HORTICL I/i L KAL SOCIEI Y OF LONDON. 



175 



The result of this award, as compared with the objects exhi- 

 bited, is shewn by the following table. 







MEDALS AWARDED. 





S3 .2 

 .ti 

 S — 

 s ■— 





c 

 ' 5 

 "3 'J 



^ > 





d 









i 







-■n § 















W 



(tarnations _ _ _ . 



3 





__ 





1 



1 



Pinks 



7 



— 



— 



— 



2 



3 



Piccotees ----- 



3 











i 



Heaths _ - - _ - 



5 



1 



1 



3 







Orchidacea - . - - 



8 



2 





5 



2 





Pelargoniums - 



3 





2 



1 







Roses - _ - _ . 



14 





2 



6 



3 



2 



Stove and Green-house plants 



8 



1 



4 



2 



1 





Alstromerias - 



1 







1 









60 





"l 



4 



7 



9 



Fine Single Specimens in flower 



27 







1 



3 



5 



New ornamental plants 



6 











1 



Miscellaneous _ _ - . 



31 









1 



1 



Total. 



166 



1 4 



10 



23 



1 22 



1 23 



July 6, 1S40. 

 GARDEN COMMITTEE * 



It was reported by Mr. Thompson that Madia sativa a new 

 oil plant, had been sown in the month of September, 1839, as 

 directed in the instructions received with it from Germany, but 

 that all the plants had perished during the following vsinter ; those 

 plants however which had been raised from a sowing in the 

 middle of March, 1840, withstood slight spring frosts and were 

 in flower in the beginning of June. 



Read a report by Mr. Gordon upon acclimatizing plants. From 

 the numerous experiments upon this subject in the garden it / 

 appears ; l.that plants which it is intended to acclimatize should 

 never be subjected to artificial heat during the winter that 

 precedes their being planted out ; that if obtained from seeds 

 as little heat as possible should be employed in raising them ; 



* The Council have directed that the reports on experiments monthly pre- 

 sented to the Garden Committee by the Under Geirdeners, should be hence- 

 forward published in these Proceedings if they appear sufficiently interesting. 



