varieties. ‘or Filbert Nuts, a ts, a Ist priz 
—— 2d to Mr. Mitchell. — 
for exhibition, a beautiful 
ime Antomne, fro 
ee 
] not 
fas 
| for flowering specimens of L 
Veronica Lindleyana — Ding open bana 
L ot rdi siness of 
of Cartsburn suggested hs pro- 
minutes a record of the So- 
of the high merits of the late Mr. Willi 
er of the Committee of 
Pr the 8 loss which the Society bet 
ra fe 
r. 
expressing the ee of the — 
following commu 
aan read, Mr. Neves officiating for 
. a by Mr. James M‘Nab of his 
THE GARDENERS’ 
mo pet ut 
S those 88 which had 
Mr. Wea 
N ber last, to England and Ireland, on 
iety’s business. ice-President, in 'the 
pronounced a . e eulogy on the 
was absent on account of the recent — 
thanks of the a were unan 
ed to Mr. James M‘Nab a agen 
otato Onion, WM illiam 
e cultivation of the 
1B <a (N HELD 
847. — The firs 
kit, and vegetables for H, 88 1847- 48, 
oe w- rooms, ec. 3, and was 
both b. the European a ard Native com 
AT 
ittee inspected the vegetable produce 
den, w —— of three baskets z 
amous Sugar-pea), a large 
ry fine new es ised k — = 
* F e and white 
dalle of lend Cauliflowers, also of 
Endive, Lettuce, 2 -root, Ouions, 
ams, Cabool C um 
* ums, illies, Horse-ra 
Pa.’ Tomatoes, and indigenous 
t show of | mens 
Capta 
- — foit € Coleoptera si — t families, of which 
ad been elected 
The distr ‘bation of specime 
een 
t took 
88 sapea 
= lace f. 
the rA P for. he cil for 
Coun 
pa Presi 
-|T 
for the past year 
wize | dent, and he nominated J. Miers, Esq., F. R 
=| Doubleday, ioe „F. L. S., Vice Presidents. 
5 
847 
treating the Orchids under his care differe 
from that generally followed. Instead of oi 2 5 = 
u unifi —— pursues the opposite 
v. 6. ii SEEN yoe, Esq.,F 
sident, in the cha ir. "Thies a special 2 —— 
or a revision of the — and for a 
retail —_ damag 
s of var roma piceana 
t the connecting links between 
been deseri stinet 
speci ver exhibited the portable eases 
for — by the 3 of E new species of Psyche from the 
ew Forest. 4 terhouse se poin nted out the 
distinetions bet 
sn also on minute but 
ences a be European and Ameri- 
can specimens of some species of 2 A notice 
e was read by Mr. Stainton on the synonymy of Tinea 
iib 
-W. Spence, Esq., F 
South Australia 2 presented 
donations of books announced from the Roya em 
of Belgium, the ee and 3 of Natural 
Sciences of Lyons, the Entomological Societies of Paris 
and Stettin, the Natura 3 
cimens of Cucuj 5 
box of 13 2 insects of different orders from N 
a ve gen 
. Mait land exhibited speci- 
d by Mr. Churton, pags Å 2 which were! 
us in 
3 1ire more ample accommodation than 
Orchid house affords them, The broad 
sides, alread e hips red 2 22 nota seibili of 
already procludes ibilit 
walking 2 along them. "The fin ae l 
n of 
best of health, the peal of the foliage being 
, | than that of plants rig the neighbouring lights glazed 
mon 
with com 
The e Chrysanthemums, which have for some time me! 
kept the eonser v of flower, 
rva, 
pg hala 
Con 
flowering conservatory shra 
most oie and — as much for its — a foliage 
as eliciously 
c ted the — 
of Bailey's ng othe iron horse-shoe o ha 
cupied, th 
— paar s Awbed cast iron 2 of ex 
ter et in Welsh — ina solid 
thiek. casing of brickwork, routed in all round them, 
They answer — bly well, and retain their heat for 
e If th ite are kept closed the heat 
n be kept up for two or three daysand nights together 
without fresh fuel being added, aud of the latter much 
re 
is co; than 
— heated — owing to the way in which — 
set. In e present case both the boilers a 
very European 5 near 
howe . ei Also the — . | purple: 
colou coon of a m 
duced from it was unfortuna ately not k 
exhibited several very rare m f 
tricts o u 
J. 
the Curculion 
from Mr. 3 pak Fr a of Sek 
Schaum to Mr. E. Doub! 
ing captures, includin of The 
d ath of Mr. Ale ni Dag te in oe South Wales 
Mr. We a paper con- 
s of some new ian Cetoniidze. 
the descriptions of ence new and 
the Society. Papers were 
—The 1 
general meeting of this Bosing cos * at the 
Tav a 
Loc] 
© 
was read esiet s ae 
then proceeded to elect officers for the ‘ensuing , 
when reasurer, 
—.— ia a 5 long thread; er perfect ere pro si 
Mr. | fai 
| fi 
P 
psis and the allied | 
hk p. aut of Mr. "Fortune 4 Jasminum nudiflorum 
wall, as are also hes 
te 
coming finely — flower in the open It offers 
o become oue of our most oruamental hardy winter 
—— ubs. 
In the evening a lecture was given in the readi 
3 structure of leaves, the interior of which 
separately to each person by beautiful pre- 
— fom Mr. ges, See of Bristol, seen through 
achromatic microscope. 
— —— Te RS Se 
). 
handsome Sa eue ſor pr 
only of the alr e collection 
5 rent branches of N Natural 
E 
Spenar, 
xertions the e 4 been mainly y broug 
a present flourishing condition. Resolutions in favour 
of the formation of classes in g x 
and the a pari aae were proposed an 
Pro 
E 
given by 
19 0 15s., being 66“. 
12s over that of 1846. 
are outstanding subscriptions 
the liabilities of the Society havi 
Garden Memoranda. 
e bare 
Horticu iurat Societys Garden, Dec. 18. 
on former occasions sta stated that Mr. Gordon has 
romptu pappe were given 
ai the singular stru 
3 in investigating the habits of animals 
Calendar of Operations. 
iker t 5 2 Week.) 
on 
A reserve shang "Vines 
8 afford th 
