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From Mr. William Dowson, Gardener to William Leaf, Esq., 

 of Streatham, a Pine Apple, called the Pitch Lake, weighing 2 lb. 

 13 oz. and an Olaheite Pine, weighing 3 lb. 



From Mrs. Wray of Cheltenham, a plant of Beckia campho- 

 rosmee. 



From James Bateman, Esq., F.H.S., a remarkably fine spike of 

 Odontoglossum grande, and one of Schomburgkia tibicinis, (Silver 

 Banksian Medal awarded for the former.) 



From Messrs. Brown and Attwell of Uxbridge, a Seedling 

 Dahlia, called Frederick the Great. 



From Mr. T. Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, a collection of 

 fi'hite Provence and Crimson Perpetual Roses, grown on bushes 

 which had their blooming shoots cut oft' for the last three or 

 four years, just as the buds began to swell, by which means they 

 now flower in the Autumn. 



From Mrs. Marryat, F.H.S., a Water Melon, and a collection 

 of Cut Flowers. 



From the Garden of the Society, a large collection of Stove 

 and Greenhouse Plants, amongst them were Oncidium incurvum, 

 Stanhopea .oculata, Epidendium ciliare and Achimenes longifora; 

 with cut flowers of Salvia regla, Hedychium Gardnerianum, Pent- 

 sternon gentianoides coccineuni and P. fruticosum. Also several 

 kinds of Peaches, Nectarines and Plums ; among the latter was 

 the Reine Claude Violette, one of the best sorts in this wet season, 

 and Pond's Seedling, a large showy kind, which bears very 

 abundantly on a standard. 



The following presents were announced : 



The Floricultural Cabinet, for August, 1S41, from the Author. 

 The British Flowering Plants, for August and September, from 

 the Author. 



The Botanical Register, for September, from the Publishers. 

 Paxtons Magazine of Botany, for August, from the Author. 



October 5, 1841. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition ; 



From Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a remarkably fine specimen of 



Aphelandra cristata ; a seedling Euphorbia, raised from E. 

 splendcns, crossed with E. Bronnii ; Oncidium ciliatum, Rodri- 



