PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDOxN, 



1841. 



No. XV. 



April 20, 1841. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following gentleman was elected a Fellow of the Society 



Richard Davis, Esq., St. Helen's Place, and Skeynes near 

 Edenbridge, Kent. 



It was announced that the Council had directed Certificates 

 OF Merit to be given to those exhibitors whose exhibitions are 

 found deserving of some distinction, but not of importance 

 enough to claim a Medal ; and that such certificates should be 

 taken in exchange at the rate of two Certificates for a Silver 

 Banksian Medal. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition : 



From Mr. Appleby, Gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a collection of Orchidaceous and other plants, among which was 

 Oncidium puIcheUum, (Certificate awarded), and Fruit of the 

 Momordka Balsamina. 



From Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a large collection of Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants, containing, among others, Hovea Celsi and 

 Anthocercis littorea, (Silver Kxightiax Medal awarded for the / 

 last.) 



From Mr. Edward Maxted, Gardener to John Fassett Burnett, 

 Esq , F. H. S., a fine fruit of the Wellington Cantaloup Melon, 

 (Certificate awarded.) 



