l'HO( KKUINCS OK I IIK 



The Alhtnaum Newspaper lor May, by the Ktlitor, 



Comptt's raidtts dts i^Htiu fs dc L Avadvink dvs Sciences, etc. 



No8. 15, 16, 17, 18, ID. by llio Academy of JSciences ot Paris. 

 Acta Acadtmia- Nuiune curiusorum Vol. 18 I'urt 1. by the 



Acudeiny. 



June 16, 1S38. 



EXHIBITION AT THE GARDEN. 



The nuinlKT of N'isitors uj)on this occasion was 6'405, exclu- 

 sive of exhibitors. The arrangements remained as before, except 

 that about .'SOO feet of tables had been added in one of the lon^ 

 tents, in order to receive large specimens of plants. 



'J'he method of judging was altered by arranging the duties 

 of the Judges under .5 se])arate heads, to each of wliich distinct 

 Jud^res were assigned, and it was found that by this plan the 

 exhibitions submitted to competition could be more particularly 

 examined. 



The award was as follows t 



The Gold Knigiitian wkdal. 



To Mrs. Lawrence F.H.S., for a large collection of Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants. 



To Sigismund Rucker Esq. Jun. F. H. S. , for a collection of 

 Orchidaceous plants. 



To Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, for a collection of Orchi- 

 daceous j)lants. 



The GoivD Banksian. 



To Mr. John Green, Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus Bart., 

 F.H.S. , for a large collection of Stove and Greenhouse plants. 



To Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, for a large collection of Stove 

 and Greenhouse plants. 



To Mr. Falconer, Gardener to A. Palmer Esq. for a small col- 

 lection of Stove and Greenhouse plants. 



To Mrs. Lawrence, F. H. S , for Cape Heaths. 



