PROCKKDINCS OK I II B 



The Silrrr lianksuin lo Mr. Stei-l of Hitliinond, for Cainollias , 

 to Mr. John Wi'iHlon, for Cucumbers ; to Mr. I*. N. Don, for 

 Om iiliuni viin rinuin, and Dendrobiuni iimbriatum ^ to Mr. 

 Brown, for A/alea indica varie^ata j to Mr. W. Redding, for 

 ll«)\ t a hmreolala and Sisyrincliium grandilloruin, and to Messrs. 

 ( handlers, for the new variety of Camellia. 



The foIk)wing Presents were announced ; 



Cumptrs rcndus, Nos. 5, 6,7, H and [), of the first lialf year, 1639, 

 from the Academy of Sciences at I'atis. 



( (itahgiw of Loifdiges Orchidea^ from Messrs. Loddigcs and 

 Sons. 



Proceedings of the (\nnmittec of the Royal Asiatic Society, from 

 the Society. 



Pmctum Jf'oburncuse, or a Catalogue of Coniferous plants in the 

 (\)Uection (f the Duke of Bedford at H'oburn Abbey, from His 

 Grace the Duke of Bedford. 



Transactions of the Society of Arts, Part 1, Volume 52, from 

 the Societ>^ 



April 2, 1839. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society j 



Andrew Mortimer Drummond, Esq., 49, Charing Cross, 



and The Tile House, Denham, Bucks. 

 Mr. Thomas Ansell, Camden Nursery, Camden Town. 



The following objects were exhibited ; 



From Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, a collection of Heaths, and 

 a plant of Chorizema cordifolium. 



From ]Mr. George Glenny, seven varieties of hybrid Amaryllis, 

 and a miscellaneous collection of Greenhouse plants. 



From Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, two seedling Azaleas, and 30 

 varieties of Heartsease. 



From Mr. William Smith, of Norbiton Common, a collection 

 of Rhododendrons and Camellias, among which was a fine speci- 

 men of Camellia reticulata. 



From Mr. George Steel, of Richmond, a basket of cut 

 Camellia flowers. 



From Mr. Errington, Gardener to Sir P. de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., some very fine plants of Keens seedling Straw- 

 berry, forced. 



From Mr. Robert Buck, of Blackheath, a specimen of the 

 curious Mantisia saltatoria, or " Opera Girls," a stove plant with 

 •singularly formed ilowers resembling a female figure swinging at 

 the end of an elastic rod. 



