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of the starry Dysophyl, a pretty little Indian annual, look- 

 ing something lilce a Bedstravv. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Specimens of the 

 Beurre d'Aremberg Pear, both from a wall and a standard. 

 Those from the latter were not a quarter so large as the 

 fruit from the wall ; but were much better flavoured, and 

 assumed a different appearance, being quite covered over 

 with russet. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for December. From the Publishers. 



'I"he Flora Batava, Nos. 137 and 138. From His Majesty the King of Holland. 



The Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, Nos. 103, Vol. 4. From the 



Society. 

 Paxton's Magazine of Botany, for October and November. From the Editor. 

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

 Tlie Athenu'um for October. From the Editor. 



The Catalogue of the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg (Batavia.) From J. Dupuy, Esq. 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, Vol. 19, Part 4. Proceedings of the Society, 



Nos. 23 and 24 ; and list of the Society for lb45. From the Society. 

 The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, &c. From the Author, Mr. A. J. Downing. 



(8vo., New York, 1845.) 

 Arcliives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, t. 4, Livs. 1 and 2. From the Museum. 



January 20, 1846. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. J. S. Schroeder, Esq., of Stratford Green, Essex ; 

 and M. Louis Van Houtte, of Ghent. 



Awards. Knightian Medal to Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. 

 Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth, for a charming collection of 

 Orchids, comprising several remarkable specimens, more 

 especially one of Coelogyne cristata, producing 4 spikes, each 

 containing five white blossoms. 

 Hanksian Medal to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 Bart., of Lower Cheam, for a beautiful plant of Gesnera 

 zebrina, and a large mass of Epiphyllum truncatum, co- 

 vered with bloom down to the pot. Some account of the 

 culture of the latter appeared at p. 130. 

 Certificates : To Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, for his blue seedling 

 Cineraria, named Conqueror. To Mr. Dawson, of Brixton 

 Hill, for two Cape Heaths. To Sir C. Monck, Bart, 

 F.H.S., for samples of Lemons and Forbidden Fruit. To 

 Mr. Toy, gardener to Col. Challoner, for specimens of 

 "West's St. Peter's Grape; and to J. Moorman, Esq., of 

 Portland Place, Clapham Road, for a collection of Pears 

 in excellent preservation. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. A magnificent 

 cut spike of Laelia superbiens, and a beautiful new lilac- 



