PEOCEEDINGS. Ixi 



Chertsey, for very fine bunches of Muscat of Alexandria 

 Grapes. 



Banksian Medals : To Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Law- 

 rence, F.H.S., for various plants, especially a fine specimen 

 of the violet-flowered variety of Epiphyllum truncatum, 

 grafted on Cereus speciosissimus in the form of a pyramid ; 

 and to Mr. Glendinning, of Turnham Green, for Physian- 

 thus auricomus, a new sweet scented white-flowered stove 

 twiner. 



Certificates : To Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt, for a beautiful 

 collection of cut Roses ; to Messrs. Chandler and Son, of 

 Vauxhall, for boxes of very fine Chrysanthemum blooms. 

 To Mr. Povey, gardener to the Rev. J. Thornycroft, for 

 three specimens of Black Jamaica Pine Apples, the heaviset 

 weighing 4 lbs. 12 oz. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Manettia bicolor, 

 covering a cylindrical trellis, 4 feet in height, profusely 

 covered with flowers down to the pot, and Mastacanthus 

 sinensis, a blue-flowered Labiate plant, sent from China by 

 Mr. Fortune. 



Books Presented. 



Instructions Populaires sur les Moyens de combattre et de detruire la Maladie Ac- 



tuelle (Gangrene humide) des Pommes de Terre, &c. Par C. H. Morren. From 



the Author. (12mo., Brussels, 1845.) 

 Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Nos. 131 to 144 inclusive, and Reports of the 



Council and Auditors at the Annual Meeting held April, 29, 1845. From the 



Society. 

 The Floricultural Cabinet for November. From Mr. .los. Harrison. 

 The Botanical Register for November. From the Publishers. 

 Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, Nos. 101, 102, and 103. From the 



Society. 



December 2, 1845. (Regent Street.) 



Awards. Knightiati Medals : To Mr. Plumbly, gardener to 

 C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., for four magnificent Cape Heaths, 

 especially one of E. hiemalis, measuring about 5 feet across, 

 and 4 feet in height ; and to G. Crawshay, Esq., of Colney 

 Hatch, for fine bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes, grown 

 without the aid of fire-heat till about the beginning of No- 

 vember, when slight fires are made, not for the purpose of 

 raising the temperature, but for keeping out frost and dry- 

 ing up damp. 

 Banksian Medals : To Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Law- 

 rence, for a charming plant of Saccolabium denticulatum, 

 Epidendrum viscosum, a species from Central America, 

 and the scarlet-flowered Pitcairnia splendens. To Mr. 

 Moore, gardener to the Earl of Auckland, for two plants 



