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vonshire, President, plants of Polystachija reflexa, Hakea pugioni- 

 formis, and Trichopilia tortilis. 



From the (Jarden of the Society, a collection of Stove and Green- 

 house Plants, the rare Erica dichrwia, Cypripedium pubcscens, 

 and flowers of three varieties of Chimonanthus. There were also 

 specimens of Hyacinths which had been watered during their 

 growth with solutions of the muriates of ammonia and soda, 

 ammoniacal liquor, and the nitrates of soda and potassa. The 

 principal conclusion to which these specimens led, was that the 

 muriate of ammonia (sal ammoniac) exercised an unfavourable 

 influence upon vegetation, impeding or altogether obstructing 

 the growth of the Hyacinth, if used in the same quantity as the 

 other saline solutions, which had produced no perceptible in- 

 fluence. The ammoniacal liquor of the gas-works had increased 

 the vigour of the plants, but had not improved the appearance 

 of the flowers. 



The following Presents were announced 5 



The Botanical Register, for March, from the Publisher. 

 The Ath^nceum, for January, from the Editor, 



March 16, 1841. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society ; 



Mrs. Coles, Long Parish, Hants 5 and 86, Piccadilly. 



Mrs. George Dowdeswell, 45, Wimpole Street 3 and the Down 

 House, Redmarley. 



Mrs. Hamilton Nesbitt Ferguson, Biel, and Archfield, Scot- 

 land ; and 18, Portman Square. 



Joshua Field, Esq., 13, Park Crescent, Portland Place. 



Richard Hodgson, Esq., M.P , 13, Upper Brook Street. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition 5 



From Thomas Downes, Esq., Marwood Hill, near Barnstaple, 

 a drawing of a remarkable specimen of Clianthus puniceus, with 

 the following letter. 



The plant was raised by my Gardener from a small cutting 

 in the spring of 1 837* and when well rooted was placed in the 

 greenhouse till the following spring, when it was planted in the 

 open border under a south wall. Its growth was so rapid by 

 the ensuing autumn, that the portion allotted for it became too 

 confined, and I had it removed to a more open space against my 



