PROCKRDINOS OK TIIK 



From Mr. Insleay, GardeiuT (o (Jt'ortj;^ Ikirker, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a braulifiil spcciiiu'ii of ('(ittltijd suixrlni, (Siiakh Kniciitian 

 Mkdal awartlt'ci.) 



I'Voin Mr. Francis Williainson of SlioHii'lil (lartlcns, a Newly 

 Invfuttd IWitvnui; Pot. 



From Mi'ssrs. Lucombi', Pince and Co., a noble i)lant of 

 Mlrht iui (Uldlata and a specinuMi of Pyrola rulundifolia, (Silvkr 

 liANKsiAN Mkdal awardi'd for the fornner.) 



From Mr. .1. A. Henderson, F. II S., fine plants of Ipomo'a 

 Learii, /Kschynnnthus graiidi/hrus und doul)le wliite Cltiiiese Prim- 

 rose, the latter havine: ^J^'^'" k<^M>t moderate heat and shaded 

 from the sun ; with cut flowers of AUamandd callwrlica and Per- 

 guUirid odordtissimd, (8ilvi:k JUnksian Mkdai. awarded for the 

 three former.) 



From Mr. Kol)ert Errinti^ton, Gardener to Sir Phili]) de Malpas 

 Grey Eii^erton, Jiart., F. H.S., a dish of Murray Nectarines and 

 one Itoi/al Genrij^c Peach. 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of Orchidaceous 

 and other Plants ; amongst them were Miltonia spectabilis, Catt- 

 leya intermedia, Rodriguezia planifolia, and Uondeletia speciosa ; 

 with cut flowers of Fuchsia corymbijiora, F. cordifolia, Maude- 

 villa suaveolens and Salvia Regla. 



The following Presents were announced : 



Paxtoris Magazine of Botany for July, from the Editor. 

 The Athenceum for June, from the Editor. 



August 2, 1841. 

 GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



The following reports were laid before the Committee. 



Orchard and Kitchen Garden Department. — Ammoniacal Liquor 

 from the Gas-works had been employed against the American 

 Blight on Apple Trees, diluted with about two parts of water ; 

 but it had not in that state proved effectual. 



Robert Thompson. 



Stove and Hothouse Department. — Some experiments have 

 been in progress since the beginning of February, to ascertain 

 what effects would be produced upon Pelargoniums by watering 

 them with small quantities of different salts dissolved in rain- 

 water. At the commencement of the experiment the roots of 



