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half tin- \ i^our thai may In* fxpn tt tl fn»m it, jirodiicod a sjjike 

 three feet in heii^hl on Nvliic h tnrty llowi is were in pert'eetiDii at 

 the oaine moineiit. 



" It huj* eoiKimieU in beauty for upwards of six weeks, scenting 

 the wlioK' house wlu-rein it ^rew with one of tlie most delicate 

 and dehi^ljlful j>erfumes imaginable. The ^old margin to the lip 

 eonlrii)nlr> much to the flei^fatu e of its aj)pearaiue and its column 

 is furni>hed witli a pair <»f pscudo-w ini.';s which ha\e sii^i;ested 

 the nauu". It will be li^urcd in part 1 of tiie Orchidacca' of 

 Mexico and (iuatemala. " 



I nfortunately thc^c sjjccinu'ns had been almost destroyed by 

 the (arriatre from Knypcrslcy. 



From the Society's Ciarden, a variety of Hardy (ireenhouse 

 plants amonp which was a very remarkable hybrid Mimulus, of 

 striking beauty, which had been raised between M. cardinalis, 

 and -)/. rosrits. It possessed the vigorous growth of the former, 

 while its foliat^e had become more firm, and the flowers were of 

 tiie colour of M. ro.sriis suH'used with an admixture of the scarlet 

 of M. ((irdinalis. 'J'his j)lant, called M'lmnlus rosea cardinalis, had 

 been presented to the Society by I>ieut.-Col, Fielding, F. U.S. 



A lianksiau medal was awarded to Mr. Lumsden for his Nec- 

 tarines. It was also stated that a lartre Silver medal would have 

 been assigned to Mr. Harris for the line collection of Cactaceous 

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

 taken into account by the Judges. 



The following presents were announced ; 



M^mnires de la Socictc dc Physique et d' Ilistoire Natnrelle de 

 Geneve, vol. 8 part 1 ; by the Society. 



Comptes rendus hehdomadaires des Stances de V Acad4mie des 

 Sciences, Nos. 20, and 21, by the Academy of Sciences. 



