PHOCKEDIN'f.'S OF TIIK 



From .Mr. Jolin Wiliuol. (»t" Islrwortli, ;i /Vor t'roin the parent 

 tree of ihv new variety lalli'd \'aii Mons Leon Le Clerc. 



From Mr. I{(»l)ert Wilson, (Jartlener to Ilis (Jraee the Duke of 

 Ntirfolk, .Arundi'l, a ('olleetion of I'cars. 



From Mrs. I^awrenee, of Kalin^ Park, F. U.S., a .sniall eolhu- 

 tion of IMaiits, anioni; Nvhich were beautiful sj)eeinieiis of Gz- 

 lanthe dcnsifhra and Cattlrya lahiala, (tlu- Silveu Kni(;htian 

 Mf.1).\l awarded.) 



From Mr. Dean, (Jardener to .laines lialeman, Ks(j. F. II. S. 

 Onciduim pfliranuni, Cdttlrya labiala, and Odontoglossum granilc, 

 (the SiLVKK Kni(;iitian Mkdal awarded.) 



FVom tlie (Jarden of llie Society, an extensive Colle' tion of 

 Stove and Greenhouse plants, amonp; which were flowers of the 

 Salvia Uegla, a new t^reenhouse shrub of great beauty, just im - 

 j)orted by the Society from Mexico. Also a large collection of 

 jr1})p}cs and Pears ; and specimens of the Eaperione grape, from 

 the open wall, freely exposed, and guarded by a narrow glass 

 coping ; the latter were tolerably ripe, the former were quite 

 green. 



The following Presents were announced j 



The FloricnUural Cabinet for November, from the Editor. 



Baxter s British Flowering Plants, No. 100, from the Author. 



The Botanical Register for November, from the Publishers. 



Paxtons Magazine of Botany, for November, from the Editor. 



Flora Gr<Eca, Vol. 10, F^asc. 2. from the Executors of the late 

 Dr. Sibthorp. It was stated that this valuable present, which 

 completes this costly work, had been made by the Executors 

 John Hawkins, Esq. and Thomas Piatt, Fisq. in consequence of 

 the previous parts having been subscribed for by the Society. 



December 1, 1840. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The Following were elected Fellows of the Society ; 



George Bain, Esq., 18, Parliament Street. 



Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart. M. P., Queen Square, Bloomsbury. 



The following were the principal subjects of Exhibition j 



From Henry Pownall, Esq., F. H. S., West's St. Peter Grape; 

 14 sorts of Apples, and 3 sorts of Pears. 



From Mr. Donald Robertson, Gardener to Isaac Currie, Esq., 

 of Bush Hill, Edmonton, a Root of a Common Laurel, that 

 had penetrated a well which bad not been opened for 13 years. 



