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and for Erica propendens. To Mr. Kobertson, gardener 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, for various plants, especially a spe- 

 cimen of the Indian Phaius Wallichii, with 7 flower 

 stems about 5 feet in height, and two plants of Phalaenopsis 

 amabilis. 



Banksian Medals: To Messrs. Fairbairn of Clapham, for a 

 very large Erica favoides elegans, measuring at least 5 feet 

 in height, and as much in diameter ; and to Mr. Hutchin- 

 son, gardener to E. J. Shirley, Esq., of Eatington Park, 

 Warwickshire, for perfectly ripe specimens of Peaches and 

 Nectarines, which were mentioned to have been produced 

 by plants growing in pots in a Pine stove. The plants 

 were introduced into heat about the 26th of October, and 

 the first fruit was gathered about the middle of March. A 

 strong heat and a moist atmosphere were kept up while the 

 plants were growing, syringing them daily to kSep down 

 insects. 



Certificates : To Mr. Glendinning, of Chiswick, for two plants 

 of Kennedya coccinea. To Mr. Henderson, of St. John's 

 Wood, for a group of Seedling Cinerarias, remarkable for 

 their dwarf habit and spreading heads of bloom ; and to 

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

 Providence Pine Apple, weighing 5 lbs. 10 oz., and mea- 

 suring 10 inches in height and 16 inches in circumference ; 

 the number of pips was 11. It was said to have been pro- 

 duced from a two-year old plant. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Coburgia incar- 

 nata, a stove bulb recently sent from Peru by Mr. Hart- 

 weg ; Maxillaria suaveolens, somewhat resembling M. aro- 

 matica ; a pretty little new white sweet-smelling Himalayan 

 Primula, named involucrata, which may possibly turn out 

 to be hardy ; and a beautiful cut specimen of the Mexican 

 Habrothamnus fasciculatus. The following seeds were dis- 

 tributed : Amaranthus albus, a figure of which appeared at 

 p. 157 ; A. oleraceus, the Shanghai Han-Tsi, a new tender 

 vegetable, and like the former used as Spinach ; and the 

 Hoo-sung, or Oo-sung, from Shanghai, likewise employed 

 for culinary purposes, the succulent stem divested of the 

 outside rind being the part eaten. — See p. 229. 



Books Presented. 



Acta Academiae Naturae Curiosorum, Vol. 21, Part 1 . From the Academy at Bonn. 



The Athenapum for March. From tlie Editor. 



Neuvieme Notice sur les Plantes rares cultivees dans le Jardin Botanique de Geneve. 



From the Author, Mr. Alph. De Candolle. 

 Notice sur le Jardin Botanique de Geneve. From the same. (Aug., 1845.) 

 The Botanical Register for April. From the Publishers. 



