54^4f London Hortictdtiiral Society and Garden, 



in full flower, of 7?hododenclron arboreum, which, Sir Charles Lemon stated, 

 was becoming a tree at (Jarclew. From John Luscombe, Esq., of Coombe 

 Royal, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire, a basket of lime fruit, apparently of the 

 sweet kind. Mr. Luscombe stated that these fruits had been produced without 

 the aid of fire heat in winter, having been only protected by a glazed frame ; 

 and that he had found the trees, although considered by some to be more 

 tender than the orange, lemon, or citron, not to have sustained the slightest 

 injury from the unusual severity of the winter. From Mr. Mountjoy, nur- 

 servman, Ealing, a large collection of heartsease. From Mr. Thomas Naylor 

 of JBrixton, a collec:ion of auriculas and hyacinths. From Mr. Nieman, gar- 

 dener to Peter Caesar Labouchere, Esq., F.H.S., of Hylands, near Chelms- 

 ford, black Hamburgh grapes, kidneybeans, and some remarkably large Keen's 

 seedling strawberries. From Mr. Spence, gardener to R. Durant, Esq., F.H.S., 

 of Putney Hill, a bea\itiful specimen of the yellow variety of Brugmans/rt san- 

 guinea. The specimen measured 15 ft. in circumference, and had upwards of 

 fort^'-two of its large yellow flowers expanded upon it. It was accompanied 

 by a yellow China rose, one of the flowers of which measured 1.3 in. in cir- 

 cumference, a species of lime, and a pretty pink variety of Grevilleo: sericea. 

 From Mr. Springall, gardener at Taplow Lodge, in Buckinghamshire, a speci- 

 men of O'xalis floribunda, completely covering a basket 12 in. in diameter, 

 in which it was placed. From the Society's Garden, a collection of iVarcissi 

 and liibcH, togetlier with several green-house plants ; among which was Ha- 

 branthus concolor, a new species, sent from Mexico by Mr. Hartweg, the So- 

 ciety's collector in that country. It may be described as follows : — Bulbs round, 

 black. Leaves several, glaucous, obtuse, 1 ft. and more long, fully half an inch 

 wide, longer than the scape, which bears a single, pale green, whole-coloured 

 flower. Spathes bifid, cylindrical, fitting the base of the peduncle tightly. 

 Peduncle erect, slightly compressed, nearly .3 in. long. Perianth campanulate, 

 nearly erect, rather spreading at the point, 2 in. long ; segments obtuse. Fau- 

 cial ring composed of six short fringed lines, of which one belongs to each 

 segment of the perianth, and the whole form an apparently continuous line at 

 the back of the base of the filaments. Stigma 3-parted, with narrow recurved 

 tlivisions. 



The following medals were awarded : — The silver Knightian, to Richard 

 Harrison, Esq., for Cyrtopodium punctatum ; Mr. Thomas Brown, for his 

 double purple Azalea indica; Mr. Spence, for the yellow Brugmansia bicolor; 

 Mrs. Lawrence, for that part of her collection which consisted of Cleome 

 purpurea, Peristeria cerina, the species of Oxylobium, H6ve« Celsf, and 

 E'pacris onosmasflora. The silver Banksian, to Mr. John Davis, for his grapes ; 

 Mr. Beaton, for his Tweedi« caerulea ; Mrs. Lawrence, for Clianthus pu- 

 niceus ; Mr. G. H. Nieman, for forced fruit ; and Mr. Springall, for O'xalis 

 floribunda. 



Mai) 15. — Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., the President of the Society, 

 having died on the 1 1th instant [see a biographical notice, p. 303.], it was con- 

 sidered by the council a proper mark of respect to the memory of this la- 

 mented gentleman, not to hold any public meeting of the Society until after 

 his funeral, and consequently no meeting was held this day. 



Alay 26. — Exhibition at tlie Garden. This, the first meeting at the Society's 

 garden for the year 1S38, was remarkable for the extraordinary number and 

 beauty of the objects exhibited. Although the weather was very cold for the 

 season, the visiters were more numerous than usual, the number passed 

 through the gates having been 2,906, exclusive of exhibitors. 



Tile flowers and fruit were arranged in five tents, and extended altogether 

 to the length of nearly 700 ft. ; and it was estimated at least 900 specimens of 

 plants, 26 boxes of cut flowers, and 47 dishes of fi-uit, were brought together 

 for competition. The medals awarded have been already given : see p. 352. 



