FKOCRKDINOS UP TIIK 



dinU-uU to suppose that such stronjj shoots should be pushnl 

 lorNvard and sustained by iiourishinent deri\ed only from abs(>r)>- 

 tion by the bark and wood. A cutting bearint; a Hower-bud 

 was at the same time plactd in the above-mentioned tank. In 

 about a month, it betj^an to swell ; and at the end of a fortnit:::ht 

 jifterwards, it expanded most beautifully. Thus 1 hjid an oppor- 

 tunity of seeint^ the blossoms of my own Rhododendron arboreum, 

 at a season of the year when 1 am usually at a home, and when 

 flowers f(»r decoration are much in request. As the j)lants of 

 Rhododendron arboreum are tirreatly im])roved by such pruning, 

 I intend to repeat the experiment on a lart;:er scale next season ; 

 and shall be l»apj»y if what I now write will enable others to 

 partake of the pleasure of seeinj^ the .Tune flowers of Rhododen- 

 dron arboreum in abundance soon after Christmas." 



'J'he following were the principal subjects of exhibition j 



From Mrs. Lawrence, F.II.S., of Eiding Park, a specimen of 

 Erica Linueroides, and of Phaiiis Tanheri'iIIia, having fourteen 

 spikes, each of which carried thirteen flowers, (the Silver 

 Knightian Medal awarded.) 



From George Barker, Esq. F. H. S., a plant of Coelogyne 

 cristata, (the JSilver Baxksian Medal awarded.) 



From the Rev. G. C. Rashleigh of Hyde Lodge, AVinchester, 

 a species of Kennedya. 



From Mr. George Mills, F. H S,, of Gunnersbur}, a brace of 

 Cucumbers, obtained by the method recommended in his treatise 

 upon the subject. 



From John Rogers, Esq. F. H. S., flowers of Columnea Schie- 

 diana, a curious new species from Mexico. 



From the Garden of the Society, flowers of two varieties of 

 Chintonanthus, with fruit of the Easter Beurr^ and Beurre Ranee 

 Pears. 



The following presents were announced ; 



The Florkultural Cabinet, for February^ from Mr. Joseph 

 Harrison. 



Ueber das Chrysanthemum indicum, von J. B. Kupprecht, 8vo. 

 Vienna, 1833, from the Author. 



Eisgrub und Feldsberg, besuchi von einer abtheilung der vierten 

 Versammlung Deutscher Land-und F'orstwirthe, and Eisenstadt in 

 Ungarn, Vienna, 1841, from the Author, J. B, Rupprecht. 



On a rich dye extracted from the petals of the Dahlia, hy 3. B. 

 Rupprecht, from the Author. 



