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I'Vbruary '2, ISU. 

 OROINARY MKKTING. 



riic tollDwin:; was olec tfd ji IVllow of t\\v Soc iety : 



John Ksq. Jan., Souihaniptoii Lodf;e, lironiloy. 



Till' r()IIo\viii<x won* I lit' principal siihji't ts of cxliibitioii : 



rrom Mr. John (Jroen, (iardiMUT to Sir K. Antrobus, Bart. 

 F.II.S., a collection of (irfvnliousc Plants, includinjj^ a ina^nilicent. 

 specimen of ll/)iplujllum truncatum grafted on Cereus spcciosissi' 

 juiis, (;i SiLVKH liAXKsiAN INIkdai. awardcd.) By this process it 

 becomes a hardy Greenhouse Plant, flowers from three to four 

 niontlis later than usual, and is capable of growing to a fine and 

 lasting specimen. Wiih these plants was the Palar^onuan 

 called alhuw muUiflorum, an excellent variety for early forcing. 



From Mr. George Mills, F.H.S., Gardener at Gunnersbury 

 Park, a brace of Cucumbers grown in his improved pit with fer- 

 menting material only, (the Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From James liateman, Esq. F.H.S., specimens of Mormodus 

 lineatum and Odontoirlossum puLchdlum, a beautiful new Orchi- 

 daceous plant from Guatemala. 



From Mrs. Marryat, F. H. S., a specimen in flower of the 

 Cape Plant called Frofcd melaleuca. 



From the Garden of the Society, the rare and beautiful Epi- 

 dendrum Stamfordianum, Pentland'ia ininiata, and several other 

 exotics ; together with a collection of Apples and Pears. 



The following presents were announced : 



Baxter s British Flowering Plants, for February, from the 

 Author. 



Paitons Magazine of Botany , for February, from the Fiditor. 

 The Botanical Register, for February, from the Publisher. 



February 16, 1841. 



ORDINARY iMEETING. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society • 



Thomas Langford Brooke, Esq., Knutsford. 

 Mr. Clement Hoare, Shirley, Southampton. 

 Miss Kean, Rowley Hall, Stafford. 



