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in the winter ; and was raised from a cutting taken from a green-house plant 

 in 1829 or 30, struck in a pot, then planted out, and the whoie of the original 

 cutting which was crooked cut off. So that this stick was a young shoot 

 from the root, not more than seven years' growth, produced entirely in the 

 open air. It measured (the end shoots cut off) 5 ft. in length, 1 ft. round 

 the base. From Thomas Harris, Esq., F.H.S., of Kingsbury, a -very ex- 

 tensive and remarkable collection of cactaceous plants. Many of the speci- 

 mens were aged individuals imported from Mexico, and some of them ex- 

 hibited in a striking manner the transition from round or spheroidal stems to 

 compressed and sinuous ones. Opuntia senilis and several specimens of 

 Cereus senilis were present in great perfection ; as were some seedlings of the 

 latter, nine months old, which were quite free from the long hoary hairs 

 which give that plant so singular an appearance when old. This collection 

 was accompanied by a small collection of green-house plants, among which 

 were Diplolaena Dampieri and Hoitza mexicana. From Mr. John Lumsden, 

 gardener to H. Bevan, Esq., F.H.S., a dish of fine elruge nectarines. From 

 Sir C. Lemon, Bart., a dish of lemons ripened at Carclevv. From James 

 Bateman, Esq., F.H.S., specimens of the Epidendrum macrochilum, and of a 

 new species of' that genus, which he proposes to call Epidendrum alatum..The 

 latter was accompanied by the following memorandum. " A remarkably fine 

 and distinct new species of Epidendrum discovered by Mr. Skinner in the in- 

 terior of Honduras, and kindly sent to me from thence in the summer of 1837. 

 The habit is exceedingly striking, the leaves being dark green, 2 ft.- long, 

 gracefully curved, and placed in twos and threes on the apex of the large oval 

 pseudo-bulbs. It grows very freely, and though now flowering for the first 

 time, and therefore of course with not half the vigour that may be expected 

 from it, produced a spike 3 ft. in height on which forty flowers were in per- 

 fection at the same moment. It has continued in beauty for upwards of six 

 weeks, scenting the whole house wherein it grew with one of the most delicate 

 and delightful perfumes imaginable. The gold margin to the lip contributes 

 much to the elegance of its appearance ; and its column is furnished with a pair 

 of pseudo-wings which have suggested the name. It will be figured in Part 4. 

 of the Orehidacecs of Mexico and Guatemala." Unfortunately these specimens 

 had been almost destroyed by the carriage from Knypersley. From the 

 Society's garden, a variety of hardy green-house plants, among which was a 

 very remarkable hybrid Mimulus, of striking beauty, which had been raised 

 between M. cardinalis and M. roseus. It possessed the vigorous growth of 

 the former, while its foliage had become more firm, and the flowers were of 

 the colour of M. roseus suffused with an admixture of the scarlet of M. car- 

 dinalis. This plant, called Mimulus roseo-cardinalis, had been presented to 

 the Society by Lieut.-Col. Fielding, F.H.S. A Banksian medal was awarded 

 to Mr. Lumsden for his nectarines. It was also stated that a large silver 

 medal would have been assigned to Mr. Harris for the fine collection of 

 cactaceous plants, had that gentleman not requested that they should not be 

 taken into account by the judges. 



July 3. 1838. — Ordinary Meeting. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 President, took the chair. The following letter was read from Sir W. E. R. 

 Boughton, Bart., in acknowledgement of the resolution passed at the Special 

 General Meeting on the 19th of June. 



" Blenheim Hotel, June 26. 1838. 

 " My dear Sir, I have received, forwarded to me in London, the resolutions 

 of a Special Meeting of the Horticultural Society of London, communicating 

 their great regret at the death of their late President, to his afflicted widow 

 and family. May I beg the favour of you to convey to the Society the sincere 

 thanks of Mrs. Knight, and of every individual of the family, for this very 

 flattering condolence, which expresses with so much force and feeling the high 

 sense they entertain of his private worth and public services. Mr. Knight's 

 warm attachment to the welfare of the Horticultural Society, and to its 



