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pursuits, has been fully proved by the ardour and constancy with which he 

 applied his very original mind to the objects of the Society, as influenced by 

 the investigation of the laws of nature. From his earliest youth he viewed 

 the prosperity of such an Institution as a subject of much national im- 

 portance, and he considered that it would exert an influence, as it has done, 

 to a great extent, in spreading amongst the people a knowledge of the true 

 principles of vegetable physiology, of procuring for them an increased supply 

 of food, and of adding largely to the general comforts and happiness of man- 

 kind. These were the objects Mr. Knight kept constantly in view, and which 

 the Horticultural Society have so successfully promoted. With every grateful 

 acknowledgement for the honour they have done to his memory, and with my 

 best wishes for their continued prosperity, I remain, my dear Sir, very faith- 

 fully yours, W. E. Rouse Boughton. 

 " George Bentham, Esq., Sfc." 



The following objects were exhibited : — From James Bateman, Esq., F.H.S., 

 beautiful specimens of Cattleya intermedia, Cycnoches ventricosum an epiphyte 

 with a delicious odour, Dendrobium chrysanthum, and the rare Dendrobium 

 secundum ; the last was in a state of very unusual perfection. The Cycno- 

 ches had flowers much larger than usual, the sepals and petals more fleshy, 

 the column terete, and the anther and pollen masses were abortive. It was, 

 however, stated by Mr. Bateman, in a note that accompanied the collection, 

 that the flowers were produced from the same plant as that which yielded the 

 specimen represented in his Orchidacece of Mexico and Guatemala, and which 

 had previously blossomed five times without exhibiting any disposition to vary. 

 From Messrs. Dart and Sons, 69. Strand, a model of a self-acting ventilator 

 for hot-houses, pits, or any similar places. It worked by the expansion and 

 contraction of a pyrometer formed of a hollow cylinder of zinc, and appeared 

 to be sensible of very small differences in temperature. From the Hon. W. 

 F. Strangways, F.H.S., various cut flowers, among which were beautiful 

 specimens of Pisum maritimum wild, from the sea coast of Dorsetshire, and 

 branches of Pittosporum Tobira and Veronica decussata, which had stood out 

 during the last winter in the open border at Abbotsbury. From Mr. Charles 

 Marshall, gardener to Mrs. Langley of Kingston, specimens of a bean, which 

 was stated to be a fortnight earlier than the common longpod bean, from 

 among a crop of which the seed was saved. From Gr. H. Ward, Esq., F.H.S., 

 small specimens of a kind of carrot, imported from Thoulouse, and said to 

 measure there from 3 ft. to 3 ft. 6 in, in length, From W. R. Hamilton, Esq., 

 Stanley Grove, Chelsea, a species of Arum brought by his son, Mr. W. I. 

 Hamilton, from the banks of the Mesistus in Asia Minor, four days journey 

 south of Cyzicus. It proved to be Arum Dracunculus. From Mr. Mountjoy 

 of Ealing, Fuchsia fulgens and Lophospermum grandiflorum. From Mr. 

 Myatt of Deptford, specimens of three new varieties of strawberry. From 

 Mr. Hogg of Paddington, six seedling pinks of the present year; and also a 

 collection of Pinks. From R. Harrison, Esq., F.H.S., of Aighburgh near 

 Liverpool, a new species of Oncidium (pulvinatum) imported from Brazil. 

 It had produced a straggling zigzag panicle, 6 or 7 ft. long, with very much 

 the appearance of O. divaricatum, from which it differed in the form of its 

 labellum, and in having a convex villous cushion at the base of that organ. 

 From the Society's garden, a variety of plants in flower. 



The following medals were awarded: — The silver Knightian to Richard 

 Harrison, Esq., for Oncidium pulvinatum, and to James Bateman, Esq., for 

 Dendrobium secundum. 



Art. VII. Covent Garden Market. 



The market has been regularly, but not abundant!}', supplied during the season 

 with all the varieties of vegetables usually expected at this period ; the qua- 

 lity of most of the articles decidedly good, with remunerating prices to the 

 growers. Of apples we have had a good average supply, in consequence of a 



