50i) lA})i(lon Ilorliciiltinal Sociclj/ and Garden. 



Exhiblliun uf Azaleas and lihudodendrons. The Council of the Society 

 haviiiL,' annoimced that a hirjie silver medal and Banksian medals would be 

 awarded for tiie best exhibition of azaleas and rhododendrons at the 

 Meeting of this day, collections were received from the foUowinp; persons: 

 — The Rev. Thomas (irarnier, Messrs. Waterer, Mr. James Thompson, 

 Messrs. Chandler and Sons, The Earl of Caernarvon, Mr. Robert Donald, 

 Messrs. Loddiges, Mr. John Lee, Messrs. Rollisson, William Wells, Esq., 

 and Mrs. Marryatt. The large silver medal was adjudged to Mr. Waterer; 

 the first Banksian medal to Mr. Lee ; the second Banksian medal to the 

 Rev. Mr. Gamier; and a third Banksian medal was recommended to be 

 given to Mr. James Thompson for iiis rhododendrons ; and a fourth to 

 William Wells, Esq., for his azaleas. 



Distributed. Seeds from the tiarden of the Brussels sprout to the 

 Fellows of the Society. 



June 19. — Head. A paper entitled Theory on Rockworks in Botanic 

 Gardens (First Part) ; by the late Franz de Paula, Chevalier de Schrank. 



Exhibited. Ranunculuses, Spanish irises, anemones, from Mr. Henry 

 Groom. Sarracen/a purpurea, from Mrs. Marryatt. Seedling Psebnia albi- 

 flora and seedling Pae6n/« Richardson/, from Mr. Chandler. Thirty-two 

 liybrid calceolarias, Pelargonium Barclay«H?»M and a seedling, Calceolaria 

 HopeoHrt, £rica ventricosa superba, two cauliflowers 6 lbs. 1 1 oz. and 

 3 lbs. 1.3 oz., from Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. Kalm/fl latifolia new van, 

 seedling Scotch roses, from the Rev. F. Beadon. Azaleas, from the Earl 

 of Caernarvon. Calceolaria Fothergilli and corymbosa, from Miss Mar- 

 tineau. Calceolaria species from Chile, Pectis species from Chile, and 

 Brass/a maculata, from the Comte de V^andes. MagnohV? Thompson/flna 

 andglauca, .Vpartium virgatum, azaleas, and rhododendrons, from Mr. James 

 Thom[)son. Erythrina /aurifolia, Cereus Jenkinson/, a seedling cactus, 

 Gloxin/« caulcscens, SpigehVi' sp. nova, hybritl calceolaria, and Georgiwrt 

 ZeHnda, from Mr. W. Dennis. Cattleyw species, Feeonia var. from P. 

 edulis Whitley/, from Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting. 



A/so, from the Garden of the Sociefi/. Flowers : BignoneVz capreoliita, 

 Wistaria frutescens, Calampclis scabra,./asminum revolutuni, Phiiadelphus 

 hirsutus; Robi'n/'a macrophylla, hispida 2 varieties of; Chinese roses, rose 

 dc Lisle, Drummond's thornless rose; Scotch roses, double; Z>upinus 

 arboreus, ornatus, and polyphyllus; Pxuiva albiflora Whitleyi ; Azaleas; 

 Calceolaria arachnciidea ; I'entstemon speciosus, pubescens, glandulosus, 

 and ovatus ; Brodite^fl grandiflora, li^schscholtzw califurnica, il/Imulus mos- 

 chsitus, /'ris A'fphium, /Vis .ri])hioides, il/alva purpurata, Clarkw pulchella, 

 Colllnsirt grandiHora, and /^ris Iusit6nica. 



./«/j/ .'}. — E.vhibited. Pine-apple strawberries, from Mr. Myatt, Manor 

 Farm, Deptfortl. Hybrid seedling cactuses, from W. Wells, l'>sq. Fruit- 

 gatherers of a new construction, from Mr. John Dobson, I.'}. Newington 

 Causeway. iSeniiiervivum sp. fron) the Cape, from John Reeves, Esq. 

 Magnoh'rt Thomsonww/, from Mr. R. Donald. Oncidium fiexuosum, from 

 the Countess Amherst. Hybrid (^/ladioli, from ^\'m. Wells, Esq. Hybrid 

 calceolarias, from Messrs. Young of l''.psoni. Stiu'irt/rt Malachodendron, 

 Yellow Chile strawberry, and Andromedrt cri.i.sinHoWa, from the Rev, J, 

 Beadon. Black Hamburgh gra|)cs, IMack Frontignac grapes. White Con- 

 stantia grapes. Old pine strawberries, and Wilmot's superb strawberries, 

 from Mr. G. Leslie, gardener to (i. Fleming, Escj. WistanV/ frutescens, 

 and Sophora velutina, from Messrs. Whitley. A collection of Pinks, from 

 Mr. T. Hogg of Padilington. i/hododendron maxinumi, Magnol/V? glauca, 

 M. Thompsonw///-/, and late azaleas, from Mr. Thompson of Mile End. 

 Habenaria finibriata, from Messrs. Chandler. The (.'onncil having an- 

 nounced that a large silver medal, and lianksiau medals, would be awarded 

 for the best exhibitions of roses at the Mcetingof this day, collections were 

 received from Messrs. Wells, Lee, Donald, Burn, Wood, Yoimg, Beadon, 

 Smith, Thompson, Malcolm, and Mrs. Marryatt, Miss Martinoau, and 



