334- London HotticuUitral Sociely and Garden, 



Luscombe. ^uphorbfa splendens, and E. Byrdnia, from Mr. J. Green. Ken- 

 nedia monophylla, and Keen's seedling strawberries, from R. Eyles, Esq. White 

 sugar from beet, and specimens of the roots, from Mr. Charlwood. ^S'tachys 

 palustris, sorts, from Mr. Henekey. i^hododendron arboreum, which has 

 bloomed for eight years successively, from Mr. Edmund Johnston. Acacia 

 hybrida, ^uphorbM splendens, E. Byronia, Styphelia tubiflora, /Rhododen- 

 dron brentfordiense, six camellias in pots, six roses in ditto, Jcanthus mollis, 

 Anthocercis albicans, and a new white Cyclamen, from Mr, Glenny. Golden 

 Harvey and Hawthornden apples, from J. G. Fuller, Esq. iJhododen- 

 dron arboreum, and R. i. album, from Mr. Wells. Cut flowers, from Mr. Strang- 

 ways. Two seedling cactuses, one Lady of Persia pink, Ruelli« formosa, and 

 four pots of seedling cyclamens, from Mr. Buck, Blackheath. Corrae^a pul- 

 chella, and C. speciosa, from G. A. Lake, Esq., Tulse Hill House, Brixton, 

 rfscum album, on the oak, from Mr. Loudon, to whom it was sent by Mr. D. 

 Beaton of Haffield, near Ledbury. (See p. 206.). Tropse^olum brachyceras, 

 from Mr. Thompson, Norwood. 



Erom the Garden of the Society. Plants. Berberis Jquifolium, Acantho- 

 phippium bicolor, Jristolochia trilobata. Erica grandinosa, Indigofera coccinea, 

 Nemophila insfgnis, Camelh'a imbricata, and C. Colvillw. 



Aivarded. A silver Knightian medal to the Rev. J. Luscombe, for oranges ; 

 and to Mr. J. Green, for the jBuphorbza splendens. A silver Banksian medal 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, for Brassi« Lanceana ; to Mr. Thompson, for Tropae^olum 

 brachyceras ; to W. Harrison, Esq., for ^rctostaphylos ??zyrtif61ia ; to R. W. 

 Eyles, Esq., for Kennedk longe-racemosa ; to Mr. G. Glenny, for Euphorbia 

 Byr6na« ; and to J. G. Fuller, Esq., for the golden Harvey apples. 



April 18. — Read. A paper on the Method pursued in the Cultivation of 

 the Cattleyfl, by Mr. Wm. Perrin, gardener to R. Harrison, Esq, 



Exhibited. Azalea indica phcenicea, and iJhododendron arboreum var,, 

 from Messrs, Whitley and Osborn, Fulham. ^cacia^/uniperina. Azalea indica 

 alba, Pomaderris sp., scarlet nonpareil, golden Harvey and Alfriston apples, 

 from Mr. Forbes, gardener to H. Pownall, Esq. Jcacia verticillata, Lantana, 

 Sellowii ; Oncidium carthaginense, and Styphelia tubiflora, from Mr. Glenny, 

 (Satyrium aiireum, from J. Reeves, Esq, Beaumont/a grandiflora, from S. F. 

 Phelps, Esq. Oncidium from Jamaica, O. bifolium ; Maxillaria Harrisons 

 var. M. aromatica; Brassj'a caudata, jShododendron cinnamomeum, and a 

 Chinese azalea; from Messrs. Rollisson. A brace of cucumbers, from Mr. P. 

 Flanagan. A lily from Guatemala, and an orchideous plant from Brazil, from 

 James Bateman, Esq. Hybrid rhododendron, from Mr, Gaines. J?hodo- 

 dendron Smithw, R. conspicuum. Azalea indica pulchra and A. i. carnea, from 

 Messrs. Chandler. Carissa spinarum, from G, Kirkpatrick, Esq. Camelh'a Sie- 

 boldti, and Lobeh'a />ersicif61ia, from Mr. H, Low, Five seedling Cacti, from 

 Mr, Robert Buck. A pair of Etruscan vine-pruners, and Camelh'a corallina, 

 ft'om Ednmnd Johnston, Esq. 



From the Garden of the Society. — Oncidium altissimum, Cattleya Forbes^, 

 ^'loe distans, t^empervivum urbicum, Indigofera coccinea, Nemophila insignis, 

 Dracae''na stricta. Camellia reticulata, C, imbricata, C, ColvilhV, and Gray's 

 invincible camellia. 



Awarded. A silver Knightian medal to Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, for 

 i?hododendron arboreum; to Mr. G. Glenny, for Jcacia verticillata; to 

 Messrs. Rollisson, for the new variety of Oncidium carthaginense ; to Messrs. 

 Chandler, for Azalea indica pulchra ; and to Messrs. Low, for the Camellia 

 Sieboldti, A Banksian medal to Mr. Forbes, for golden Harvey apples ; and 

 to Mr. Flanagan, for cucumbers. 



May 1. — At the Anniversary Meeting, held this day, the following officers 

 were elected: — T. A. Knight, Esq., president; T. Edgar, Esq., treasurer; 

 G. Bentham, Esq., secretary ; and the Duke of Devonshire, the Hon. W. F. 

 Strangways, and Lancelot Holland, Esq., as the new members of the council. 



May 2, — Read. A paper on the Culture of the Strawberry, by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq., F.R.S , president. 



