Ix PROCEEDINGS. 



Apple, one 5 lbs., and the other 5 lbs. 8 oz., the latter mea- 

 suring 17 inches in circumference and 10 inches in height ; 

 the number of pips was 14. To Mr. Sellers, gardener to 

 L. V. Watkins, Esq., for a Queen Pine, weighing 4 lbs. 

 11 oz. To Mr. Carton, gardener to His Grace the Duke 

 of Northumberland, at Syon, for the scarlet-flowered Ruel- 

 lia macrophylla, and a cut specimen of Elate sylvestris, 

 having a curious flat flower-stem. To Mr. Robertson, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for various Orchids, espe- 

 cially specimens of Oncidium Harrisonianum, and Saccola- 

 biura papillosum. To Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. 

 Marryatt, F.H.S., for plants of Zygopetalum maxillare and 

 Odontoglossum grande. 

 Certificates : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for a Phi- 

 libertia, sent by Mr. W. Lobb, from Peru. To Mr. Mason, 

 gardener to Sir J. Kennaway, Bart., for four Queen Pines, 

 the heaviest weighing 4 lbs. To Mr. Joy, gardener to — 

 Sloane, Esq , for excellent bunches of Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes. To Mr. Steadman, gardener to J. Berens, Esq., 

 for the same ; and to Mr. Mitchell, gardener to W. Whit- 

 more, Esq., for very large specimens of the Swan's Egg 

 Pear. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Cattleya maxima, 

 a species collected by Mr. Hartweg, in Peru, and equal in 

 beauty to C. Mossise. 



Books Presented. 



The Athenfeum for August and September. From the Editor. 



Comptes rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Academie des Sciences a Paris, 



ler Semestre, 1845. From the Academy. , 



Ricerclie sull' Arancio fetifero. From the Author, Signer Michele Tenore. (4to., 



Modena, 1S43.) 

 Botanical Register for October. From the Publishers. 

 The Florists' Journal, No. 78. From the Editor. 



The Floricultural Cabinet for August and September. From Mr. Joseph Harrison. 

 Notiz uber den Kaiserlich Botanischen Garten zu St. Petersburg. By Dr. Fischer, 



Director of the Garden. From the Author. 

 Index decimus Seminum qua; Hort. Bot. Imp. Petrop. pro mutua commutatione 



offert, &c. From Dr. Fischer. 

 Traite de la Culture des Plantes de terre de Bruyere, S:c. Par M. Victor Paquet. 



From the Author. (12mo., Paris, 1«44.) 



November 4, 1845. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. E. R. Tunno, Esq., 19, Upper Brook Street, and 

 Warnford Park, Hants; J. S. Barry, Esq., Marybury, 

 Cheshire, and Foaty, Cork; and G. Wood, Esq., Rochford, 

 Essex. 



Awards. Knightian Medals : To Mr. Moore, gardener to R. 

 Hanbury, Esq., for a magnificent Cattleya labiata ; and to 

 Mr. Smith, gardener to the Hon. J. Norton, of Anningsley, 



