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after which they were placed in small open-worked hampers, a 

 peck in each, and not pressed down. Towards the end of No- 

 vember, they were put into tubs or boxes upon cut straw, a thin 

 layer of each until the boxes were full, being afterwards changed 

 ever\^ three or four weeks. (Certificate awarded.) 



From .Tosiah Moorman, Esq., of No. 1 , Portland Place, Clapham 

 Road, remarkably fine specimens of Beurr^ d' Aremberg, Passe 

 Colniar, Jeane de IVitte, Xe Plus Mettris, Merveille d'Hicer, Beurr^ 

 Ranee and Easter Beurrt Pears, kept in a dark hayloft, (occasionally 

 ventilated) and laid on horse hair. (Certificate awarded.) 



From the Garden of the Society were a collection of Orchida- 

 ceous and other plants : amongst these were Lycaste cruenta, the 

 rare Huntleya violacea, hrassavola glauca, Begonia coccinea, a newly 

 introduced species with brilliant scarlet flowers ; Hakea acicu- 

 laris, Mirhelia florihundn, and a Hybrid Rhododendron, brought 

 for the sake of exhibiting the effect of an overdose of Nitrate of 

 Soda : this was apparent in the tips of the leaves assuming a 

 withered appearance and in the flowers fading quickly after ex- 

 pansion. 



The following Presents were announced : 



Le Bon Jardinit^r for 1S43, from M. Vilmorin, F.M.H.S. 

 Baxter s British Flowering Plants, Nos. and 1^6", from the 

 Editor. 



Harrison's FloricuUural Cabinet, No. 1^0, from the Editor. 



A Refutation ofLt. Jf'cllstead^s attack upon Lord Valentia's (now 

 Enrl of Mountnorrii) Work upon the Red Sea, from the author, 

 Frederick Robinson, Esq., R.N. 



March 7, 1S43. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 The following Candidates were elected Fellows of the Society : 



The Rev. John Antrobus, Rectory, LeadenhaU St., City. 



Wade Brown Esq., Monckton Farleigh, Wilts. 



George Green Esq., Aigburgth, Liverpool. 



Mr. James Garaway, of the DurdhamDown Nursen.-, Bristol. 



The following objects were exhibited : 



From ;Mr. Goode, Gardener, to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. exceed- 

 ingly fine specimens of Burlingtonia rigida, Columnea scandens. 

 Begonia coccinea, JEschynanthus mantlatus, and several other 

 plants. (KxicuTiAN Medal, awarded for the three former.) 



