334 London H.o)liailiural Socicfij and Garden. 



Luscombe. JSiiphorb/ff splemlcns, and E. B}r6n/«, from Mr. J. Green. Ken- 

 ncd/« nionophylla,aiid Keen's seedling strawberries, from R. Eyies, Esq. White 

 sugar from beet, and specimens of tiic roots, from Mr. Charlwood. 6'tLichys 

 paliistris, sorts, from Mr. Ilcnekey. 7?hododeiuIron arboreum, which has 

 bloomed for eight years successively, from Mr. Edmund Johnston. yJcacia 

 jubrida, E\.\\-)\\6Yhla splendens, E. Byron/V/, Styphelia tubiflora, /ihododeu- 

 dron brcntfordiense, six camellias in pots, six roses in ditto, Jcanthus mollis, 

 Anthocercis albicans, and a new white Cyclamen, from Mr. Glenny. Golden 

 Harvey and Hawthornden apples, from J. G. Fuller, Esq. iihododen- 

 dron arboreum, and H. i. album, Irom Mr. Wells. Cut flowers, from Mr. Strang- 

 wavs. Two seedling cactuses, one Lady of Persia pink, Ruell;« formosa, and 

 four pots of seedling cyclamens, from Mr. Buck, Blackheath. CorrteV/ pnl- 

 chella, and C. speciosa, from G. A. Lake, Esq., Tulse Hill House, Brixton. 

 Flscum album, on the oak, from Mr. Loudon, to whom it was sent by Mr. D. 

 Beaton of Haffiekl, near Ledbury, (See p. 206.). Tropte^olum brachyceras, 

 from Mr. Thompson, Norwood. 



From the Garden of the Societi/. Plants. Berber'is .(4quif61ium, Acantho- 

 phippium bicolor, yiristolochia trilobata, Zsricagrandinosa, Indigofera coccfnea, 

 Nem6j)hila insignis, CamelhV/ iinbricata, and V. Colvill//. 



Awarded. A silver Knightian medal to the Rev. J. Luscombe, for oranges; 

 and to iNIr. J. Green, for the isuphorbis sple'ndcns. A silver Banksian medal 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, for Brass/« Lancec/«« ; to Mr. Thompson, for Tropae^olum 

 brachyceras; to W. Harrison, Esq., for Jrctostaphylos w/yrtifolia ; to R. W. 

 Eyles, Esq., for Kennedi« longe-racemosa ; to ]\Ir. G. Gleiiny, for J^uphorb/a 

 Byronifif ; and to J. G. Fuller, Esq., for the golden Harvey apples. 



April 18. — Read. A paper on the INIethod pursued in the Cultivation of 

 the Cattleyff, by Mr. Wm. Perrin, gardener to R. Harrison, Esq. 



Exhibited. Azalea Indica phcenicea, and iihododendron arboreimi var., 

 from Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, Fulham. ylcaciaj'uniperina, Azalea indica 

 alba, Poniaderris sp., scarlet nonpareil, golden Harvey and Alfriston apples, 

 from Mr. Forbes, gardener to H. Pownall, Esq. y/cacia verticillata, Lantiina, 

 Sellowii ; Onciilium carthaginense, and Styphelia tubiflora, from Mr. Glenny. 

 (Satyrium aureum, from J. Reeves, Esq. Beaumont/a grandiflora, from S. F. 

 Phel|)s, Esq. Oncldium from Jamaica, O. bifolium ; Maxillaria Harris6n<^ 

 var. M. aromatica; Brassm caudata, /Rhododendron cinnamomeum, and a 

 Chinese azalea; from Messrs. RoUisson. A brace of cucumbers, from Mr. P. 

 Flanagan. A lily from Guatemala, and an orchideous plant from Brazil, from 

 James Bateman, Esq. Hybrid rhododendron, from Mr. Gaines. /Rhodo- 

 dendron Smith//, 7i'. conspicuum. Azalea indica pulchra and A, i. carnea, from 

 Messrs. (.'handler. Carlssa spinarum, from G. Kirkpatrick, Esq. Camelk'rt Sie- 

 boldt/, and Lobek'« ^^ersicifolia, from Mr. H. Low\ Five seedling Cacti, from 

 Mr. Robert Buck. A pair of Etruscan vine-pruners, and Camellia corallina, 

 from Ednumd Johnston, Esq. 



From the Garden of the Soeicti/. — Oncldium altissimum, Cattleya Forbes/i, 

 yl'loe distans, .Sempervivum urbicum, Lidigofera coccinea, Nemophila insignis, 

 Dracaj^na stricta, Camellia reticulata, C. imbricata, C. Colvillii, and Gray's 

 invincible camellia. 



Awarded. A silver Knightian medal to Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, for 

 2?hododendron arboreum ; to Mr. G. Glenny, for y/cacia verticillata ; to 

 Messrs. RoUisson, for the new variety of Oncidium carthaginense ; to Messrs. 

 Chandler, for Azalea indica pulchra ; and to Messrs. Low, for the Camellia 

 Sieboldti. A Banksian medal to Mr. Forbes, for golden Harvey apples; and 

 to Mr. Flanagan, for cucumbers. 



J\lay 1. — At the Anniversary Meeting, held this day, the following officers 

 were elected: — T. A, Knight, Esq., president; T. Edgar, Esq., treasurer; 

 G. Bentham, Esq., secretary ; and the Duke of Devonshire, the Hon. W. F. 

 Strangways, and Lancelot Holland, Esq., as the new members of the council. 



May 2. — Read. A paper on the Culture of the Strawberry, by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq., F.R.S., president. 



