146 THE FLORIST AND 



Peter Raabe ; $1 for a specimen of Diclytra spectabilis, to the same; $3 for 

 fine Calceolarias and Auriculas, to Charles Miller ; $2 for a collection of 

 Cinerarias to John Pollock ; $1 for a collection of Calceolarias to Henry A. 

 Dreer ; $5 to John Sherwood for a fine seedling Camellia of large size and 

 distinct color. The committee called special attention to several cut 

 Camellias, sent by Miss Percival, taken from an American seedling which 

 had grown out for several years in a northern exposure of a garden wall ; 

 she has only succeeded in flowering American seedlings. 



By the Committee on Vegetables — Sea Kale, six heads, for the best to 

 James Logan, gardener to Owen Jones ; Rhubarb, twelve stalks, for the best 

 to Thomas Croft. And a special premium of $2 to Jerome Graff for a dish 

 of Tomatoes. The committee noticed a fine bunch of Asparagus from I. B. 

 Baxter. 



The Special Committee appointed to solicit from Dr. W. D. Brinckld, a 

 reconsideration and withdrawal of his resignation, report that he had con- 

 sented to its withdrawal. 



A communication from Peter B. Mead, Recording Secretary of the New 

 York Horticultural Society, was read : purporting that their society had 

 appointed a committee to take measures in connection with other Horticul- 

 tural Societies, for procuring the seeds of shrubs, trees, &c. (especially the 

 Conifers), indigenous to Oregon and Upper California, and desiring a 

 co-operation on the part of our society ; the subject was on motion referred 

 for consideration to the Committee for the Distribution of Seeds, &c. 



A preamble and resolutions in relation to a publication of an excepted 

 portion of the last Ad Interim Report of the Fruit Committee, were referred 

 to a special committee. 



On motion, Ordered, That the Ad Interim Reports for the future be 

 submitted to the society in manuscript before being printed. 



On motion, Ordered, That a special committee be appointed to consider 

 and recommend some means to establish a flower market. 



Members Elected, — Morris Hacker, Thomas Robertson and John B. 

 Roudet. 



Objects Shown. 



Plants — By Robert Buist — New and shown for the first time : Burling- 

 tonia rigida, Eriostemon intermedium, Leschenaultia biloba, Rhododendron 

 ciliatum, Begonia semperflorens, Cantua dependens, Deutzia crenata, Epacris 

 densiflora, Tropoeolum minus ; also fancy Geraniums — Captivation, Caliban, 

 Wintonia, punctata and odorata. Geraniums — National, Eleanor, ocellatum 

 and Hendersonii ; twelve plants — Polygala dalmatiana, Cytisus fragrans, C. 

 hybrida, Kehnedya monophylla, Mahernia odorata, Erica ovata, E. cylui> 



