180 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



[In the descriptions we have given of eacli of the ahove, there may be a simi- 

 larity in some ; but though the colours and form appear somewhat alike in the 

 descriptions, there is a very striking distinction from each other when seen grow- 

 ing, so that one kind cannot be a substitute Cor another to make a collection what 

 is desirable. Each we describe are of first-rate character, and superior to what 

 has ever before come under our notice. We shall continue to give the particulars 

 of many others in our future numbers. — Conductor.] 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



July 7. — Dr. Henderson, V. P., in the chair. The new Fellows elected were 

 William Ogilby, Esq.; Mr. Edward Denyer, of Loughborough-road, Brixton; 

 A. L. Gower, Esq., of Finslr.iry-square ; Mrs. Cockburn, Brixtou-hill ; and 

 J. Fielden, Esq., Witton-hall, Lancashire. The Marquis of Ormonde and the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, being peers of the realm, were balloted for, and immediately 

 elected. 



The presents announced were the Transactions of the Zoological Society, 

 vol. ii., part iv., and the Proceedings from Nos. 73 to 84 ; the Philosophical 

 Transactions of the Royal Society, the list of Fellows, and their Proceedings, 

 from 40 to 42; the Proceedings of the Scientific Society, and the current num- 

 bers of Floricultural Cabinet; Baxter's British Flowering Plants; Paxton's 

 Magazine of Botany ; the Botanical Register ; the Ladies' Flower Garden of 

 Ornamental Bulbs, and the Athenaeum. There had been added to the library, 

 by purchases, Dr. Royle's Botany of the Himalaya Mountains, and the current 

 numbers of the Botanist, Gardener's Magazine, and Botanical Magazine. 



Dr. Lindley next announced that the awards at the gardens on Saturday were 

 4 gold Knightian, 10 gold Banksian, 23 large silver, 22 silver Knightian, and 

 23 silver Banksian medals, making a total of 82. There had also been 5,071 

 persons admitted by tickets upon that occasion. 



The model of a self-acting ventilator was exhibited by Messrs. T. and P. 

 Irvine, of 11, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and briefly described by Dr. Lindley. 

 It was to regulate a constant admission of air and no more, and for this purpose 

 there was an empty copper cylinder connected with a syphon of mercury, there 

 also being another arm which raised or depressed the ventilator. It was, in fact, 

 but an application of the method adopted in Dr. Arnott's stove. The objections 

 stated by Dr. Lindley against these self-regulating contrivances were, 1st. that 

 they were easily liable to get out of repair ; and 2nd. that any house into which 

 they might be introduced, required an attention to other circumstances which 

 this automatic apparatus could not receive. 



The subjects of exhibition were few in number, the exhibition at the Garden 

 having been on Saturday ; but the most prominent were some Orchideous plants 

 from James Bateman, Esq., who has done so much for this class of plants. 

 There was Mormodes pardina, very much like a Catasetum, with a fine fragrance, 

 and the flower prettily spotted ; Brassia lanceana, a beautiful object, loaded 

 with racemes ; Maxillaria Colleyi, one of the loveliest of the race, and very rare, 

 not to be met with in any other collection ; Dendrobium chrysanthemum, a 

 pretty drooping epiphyte; and Orchis foliosa, from Madeira, a plant resembling 

 our own species of Orchis latifolia, but grows to six feet high. 



Mr. Hill, of Messrs Colley and Hill, Hammersmith, exhibited a seedling 

 geranium, named by him Prince Albert. It was of a fine scarlet and orange, 

 with a delicate white in the centre, having a gorgeous lustre, and of the shape 

 of Gaines's King. Mr. Hogg exhibited a collection of carnations and piccotees, 

 very superior ones. 



Mr. Chandler, of Vauxhall, exhibited a Fuchsia Chandleri, and Mr. John 

 Smith, of Dalston, eight hybrid Fuchsias, produced by mixing the Fuchsia fulgens 

 of Mexico with the Chilian varieties of globosa, gracilis, &c. These hybrids are 

 extremely beautiful. Mr. Smith also exhibited his superb scarlet geranium. 



The remaining specimens in the rooms were from the gardens of the society. 

 Amongst them was Portulacca Thellusoni, one of the handsomest of the tender 



