PROCKKDINOR OK TUP. 



proved by iiu'aus of fruit aiul i;rafls sent to the Society by the 

 Rev. 1(. II. Kluuii, of NN'inklield ; it is very larjj^c, even from a 

 stiiiidard ; and in a warm season from a wall it has tlie ajjpear- 

 aneo of a Uvedale's St. Ciorinain, but is meltinp; and buttery; 

 Season. Deeeniber, and January. Downton iXon/xircil ; larger 

 than tlieOld Nj)ni)areil, of a brisk flavour and keejjs late in the 

 season. It is l)i lie\ ed to be the l)est of all the apples raised by 

 Mr. Knii;ht. 



The following Presents were announced j 



Nos. I to 5, (}f i he Proceedings of the Scientific Society of Loii' 

 don, from the Society. 



Ihitish Flowering Plants, No. 92. fr(mi the Author, Mr. W. 

 Baxter. 



Proceedings of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of 

 India, from the Society at C/alciitta. 



The Athen<£um for February, from the Editor. 



The Botanical Register for March, from the Publishers. 



Acta Acadcmia: natures Curiosoruni, Vol. 19. Part 7, from the 

 Academy at Bonn. 



March 17, 1S40. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



His Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Saxe Coburg and 

 Gotha, having, on the application of His Grace the President, 

 and of the Council, consented t()l)ecomca Member of the Society, 

 it was unanimously resolved that the name of His Royal Iluai- 

 NESS be placed at the head of the list next after that of HER 

 MAJESTY. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society ; 



Benj. E. Lindo, Esq., 31, Queen Anne Street. 



Andrew Maclew, Esq., Waterloo Place, and Poulett Lodge, 



Twickenham. 

 George Rushout, Esq., Burford House, Tenbury. 

 Mrs. Wray, Oakfield, Cheltenham. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition j 



From Mrs. Lawrence, a large collection of Stove and Green- 

 house plants, among which were the Hoveas purpurea, pungens, 

 and linearis, in great beauty, Acacia Cunninghamii, and Cytisus 

 rhodopncea. (Silver Knightian Medal awarded). 



From Sigismund Rucker, Esq., Jun., the rare and curious 

 Malay epiphyte called, Phalcrnopsis amabilis, (the white butterfly 

 plant), Oncidiurn bifolium, and Dendrobium nobile. (Silver 

 Knightian Medal awarded.) 



