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incuts with seeds and witli cuttings for more than a year, 1 think 

 1 am fully warranted in eouiint; to the conchision, that the 

 aetion of eoh)ured ^hiss, wliere it has caused seeds to germinate 

 more q'lickly than the kind in common use, has been merely 

 mt'chanical, and consists in shaditj^ from bright sunshine, and 

 conse{|tiently preventing evaporation from ^oint; too rapidly on ; 

 and, that if there is any cfif)uical irilluence exercised by the 

 violet ct»U)urcd ray, about which so much has been said, it must 

 be too weak to be of use in horticulture. If any one is 

 inclined to use the t2:lass, it should only be in small squares for 

 covering pot3, which can be removed at pleasure, and certainly 

 not in permanent structures, such as hothouses or greenhouses. 



New I lardy Shrub. — A large plant and several small ones (»f 

 Fnbiana imhricata were planted out last autumn, and prove to 

 be perfectly hardy. 



July 5, 1842. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following candidates were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mathew Bell, Esq., 4, Grosvcnor Crescent, Belgrave Square. 



James Giles, Esq., Bellsize, Hampstead. 



Thomas Pakenham, Esq., of Shalimar, near Acton. 



James Edward Winterbottom, Esq., East Woodhay, Hants. 



The following were the principal subjects exhibited : 



From Mr. Mills, F. H. S., a brace of Cucumbers, grown upon 

 plants raised from cuttings, struck in October, 1841, the fruit 

 of which was also exhibited in February j proving that plants 

 of this description will bear equally well with those raised from 

 seed. 



From the Garden of the Society a collection of plants, in- 

 cluding, — Mdtonia spectabilis, Stujihopea venusta, Epidendrum 

 asperum. Rondelelia speciosa, Brachycome iberidifolia, and Statice 

 mucrotiata ; with collections of Roses, Verbenas, and cut Jlowers 

 of Triptilion spiuosum, Potentilla insignis, and Pentstemon gentia- 

 noides coccineum. 



The following Presents were announced : 



The Horticultural Cabinet No. 112, from the Editor Mr. Joseph 

 Harrison. 



