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i'Uor»:Ki>i\<;s or thk 



July. 17, lH:iS. 



OUDINAUY MKimNG. 



Tin* followiiii.;- caiKlidatcs wore elected Fellows of the Society; 

 W illiam Clay, lOstj. M. I*. 17, Nottingham phuo, and Ful- 



woll Lodf!;e, Twickenham. 

 Thoinus Watson, Kstj. 7, Aldennanhury. 



The foUowinj:; objects were exhibited 



From Mr. William Cock, Jim , of Chiswick, a collection of 

 VI very fine VeUtyj^oninms, of most unusual si/e and beauty. 



From A. H. Lambert, Es{|., F. U.S., a specimen of Pourretia 

 rubicdttlis, a lariz;c' liromeliaceous plant with dull i)urple flowers, 

 native of Chili, now blossomed for the first tiine. 



From J. L. Elliot, Ksq., F. U.S.. some finely grown Cucumbers. 



From S. Uucker, F^s(|. Jun., FMI.S., specimens of the curious 

 Stnnhopcn uLsi<(nis, and of a species of Cirrha'ci, apparently not 

 ditVorent from C. trislis. 



From Messrs. Chandler, and Co. of Vauxhall, a specimen of 

 Zigadcnus elegans, a rare and curious North American herbaceous 

 plant, with pale green and white llowers in size and form re- 

 sembling those of an Ornithogalum arabicum. 



From John Williams, Esq., C.M.H S., of Pitmaston near 

 A\'orcester. specimens of Dictamnus albus, in a monstrous con- 

 dition. Mr. Williams stated, in a letter which accompanied the 

 si)ccimens, that the plant producing them had previously borne 

 tlowers of the ordinary kind j that in May it was freely watered 

 with a liquid the colour of coffee, taken from a tank receiving 

 the drainage of a stable-yard ; that in the July or August follow- 

 ing it was again watered with the same mixture having about 

 an ounce and half of green vitriol (sulphate of iron) dissolved 

 in it, Mr. Williams having in a former experiment found that 

 this salt gave the leaves of the Hydrangea a very dark green 

 colour, and caused the production of some blue flowers. To this 

 treatment of the Fraxinella, however, Mr. Williams did not 

 assign the monstrosity in question, because the two adjoining 

 plants, which had the same treatment as to liquid manure, flowered 

 this year in great perfection. But the leaves this year of the 

 plant which produced the monstrous Jlower were stated to be of a 

 more yellow colour than those of the two adjoining plants ; which 

 was not the case the preceding year. The sulphate of iron was 

 broke into small pieces, and the ounce and half m ixed in a 

 water-pot containing about three gallons ; it appeared possible 

 that the plant with monstrous flowers might have received the last 

 portion from the bottom of the water-pot more highly charged 

 with the solution of iron. 



