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PROCEEDINGS OF THK 



From Mr. Smith, of Norbilon, Surrey, five beautiful hybrid 

 IVKtdodcndroni (raised between R. Caucasicum and the white 

 variety of arboreum) called Smithii varium, and a small plant 

 of R. RoUuonii which appears to be the Oylon variety of 

 H. arhortum. (IUnksian Medal awarded for the hybrid Rhodo- 

 dendroTti. ) 



Fr(»in Mr. Kdward Beck, of the Slate works. I.sleworth, very 

 heallljy J'lants of ( '(//j.vuj. rarrwo.vus, Leschenaultui t'ormosa, Erica 

 transparens bicnlor, and three Cinerarias cidlcd llendtrsomi. Ma- 

 donna, and Crania ; cultivated in slate pots, and exhibiting a further 

 j)roof of the success with which plants may be grown in that 

 material. 



From Mr. Brazier, Gardener to W. H. Storey Esq., F.H.S., 

 six plants of a handsome seedling Epacris called coruscans, and 

 sevenil other hybrids, named sanguinea, rosea umbrata, and mag- 

 vijiora with well bloomed specimens of Erica Petiveriana bicolor, 

 E. Ardens and E. vernix rubra. (Banksian Medal awarded for the 

 Epacrises.) 



From Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, a Camellia called i/ewri, another 

 named wonstrosa, and a seedling Rhododendron, 



From Mr. Dennis, of King's Road, Chelsea, a Persian Lilac in 

 full flower. 



From Mr. Kynoch, Gardener to Alderman Copeland, F.H.S., 

 two seedling Epacrises. 



From Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, five blooms of a 

 handsome Camellia called pulcherrima, imported several years 

 since from the Continent, 



From Mr. Conway, Nurseryman, Brompton, two plants of 

 Pelargonium Laneii. 



From Mr. Small, of Colnbrook, Bucks, a Seedling Fuchsia. 



From Messrs, Rollison and Sons, of Tooting, a well grown 

 plant of the beautiful C^logyne cristata. (Baxksiax Medal 

 awarded.) 



From Mr. M. Henderson, Gardener to Sir George Beaumont 

 Bart., a Queen Pine weighing 3 lb. 10 oz.; swelled in a 



house which during the winter has never been kept higher than 

 from 50^ to 55^ by night and from 60'' to 65" by day, except 

 under powerful sunshine. 



From the Hon. William H. F. Strangways F.H.S., a dish of 

 Pine Golden Russet Apples in a good state of preservation. 



I>om Mr. James Siew^art, Gardener, to William Bagge Esq., 

 M.P. Stradsett Park, Downham, three Cucumbers called the Ring- 

 leader. 



From !Mr. Dredge, of Wallington, Surrey, the root of a Pear 

 Tree which had grown down a well to the length of 33 feet with 

 scarcely any ramifications and resembled a small rope. 



