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PROl'KEDlKOS OF TIIK 



The following were the princij);!! suhjccts of Kxliibition : 



From Mr. Goodc, Ciardcncr to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a col- 

 lodion of Orchuiaceous plants, coniprisinu; very li.indsomo spec i- 

 mens of Dt ndrubium ll'allirhii, Phal<r>u>psis (imdbilis, jind the rare 

 lluntUya riolaita, with several otlicrs. (Kmchtian Medal 

 awardeil for the three above mentioned.) 



From Messrs. \'eiteh, of Kxeter, a plant of Trojx^olum azureum, 

 of a much deeper blue than the one exhibited at a previous 

 meeting ; with Stttiorhynchus australis, a terrestrial Orchidaceous 

 plant. 



From Mr. Edward Beck, Slate Works, Isleworth, a coUeclion 

 of plants in Slate boxes, consisting of a pretty See'lling Erica, 

 3 Seedling Epacrises, Coronilla glauca, and several Uijacinlhs ; all 

 the plants being in excellent health, and proving the assertion — 

 that plants will not succeed in a material which is not porous — 

 to be unfounded. 



l>om Mr. Lee, of Bradraore, Hammersmith, some well 

 bloomed specimens of Pelargonium album multifiorum, and P. 

 Collcijanum. (Certificate awarded for the former.) 



From Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, sue Seedling Correas, three 

 Cinerarias, named true blue, alba, and Lady of the Lake, with a 

 handsome plant of Camellia tricolor, and a Seedling Camellia. 

 (Certificate awarded for Camellia tricolor.) 



From Messrs. Chandler and Sons, 18 varieties of cut Camellia 

 /lowers. 



From W. H. Stor}-, Esq., of Isleworth, F.H.S., a plant of 

 Erica Sebana. 



From Mr. W. Appleby, Gardener to L Dobinson, Esq., F.H.S., 

 of Egham Lodge, Surrey, a Seedling Cineraria. 



From Mr. James Cuthill, of Camberwell, Surrey, a Seedling 

 Camellia. 



From Sir George Staunton, Bart., F.H.S., specimens of the stems 

 of the Sugar Cane, taken from plants growing ^20 feet high in the 

 conser\ ator\' at Leigh Bark : they appeared to contain a great 

 quantity of sugar. 



From Mr. Andrew Toward, Gardener to H. R. H. the Duchess 

 of Gloucester, at Bagshot Park, a Leaf Fork, having the prongs 

 formed of the wood of the Locust tree and shod with iron ; it is 

 found very useful in taking up leaves or any other light material. 



From the Garden of the Society, a collection of Plants, amongst 

 which were, Dendrobium discolor, Scuticaria Steelii, Oncidium 

 leucochilum, Lycaste lanipes, a species lately introduced by Mr. 

 Hartweg, Spiranthes cerina and Acacia rubida ; with cut flowers 

 of Chimonanthus fragrans, grandiflorus, and parviflorus, the latter 

 blooming later and possessed of more fragrance than either of 

 the other varieties. The fruit from the Garden consisted of 



