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rROCKEl>IN'( S OF THE 



weighing respectively 3 lbs. 8oz., 3 lbs. 7oz., and Jibs. 5oz. 

 with II fino fruit of the /.■.•;r/7/< Pine, weighing 4 lbs., (Banksian 

 Mki»al uNvardcd tor the Monlsei rats.) 



From Mr. ( Ockburii, F. U.S., some fine roots of the Oxalis 

 Drppt i, (Ckrtifh ATK awarded.) 



From Mr. Charles Judd, (Jardener to George Knott, Esq., 

 F. U.S., eut Howers of a handsome new variety of Kpiphyllum, 

 (C KRTiriCATE awarded ) 



From John AUnutt, Esq., F.H.S., a collection of Camellias. 



From the (Jarden of the Society, were plants of Rondeleiia 

 speciosa, Oncidium Sudani, Lalia albida, and Gtsnera longifolia, 

 with cut flowers of Chnjsauthemums. The following Pears were 

 also exhibited ; tlie (Hout Murceau, Passe Colmar, Beurr^ IJiel, 

 and Bezi I'aet from wall trees; Knigilifs Winter Crassaue, 



and the Old Colwar from standards. Knight s fi'inter Crussane 

 is one of the best bearers known, and the tree, although vi- 

 gorous and hardy, is likely to overbear itself. The old Crassane 

 is the very reverse. 



The following presents were announced : 



Pailon's Magazine of Botany, for September, October and 

 November, from the Editor. 



The Botanical Register, for December, from the Publishers. 



Comptes rendu"!, Xos. 16, 17 and 18, (for the second half-year 

 of IS41), from the Academy of Sciences. 



Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, No. 18, 

 from the Society at Philadelphia. 



January 3, 1842. 



GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



Hothouse Department. — Mr. Fortune mnde the following re- 

 port upon the cultivation of Orchidaceous plants. 



The collection of Orchidaceous plants in the garden has been 

 much increased of late years by the introduction of many rare 

 and beautiful species from the high lands of Mexico and Guate- 

 mala. When these were sent home, Mr. Hartweg informed us 

 in his letters, that the thermometer was soiuetimes near the 

 freezing point where many of them grew ; and this was con- 

 firmed by the quantity of small mosses, which we found growing 

 upon some of the branches to which the plants had attached 

 themselves. 1, therefore, about two years ago, removed many 

 of them into a house, w hich is kept cooler than the Orchidaceous 



