56 Floricultural and Botanical Notices 



committee report the following as coming under this class 

 of objects : — 



1. A new plant of the natural order MelastomacesB, sup- 

 posed to be a new species of the genus Lasiandra — exhib- 

 ited by Robert Buist. 



2. Six seedling Azaleas raised from the seed of the 

 Chinese kinds or indica and phcEuicea, impregnated with 

 /Rhododendron hybridum and Azalea lediiolia — exhibited 

 by Peter Mackenzie. 



3. A seedling Camellia japonica, exhibited by Peter Mac- 

 kenzie — [described in our Vol. IX, p. 149.] 



4. A seedling tea rose exhibited by Peter Mackenzie. 



5. Three seedling Azaleas exhibited by Peter Mackenzie. 



6. A seedling Cereus exhibited by Peter Mackenzie. 



7. A seedling Cereus exhibited by Wm. Chalmers, Jr. 



8. A new Diplacus, raised from seed brought home by 

 the United States Exploring Expedition — exhibited by Rob- 

 ert Buist. 



9. A new species of Francisea exhibited by P. Mackenzie. 



10. A seedling pseony, described as the product of seed 

 obtained from Pseon/'a Moutan papaveracea impregnated 

 with the pollen of the P. MoiUari var. Banksios — exhibited 

 by John Sherwood. [The seed was sown in 1838. It is 

 described as a beautiful hybrid, flower quite double, petals 

 large, white shaded in the lower half with delicate pink, 

 and liad from the attachment of its claw one fourth of 

 length, a broad blotch of deep carmine. The species was 

 exhibited last May, and was the first flower on the plant.] 



11. A dozen seedling carnations, and a seedling ever- 

 blooming rose, raised from the seed of Bourbon Madame 

 Desprez — named Henry Clay — exhibited by Peter Raabe. 



14. Seedling dahlias, twenty in number, exhibited by 

 Gerhard Schmitz, and seedling Junipers, Pines, Thuja, &c., 

 from seeds by T. Hancock. 



The only objects which the committee deem worthy of 

 premium are 



1. To Robert Buist for the Melastoma, a premium of five 

 dollars. 



2. To Peter Mackenzie for Azaleas, a premium of five 

 dollars. 



3. To John Sherwood for a new Paednia, a premium of 

 five dollars. 



New Seedling Chrysanthemum. — At the previous meeting 

 of the society, Nov. 21, Mr Robert Kilvington presented a 



