Meteorological Notices. 197 



the Society, and, together with a full dosciiption of tlie flower, he forwarded 

 to tlie publisher of some Horticultural work, who may he willing to puhlish 

 a colored lithograph of it. 



Ordered, That the next annual Exhibition be held on the 27th, 28th and 

 29th May next, and that Messrs. Edinondson, Kurtz, S. Feast, John Feast, 

 Dr. Cohen, E. Thomas, and Charles E. Wethered, be appointed a Commit- 

 tee to make the necessary arrangements. 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to tnake arrangements for pub- 

 lishing the ])roGeedings and notices of the Society in the different papers, 

 and that Joseph King, jr. and Dr. Cohen compose the said Committee. 



Plants Exhibited. By Mr. Sanmel Feast — Rhododendron orhoreum hy- 

 bridutn. (This is a new and most splendid variety, ])roduced from seed in 

 Scotland, and sent to this country before it had sliown flower, and now in 

 bloom for the first time here. The head is thickly set with large flowers 

 of a deep carmine, very clear and lively. It is considered a great acquisition.) 

 Azalea indica hybrida. (This also is a new variety. It differs from the 

 caerulea in tlie shape of the flower, which is of a better form, the two upper 

 petals being longer ; it is also more spangled ; but the chief and most im- 

 portant difference consists in the number of flowers in the head, which in 

 this is from five to nine, while in the cserulea there are generally l)ut one to 

 three. The color of the hybrida is a rich pink, slightly tinged with blue.) 

 Mr. Feast also exhibited twenty-seven varieties of Auricula, Genista canari- 

 6nsis, Coronilia glauca, Hakea saligna, Pittosporum undulata, Acacia au- 

 gustitolia and verticillata. Erica verticillata. Verbena Melindris, [chamcedrifo- 

 lia,] Oxalis nova, &c. &c. 



Saturday, Jlpnl Wth. — Exhibited. — By Thomas Kehoe, gardener to Col. 

 B. C. Howard, — A bimch of Rliubarb, and a fine head of Lettuce. Peter 

 Naut, abunch of Asparagus from the open ground ; excellent for the season. 

 By John Feast — Azalea phoenicea Pseonia moutan Banksii, Alyssum siixa- 

 tile. Cyclamen p^rsicimi, Pelargonimn macranthon, gloriosa, and fair Ellen ; 

 Geranium (sp.), Eupatorium grandiflara, Sparmannia africatia; Acacia ar- 

 mata. By Samuel Feast — Azalea iihaenicea, Mimulus Smithii, Schizanthus 

 porrigens. Cassia 6legans, Rosa Banksia lutea, Leptospermum rauhifldra. By 

 Edward Kurtz — Azalea indica ledifolia, var. caerulea and sp. — American 

 Farmer and Gardener. 



Art. IX. Meteorological JVotices. 



FOR MARCFI. 



The prevalence of cold weather through the month of March lias heen 

 almost unprecedented. The cold has been accomj)anied with several squalls 

 of snow and rain, and two or three times with thunder and lightning, unusual 

 in March. The prevalence of the winds have been westerly, and nearly half 

 of the month cloudy and unpleasant. 



Thermometer. — Mean temperature 29° 3. Highest 60° — Lowest 6" 

 below Zero. 



Winds.— N. six days— N. E. five— S. E. one— S. two— S. W. eight— W. 

 seven — N. W. two. 



Character of the Weather. Fine nine days — Fair ten days — CiouDT 

 twelve (lays. 



