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408 MONTHLY SUMMARY. 



at the bottom, when fine they come up and sit on the steps of the 

 ladder. . 



There was a sufficient supply of the seeds of Cape hulbs to 

 supply all who applied, consec[uently there was no ballot for them, 



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Envois from Collectors. — The collection from South Brazil 



has arrived, and has bee^i delivered in good condition. The col- 

 lection from South Africa noticed in last number has also arrived, 

 but a large portion of its contents were in a very distressed con- 

 dition, owing to the length of time it had been on the way. The 

 distribution has, therefore, been delayed until it be seen how far 

 care and attention will restore them. 



General Meetings. The names of the Fellows elected at the 

 meetings on the 6th and 20th of June will be found at p. 482. 



Memoranda for July. — On the 9nd of July, will be held the 

 third great Show, for which a large number of entries have been 

 already received. 



On the 11th the State ceremony to be held by the Com- 

 missioners of the Exhibition of 1803 on the occasion of the 

 declaration of the awards of the juries, will take place in the 

 Garden, on which occasion a very large assemblage of Eoyal 

 and important personages will take a part in the proceedings. 

 The general outline of the ceremonial, so far as yet settled, is 

 understood to be the following : — A dais will be erected on the base 

 of the Memorial of 1851, on which, if the weather be favourable, 

 the ceremony of delivering their awards by the Juries to Her 

 Majesty's representative, the Duke of Cambridge, and to the 

 special representatives of foreign countries, will be gone through. 

 Should the weather prove unfavourable, this part of the cere- 

 monial will take place in the Conservatory. After receiving the 

 aw^ards, a procession will be formed, which will pass along the 

 arcades to the Exhibition buildings, and at various stations will 

 deliver the awards to each nation or class. As there are several 

 thousand medals, of course the delivery of these can only be a 

 symbolical ceremony. During the pauses at each nation for this 

 purpose, a band (if possible, from the country itself) will perform 

 the national air or anthem peculiar to that land. It is under- 

 stood that 13 foreign bands have been already secured, and more 

 are expected. After the distribution, &c., the procession will 

 return to the upper terrace, when " God save the Queen " will 

 be performed by all the military bands. No one will be allowed to 



