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PROCCEOINCS OF rilC 



Jh Engrared PoTtrait of the late Jugustin Pyramui De CandoUe, 

 Projcisor of Botany, at Geneva^ F. M. H. S,, From M. Alplionse 

 l>e CunduUe. 



April 4, 1843. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society : 



Rev. George Cuddington Bethune, B.D. Rector of North 

 Crawley, Sussex. 



Gilbert Finlay Girdwood, Esq., 177, Maida Hill. 



A paper from Capt. Dwyer, Commandant of the Inland of As- 

 cension, was read ; being a statement of the success attending the 

 cultivation of certain annuals and vegetables in that Island. 

 From this it appears that owin^:: to the black winds" to which 

 the island is subjected, certain kinds of vegetables will not suc- 

 ceed. Amongst the Peas which stand the climate are the Puis nain 

 de Ilollande and Nain vert petit : the Versailles, Sugar, and 

 Al[)honzo Cos lettuces, Batavian Endive, Portuguese Cabbage 

 and Vegetable Marrow, alr^o thrive. It was noticed as somewhat 

 remarkable that those annuals flourished best which had been 

 introduced from the North West parts of America and from other 

 comparatively cool climates : of these were Nemophila insignis 

 and atomaria, Campanula Lorei, Lupinus Hartwegii and poly- 

 phyllus, and Erysimum Perofskianum. 



A Paper, accompanied by a model, was also read, from Mr. T. 

 Torbron of S, Queen's Buildings, Knightsbridge, relative to a new 

 mode of arranging sashes upon the roof of forcing and other 

 houses : so that when air is admitted, the light may not be inter- 

 cepted by one sash overlaying the other. This is effected by 

 the roof being formed of three sashes, the two lower (supposing 

 the roof to be fifteen feet wide) being each six feet long, and the 

 upp>ermost three feet j the rafters being continued at the same an- 

 gle for a short space over the back wall of the house. When air is 

 admitted the lowermost sash slides downwards, the middle one 

 either remains stationary or is moved up or down as may be 

 required ; the upper one, by means of a pulley affixed to the 

 back wall, is drawn upwards along the projecting rafters j or, by 

 having the sash secured at the back by hinges, it i= raised vertically 

 by iron rods to the desired height. 



