow flowered Statice, a blooming plant of Lilium lanci- 

 folium album, which had been grown from a single scale, 

 and brought to the state in which it was shown in the short 

 period of four years. Indigofera decora, Chirita sinensis, 

 Anemone japonica, from Mr. Fortune, from the North 

 of China ; Tacsonia mollissima ; and the Kashan melon, 

 raised from seeds, received from T. Farrant, Esq., from 

 Persia, being the first of its fruit that has been raised in 

 this country. 



Books Presented. 



A Lecture on the application of Chemistry to tlie details of Practical Farming. By 



Albert James liernays. From the Author. 

 The Athenasum for July. 

 The Botanical Register for September. 



Odober 7, 1845. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Captain E. M. Daniell, the Linns, Carshalton, 

 Surrey ; AV. Deedes, Esq., M.P., Sandling Park, Hythe ; 

 T. Dent, Esq., 8, Hyde Park Terrace; G. W. Newell, 

 Esq., Holyport, near Maidenhead, Berks ; W. Paynter, 

 Esq., 21, Belgrave Square; S. Smith, Esq., 17, Hyde 

 Park Gardens, and Charmandean, Worthing ; and G. Wood, 

 Esq., of Hanger Hill, Ealing, Middlesex. 



Awards. Large Silver Medal to Messrs. Henderson, of 

 Pine Apple Place, for a collection of variegated plants, 

 more especially for a new plant named Ruellia maculata, 

 with leaves finely overlaid with silvery markings. 



Knightian Medals : To Mr. M'Ewing, gardener to Colonel 

 Wyndham, for a specimen of the Antigua Queen Pine 

 Apple, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz., and measuring 20 inches in 

 circumference, and 10 inches in height; the number of pips 

 was 11; and to Mr. Ingram, Royal Gardens, Frogmore, 

 for four Queen Pine Apples, weighing respectively 4 lbs. 

 12 oz., 4 lbs. 13 oz., 5 lbs. 3 oz., and 5 lbs. 4 oz : the hea- 

 viest of them measured 16 inches in circumference, and 9^ 

 inches in length ; the number of pips was 13. 



Banksian Medals: To Mr. Mitchell, gardener to Sir B. Hall, 

 for two handsome specimens of the Ripley Queen Pine 



