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the Horticultural Society a good many years ago, and exten- 

 sively distributed, it does not seem to have received so much 

 attention from cultivators as its merits deserve. It is from 

 Chusan, and may therefore be considered as a hardy greenhouse 

 plant. Mr. Fortune states that he " found it growing on the 

 lower sides of hills, in hedges, where it was climbing on other 

 trees, and hanging down in graceful festoons from the ends of 

 their branches. The colour of its flowers is a dark brown, not 

 unlike that of the Magnolia fuscata, and they are very sweet 

 scented. Indeed it was the delightful fragrance which first 

 attracted my attention to the spot where the plant was growing." 

 For training against a trellis in the greenhouse or conservatory, 

 this plant seems to be well adapted. It is said to be easily pro- 

 pagated, either by cuttings of the stems or roots ; and in China, 

 according to Mr. Fortune, it generally grows in poor well-drained 

 soil. W. B. B. 



XXXVIII. GENEEAL MEETING, June 26. 

 An Ordinary Meeting of the Society, for the election of 

 Fellows and Ballot for Plants, was held on Tuesday, June 26, 

 at the Museum of Science and Art, South Kensington, by per- 

 mission of the Lord President of the Privy Council, The Earl of 

 DuciE, V.P., in the chair, when the following Ladies and Gentle- 

 men were elected Fellows : — 



Miss Bridge, 78, Eaton Sqnare, S.W. 



Miss Maria Bridge, 78, Eaton Square, S.W. 



Robert Cathcart, Esq., Pitcairlie, Auchtermnehty, Scotland. 



J. Jnll Chalk, Esq., 80, Warwick " 



Rev. V. Knox Child, Rectory Hon* 



Samuel Churchill, Esq., FawJ " 



Miss Courtoy, 14, Wilton Ore 



Miss Elizabeth Courtoy, 14, Wilton Crescent, Belgrave Square, S.W. 



Thomas Dalton, Esq., Cardifif. 



Madame Eliza Faure, 18, Brompion Crescent, S.W. 



William Gamier, Esq., Rookesbury, Farebam, Hants, 



William GiUow, Esq., Wednesbury, Sandwich. ^ 



The Lady Mary Nisbet Hamilton, 33, Chesham Place, Belgrave Sqaare, S.W. 



Ralph Allen Husey, Esq., 97, Westboume Terrace, W. 



Matthew Marsh, Esq., M.P., 47, Dover Street, W. 



Miss Mary Jai 



in Tucker Smith^E^., m!p., 13, Upp^r Belgi^ve Street, S 

 » Wallis, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northampton. 



