February 19, 186L— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 

 The Secretaiy read a Report on the varieties of Achimenes 

 brought together at Chiswick for comparison in 1860, and 

 embodying the decisions of the Committee as to the merits of the 

 respective varieties ; and also a Report on the varieties of Scarlet 

 and other Bedding Pelargoniums : which were adopted. 



The following presents to the Garden were announced :— 

 Mrs. H. B. Waed, F.R.H.S.— Seeds of Aralia papyrifera, and 



several other plants. 

 Heney Pownaxl, Esq., F.R.H.S.— Seeds of Blue Lobelia, dwarf 

 flesh-coloured Hibiscus, and two others unnamed, from 

 Champion Bay, Western Australia. 

 A communication from Mr. Thomas Morris, Architect, of 13, 

 Regent Street, containing suggestions on the construction of 

 Plant Houses with a view to the economisation of solar heat 

 (see p. 400), was also read. 



Mr. G. Noble, nurseryman, Bagshot, exhibited samples of 

 numerous evergreen shrubs, in order to show the effect of the 

 past winter upon them. Of these, the following were species 

 altogether unharmed, proving them to be invaluable evergreens 

 for the decoration of pleasure-grounds: — 



Skimmia japonica | Berberis japonica 



while those named below were all either severely injured or 

 entirely killed :— 



Ilex cormita, dead. 

 ,, latifolia, young shoots killed. 



Baxus balearica, nearly, or qui 

 Viburnum TinuB, killed down 1 

 " ' ' , killed b 



sclerophylla, 1 

 Taiodium sempervirens, 3 





The following subjects were also exhibited : — 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's Wood, contributed 

 a group including Cyclamens, the new Fem-leated Chinese 

 Primroses, and other flowering plants. 



