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May is, isil. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



Tlu' tollowiiii; wire tU'ttod Follows of the Society; 



I Ii'ury Jamos lirookc, Escj., Clapliain Road, Surrey. 

 Major \\'illiain Hucklcy, ^7, Old Hond Street. 

 William Henry Story, Ksq., Ileddon House, Isleworth. 

 Charles Wilson, Esq., 157, Leadenhall Street. 



The following were the i)rineii)al subjeets of exhibition; 



From James liateman, Esq., F\ II. S., spikes of several Orehi- 

 daeeous plants, amongst them were Dendrobium vioschatum, 

 Brassia maculata, Maxillaria tetragona, and a new Epidendruni 

 from the Bahamas, named E. aciculare, (Banksian Mkdal 

 awarded.) 



From Mr. W. E. Allen, of Whitton, near Ipswich, a brace of 

 remarkal)ly fine Cucumbers, (Banksian Mkdal awarded.) 



From Mr. Mewetson, of 55, Cannon Street, near London 

 Bridixe, specimens of his Zinc Garden Labels and various Garden 

 Utensils in Zinc, 



F'rom Mr. Tillery, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Portland, 

 some forced Nectarines and Peaches. 



From Mr. John SchoU of 19, Poland Street, Oxford Street, an 

 improved portable Garden Engine capable of forcing water in a 

 continuous stream to the height of fifty feet. It is so contrived 

 that when using it, both hands are at liberty to pump and guide 

 the mouthpiece. 



F>om Mr. Joseph Knight, F. H. S., plants of Physolobium cari- 

 notum, Fodulobium trilobatum, P. berberifolium, Actus villosa and 

 A. la nig era. 



From the Garden of the Society, a large collection of Orchi- 

 daceous and Greenhouse plants, amongst them were Oncidium 

 divaricatum, Cattleya Forbesii, Epidendrum seUigerum, Telopea 

 speciosissima and Diplolana Dampieri 5 with cut flowers of 

 Pentslemon crassifolius, Dendrobium moschatum^ and Dolichos 

 lignosus. 



The following presents were announced ; 



Paxtons Magazine of Btdany for May, from the Editor, 

 The Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants, 

 No. 14, from Mrs. Loudon. 



