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out frost ; they were all taken from one tree, of five feet dia- 

 BKter in top. Fire dozen ripe frnit, similar to those now shewn, 

 were left upon the tree, and a like number of green fruit was 

 coming on in succession. 



From Mrs. Randolph, of 2, Brids;e-street, Westminster, speci- 

 mens of aitijScialjloM-ert prepared from feathers of the natural co* 

 lour. These were singularly well executed imitations of flowers, 

 the brilliancy of the colours being quite equal to those of natural 

 specimens. 



From Petty Vaoghan, Esq., a small collection of Jpplet grown 

 at Hallowell, Maine, L'nited States, in about 444 X. lat. Some 

 of these specimens were not so large as they are sometimes pro- 

 duced in .America, but their colouring indicated a much greater 

 degree of sun heat than has been experienced of late in England. 

 Of those in the cc^ledion the Boston Russet proved a good apple 

 in this country, and the Rhode Island Greening also succeeds 

 welL The Newtown Pippin is sometimes good in warm seasons 

 and situations ; but more frequently its character becomes so 

 much altered, that it is difficult to bdieve it the very same varie- 

 ty as the imported fruit. 



From the Garden of the Society, specimens of Tarious tcuUer 

 Pears, and flowers of Kguonia remmsta, from a Pine Stove, and of 

 two varieties of the fragrant Chimonamthus, from the open wall. 



The following Medals were awarded ; 



The Silrer Kmighiiam to Mr. John Green, for Euphorbia jac- 

 qoiniflora. 



The 5i7rer Bamksiam to Mrs. Lawrence, for Hedychium Gard- 

 nerianum : to Mr. W. Redding, for Banksia Cimninghamii ; to 

 Mrs. Randolph, for feather flowers ; and to Mr. John Davidson, 

 for blood red Oranges. 



The foOowing Presents were announced ; 



An Account of the Mamufactnre of the Black Tea, as mow prac- 

 ticed at Smddtjfa in Upper Assam, hif the Chinamen sent thither Jfor 

 that purpose, by C. A. Bruce, Esq. Svo. Calcutta, 1838, from 

 Dr. Horsfield. 



Elenchus plantarum nocarmm minusque cognitamm quas in idnere 

 Hispanico l^U Edmundus Boissier, Svo. Geneva, 1838, from the 

 Author. 



Rerue sommaire de la famille des Bignoniaetes, par M. Aug. Pyr. 

 0e CandoDe, from the Author. 



The Botanical Register for January, from the Publishers. 



A Catalogue of the FelloKS, Candidates, and Licentiates of the 

 Royal College of Phifsidans, from the College. 



Proceedings of the American Philotophical Societff, Nos. 1, 2, 

 3, and 4, VoL I., from the Society. 



