London Horticultural Society and Garden. S83 



From the Garden of the Society. Azalea Indica phcEnlcea, Indica alba, 

 indica hybrida; Camellia imbricata, Colvilk'; Franciscea Hopefl?20!, Dra- 

 cae^na stricta. 



April 2. — Read. The Meteorological Journal kept in the Society's 

 Garden through 1832. 



Exhibitio7u<i at the Socieft/'s Garden. The Vice-President (Dr. Hender- 

 son) announced that a sufficient number of tickets had been subscribed 

 for, to enable the Council to make the requisite preparations for the Exhibi- 

 tions at the Garden in the montiis May, June, and July, and that the first 

 Exhibition would take place on Saturday the 25th day of May. The 

 show in May is to be for flowers, that in June for flowers, that in July 

 for flowers and fruit. On each occasion, one or more large silver medals, 

 and four or more Banksian medals will be awarded to those who exhibit 

 the best productions. Messrs. Gunter are engaged to supply refresh- 

 ments, at regulated prices, to the visiters. These exhibitions are in lieu 

 of the fete which has hitherto annually been given. ^ 



Distributed. Scions of the Dutch mignonne, Beachamwell, and Irish 

 peach apples ; of the Marie Louise glout morceau pears. 



Exhibited. Azalea indica alba, sinensis, from J. Horsley Palmer, Esq., 

 his gardener being Seward Snow. Two brace of very fine cucumbers, 

 from R. H. Cox, Esq., grown by his gardener, Mr. Weeding. Jcacia deal- 

 bata, grown in the open air near Winchester, in great perfection, from the 

 Rev. T. Garnier. Ten kinds of Camellia, E'pacris nivalis, Di\lwj nia 

 Juniperina, from the Messrs. Chandler. Ears and straw of millet, raised in 

 1832; seeds and stalks of French cress, raised in 1832, from H. S. Mat- 

 thews, Esq. A seedling J?hododendron, obtained from between R, arbo- 

 reum and R. catawbiense, from Mi\ H. Burn. A garden engine on an 

 improved plan, from Mr. Read. 



From the Society's Garden. A specimen of Oldaker's seedling pine- 

 apple, and a collection of flowers. 



April IQ. — Read. A paper on the Preservation of Peas for Winter 

 Use, by Mr. Thomas Blake, F. H. S. 



Exhibited. Azalea Indica phoenicea, from Mrs. Marryat. A cucumber, 

 from J. Allnutt, Esq. A hoe, from Colonel Le Couteur, of Jersey. Spe- 

 cimens of hoes, from Lord Vernon. A noble plant of Phaius Tanker- 

 \illics, bearing seven spikes of flowers, from Mr. George Mills, gardener to 

 Alexander Copeland, Esq. Cyrtopodium Andersonie, 5 ft. high, from 

 Richard Harrison, Esq. 



Frojn the Garden of the Society. Flowers : Berberis glumacea, fascicu- 

 laris, Jquifolium, and heteroph jlla ; /Vis tuberosa, Erythrina herbacea, 

 Gloxinia caulescens; Camellia reticulata and speciosa; -ffii?'^?^ sanguineum, 

 three varieties of; R. aureum prae^cox; Gesneria Douglasii; Jmygdalus 

 macrocarpa ; Anomatheca cruenta; Justicia flavicoma, and A'^arcissi, 



Lecture. It was announced that the first Lecture on Botany applied to 

 Horticulture would be given on the 24th instant. 



May 1. 1833. — The Anniversary Meeting was held, and the Report of 

 the Proceedings of the Society through the past year read, and officers 

 elected for the year ensuing. 



May 7. — Read. A paper on Rockworks in Botanic Gardens, by Pro- 

 fessor Schranck. 



Exhibited. From Mrs. Marryat, Camellia florida, iVarcissi, Tidipa 

 Clusia?za, Wistaria Consequa^za, Phlox procumbens, An&mcx\Q stellata 

 Dec, Bilbergia nudicaulis, Calanthe z;eratrif61ia. A garden syringe, 

 from Mr. Read. An Enville pine-apple, from P. D. Cooke, Esq. 

 -Erica aristata major, from Mr. John Cornelius, Drayton Green. Sweeney 

 nonpareils, from T. H. Parker, Esq. An unnamed kind of apple. 



