PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 61 
Gesnera, led Mr. Berkeley to mention that, accord- 
ing to the “Belgian Ho al Review,” the 
en of Gesnera coccinea retains its fertilising 
wer for two or thre ; a fact which in the 
ands of cultivators might lead to useful results. 
The genus Salix, he гет е an instance of 
pollen retaining fer tilising power longer than 
the seeds the etative power. Amongst the 
other plants a ad to Berkeley was a 
Chinese ula, in one of the flowers of which 
ear, s were changed into new flowers, 
MAN expressed mà ney ы that 
ic police for ied 
be done on the eulpr 
tion to the two онл which he had exhi- 
bited that day afforded a lesson to orchid 
d old cem on thei appearance befo 
asted the (эч of the weg he 
held i in his y with that Aga the plant had 
en 
ad i n eut. Few s when 
deri first flowered in n. this DE pu wort 
ting. 
е CHAIRMAN announced that e had been in- 
tended to hold discussion on the ect of floral 
roa iriga чыз and the pri у 
t day fort r 
the herein leeture which Mr. Paul had come 
eliver. 
. Paur, havin ng been introduced to the meetin 
5, 
reta interesting leeture on Spring flowers, 
ch will be given in the May number of the 
A vote 
ому voted to ore си ба this lecture was unani- 
or awards of the Floral беры вее р. 66. 
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 
M. i APRIL 4, 1865. 
o. Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Ум <p ^is и. were duly elected 
hx 
У, 
Captain Duncan, 23 Queen’s Gate Terrace, 
his ed Keith, Bart., 84 Gloucester Terrace, 
a Park, W. 
ъз = Curwin, 37 Prince’s Gardens, Hyde 
Соо kel Captain John, 7 Onslow Gardens ӨЛҮ 
IS. Thomas, York Str treet, T Heg в, S.W. 
‚ 34 Queen's Gate 
бы кл ЕК 29 )9 Prince’ s Gar- 
‚ 46 Prince's Gardens, Hyde Park, 
-dison RS Frederick, um Villa, 21 Ad- 
n, 
3 "ipis Li Lady, 47 Prince's бао, 
Jais, Mrs. William, 15 Queen’s Gardens, Hyde 
ark, W. 
Miller, John S., 14 Lower Phillimore Place, Ken- 
W. 
sington, 
Lomer, Col. W. H., 24 Thurloe Square, S.W. 
item Mrs. Parke, 16 Kensington Park Gardens, 
Men Miss, 9 Southwiek Place, Hyde Park 
Square, 
Scaramanga, ‘Mrs. D., 22 an Park Gardens, W. 
Sehneider, H. W., M LP., 5 Eaton Square, S. 
Stahl, Christian Ба, 4 Lansdowne "Terrace, 
Fulham Ro 
ae. ee уати “Urmston Lodge, Wimbledon 
Tweedale, Marquis of, 20 Hanover Square, W. 
and Yester House, Haddin ngtonshire | 
Vat John) yde Park Gate, W., and 
Gunnersgate Hall, Middlebro', Yorkshire 
Wimsett, William James, Ashburnham, King's 
Road, " Chelsea, SW. 
J. Dix, Chairman of the Floral Com- 
ILSON, 
described the fruit i , 
the dues eld that morning. (Awards at p. 67.) 
The К = having been pre- 
vented а by illness, Mr. Bateman 
requested by the dos iem {7 fill his place, aha 
the result of this request was a valuable lecture 
on orchids and orchid growing, and on the other 
plants exhibited. 
After apie his үн duh the eause of Mr. 
Bateman reque 
Berkeley's abse ate ted Col. 
Seott to read the observations whie . Berkeley 
had sent on a Chinese primrose previously ex- 
hibited. These ментов were as follows :— 
“Two plants were submitted to me for deter- 
mination at t Tuesday's meeting 
first was a species of Epacris (No. 4), exhibited 
by Mr. Veitch. The species of this ge 
tremely variable and difficult of pner crie 
especially where the sia locality is 
After a car tion, it appears to be a form 
of Epacris squai 
“The other nek, marked Gladiolus, was ex- 
hibited by Mr. Wilson Saunders, to which genus 
i It is, how- 
o 
ге] у lou i 
‘ Plantes Lilinetes, p nea га Gladiolus 
ramineus, of Linnveus, is separat m Gladio- 
us under Mr iin: um as 
“Т called attention to a very peculiar variety of 
the magnificent collee- 
rs. Windebank, of South- 
mper чин 
flowers are so curious that I hop some futur 
pec to work the бъде out for a paper in m» 
u “There ig a point of some practical importance 
