506 London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Exhibition of Azaleas and Rhododendrons. The Council of the Society 

 having announced that a large silver medal and Banksian medals would be 

 awarded for the best exhibition of azaleas and rhododendrons at the 

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

 — The Rev. Thomas Gamier, 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 his rhododendrons ; and a fourth to 

 William Wells, Esq., for his azaleas. 



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

 Fellows of the Society. 



June 19. — Read. 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. Sarracenia purpurea, from Mrs. Marryatt. Seedling Psebnia albi- 

 flora and seedling Paeonia Richardsdni, from Mr. Chandler. Thirty-two 

 hybrid calceolarias, Pelargonium Barclay««w?K and a seedling, Calceolaria 

 Hopedna, Evlca, ventricosa superba, two cauliflowers 6 lbs. 1 1 oz. and 

 5 lbs. 13 oz., from Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. Kklmia latifolia new var., 

 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 

 Brassia maculata, from the Comte de Vandes. Magnolia Thompsoniawa 

 and glauca, iSpartium virgatum, azaleas, and rhododendrons, from Mr. James 

 Thompson. Erythrina /aurifolia, Cereus Jenkinsoni, a seedling cactus, 

 Gloxinia caulescens, Spigeli^ sp. nova, hybrid calceolaria, and Georgiraa 

 Zelinda, from Mr. W. Dennis. Cattleya species, Paeonia var. from P. 

 edulis Whitleyi, from Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers : Bignonia capreolata, 

 Wistaria frutescens, Calampelis scabra, Jasminum revoliitum, Philadelphia 

 hirsutus; Robinia macrophylla, hispida 2 varieties of; Chinese roses, rose 

 de Lisle, Drummond's thomless rose; Scotch roses, double; iupinus 

 arboreus, ornatus, and polyphyllus ; Peebnia albifldra Whitleyi ; Azaleas ; 

 Calceolaria arachnoidea; Pentstemon speciosus, pubescens, glandulosus, 

 and ovatus ; Brodiae v a grandiflora, Eschscholtzza californica, Mimulus mos- 

 chatus, Pris Aiphium, Pris .riphioides, iWalva purpurata, Clarkk pulchella, 

 Collinsfa grandiflora, and 7 v ris lusitanica. 



July 3. — Exhibited. Pine-apple strawberries, from Mr. Myatt, Manor 

 Farm, Deptford. Hybrid seedling cactuses, from W. Wells, Esq. Fruit- 

 gatherers of a new construction, from Mr. John Dobson, 13. Newington 

 Causeway. <Sempervivum sp. from the Cape, from John Reeves, Esq. 

 Magnolia Thomsoniajza, from Mr. R. Donald. Oncidium flexuosum, from 

 the Countess Amherst. Hybrid Gladioli, from Wm. Wells, Esq. Hybrid 

 calceolarias, from Messrs. Young of Epsom. Stuam'a Malachodendron, 

 Yellow Chile strawberry, and Andromeda casszmfdlia, from the Rev. J. 

 Beadon. Black Hamburgh grapes, Black Frontignac grapes, White Con- 

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

 from Mr. G. Leslie, gardener to G. Fleming, Esq. Wistaria frutescens, 

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

 Mr. T. Hogg of Paddington. iZhodode'ndron maximum, Magnolia glauca, 

 M. Thompsoniawa, and late azaleas, from Mr. Thompson of Mile End. 

 Habenaria fimbriata, from Messrs. Chandler. The Council having an- 

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

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

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

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



