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PROrKKDlNOS OK TIIK 



OKDINAHV MEETING. 



Till' folIoNviiii; wt rc elected Fellows of the Society ; 



Stephen Flockton, Ks(|., 2, ^^\•stl)c)^^•ne Street, Hyde I'ark 

 (Jardeiis. 



Mrs. .lohii Abel Siniili, 17, Helgnive Square. 



John Lyon Wynder, Es(j., \ eynor Park, Montgomeryshire. 



The following objects were exhibited j 



From Mrs. Morris, Retreat, liattersea, a beautiful plant of 



Oncidium Lmicvanum, (A Silvkr Kniciitian Mkdal awarded.) 



From Mr. Embleton, (Jardcnor to Tlionias Barnard, Esq. 

 '2, Park 'J'errace, North Ikixton, a collection of Piccotees, ( A 

 Silver I^anksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Moore, (Jardcner to Miss Garnier of Wickham, 

 Hampshire, a Seedling Fuchsia, a plant of Oncidium pubes, and 

 SpircEa lobata, (A Silver Banksian Medal awarded to the 

 second. ) 



From James Batcman, Esq., F.H.S., specimens of Phaius 

 albus, and Epidendrum foribundum, two fine Epiphytes. 



From Mr. Dunsford, Gardener to the Baron Dimsdale, a plant 

 of Curcuma Roscoeana, a stove plant with rich scarlet floral leaves. 



From Mr. Appleby, Gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq., F'ence, 

 Macclesfield, a collection of Epiphytes, ( Silver Banksian 

 Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Hogg, of Paddington, a collection of beautiful Car- 

 nations and Piccotees, (Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mrs Lawrence, F.H.S., a fine set of Stove and Green- 

 house plants, among which were two beautiful specimens of 

 Crassula Coccinea, and some plants of two varieties of Peristeria 

 cerea, (The Silver Banksian Medal awarded for the former, 

 and the Knightian for the latter.) 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of Greenhouse 

 plants, among which was the beautiful Dyckia rarifiora. 



August 3, 1840. 

 GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



Mr. Thompson presented a report unfavourable to the effect 

 of Poitevin's disinfected manure upon esculent Vegetables and Cu- 

 cumbers, unless in a liquid state, much diluted with water. (See 

 p. 186 and 187-) 



Mr. Fortune presented a report unfavourable to the employ- 

 ment of Kyanized wood in horticultural buildings. This was or- 

 dered to be read before the Society. 



