PROCEEDINCS OF THE 



allow their loaves to tloiit. In April they wore removed to u 

 small stove devoted to the cultivation of Orthidaceie and other 

 select stove plants, where the temperature varied from ()5" to 90°, 

 temperature of the water in the cisterns, IxMnt^ about 75°. In May 

 the strongest siKH-imen was planted out in a water-tit^ht box, 3j 

 feet lonj^, 1^ foot wide, and 16 inches deep, lillcd with loamy 

 soil, havint^ a little «;ravel on the top to g^ive it solidity, and 

 allowiiiii: room for about two inches of water over the surface of 

 the soil. 'I'hc box was plunged into the bark bcnl, which raised 

 the temperature of the soil and water in the box to 80°. This 

 bottom lieat was maintained during the summer, the temperature 

 of tlic house varying from Oy to 95°. 



** The plant continued to grow rapidly, sending up leaves three 

 feet out of the water 3 the largest of them being 16 inches in 

 diameter ; and on the return of fine clear weather in August the 

 first flower bud appeared. The plant proved to be the red va- 

 riety ; its flowers when fully expanded increased 10) inches in 

 diameter and remained several days in perfection. It is much 

 larger and more beautiful than the flower of Nelumbium luteum, 

 the only other variety I have seen in flower. Another season I 

 intend trying the effects of a higher temperature at the roots. 

 The plant which flowered now occupies a space of more than 

 twelve feet in circumference." 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition. 



From Mr. Robert Wilson, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of 

 Norfolk, Arundel, Sussex, a fine collection of pears, of the fol- 

 lowing varieties ; viz. Gansel's Bergamot, Marie Louise, Brown 

 Beurr^, Duchesse d' Angouleme, Beurre de Capiauraont, Seckle, 

 Beurre Diel, St. Germain, Flemish Beauty, Crassane, Beurre 

 d' Areraberg, Broom Park, Passe Colmar, Winter Nelis, Glout 

 Morceau, Easter Beurre, Beurre Ranee, (a Silver Banksian 

 Medal awarded.) 



From ;Mr. Pratt, Gardener to William Harrison, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a magnificent Queen Pine ^pple, weighing b\ lbs., (the Silver 

 Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From John AUnutt, Esq., F.H.S., Flowers of Camellias. 



From Mr. Henry Grace, 3, Lennard Place, St. John's Wood, 

 a hundred varieties of apples, (the Silver Banksian Medal 

 awarded. ) 



From John George Fuller, Esq., F.H.S., 12 sorts of Pears. 

 From Henry Pownall, Esq., F.H.S., a small collection of Jpples 

 and Pears. 



From Messrs. Lane and Son, of Great Berkhampstead, a collec- 

 tion of Roses, from the open ground, and a Seedling Heartsease. 



From Richard Brook, Esq. F.H.S., a collection of fruit ; con- 

 sisting of Muscat of .Alexandria Grapes ; the Gansel's Berga- 



