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became as fresh as before. The Euphorbia infested with the 

 obloniT transparent scale, was enclosed for 4 days. In the course 

 of the first night its leaves becanie piile, and the scarlet petal- 

 like bracts almost black, decay e^nulually taking: place till at last 

 the leaves dr(ipj>ed off; while the scale remained apparentlv un- 

 injured. The hemisj)herical brown scale seems to be of the 

 same nature. 



James Donald, Superintendent , pro temp. 



April IS, 1843. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following candidates were elected Fellows of the Society j 



The Right Hon. Lady Dover, Dover House, Whitehall, and 

 Rwhampton, Surrey. 



Jnnies Henry Holler .\tkinson, Esq., of Angerton, near Morpeth, 

 and 1^2, Clarendon Hotel, Bond Street, London. 



John f ran( is Buller Esq., 0\t, Upper Seymour Street. 



The following were the principal subjects of Exhibition j 



From Mr. Goode, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F. H. S., a 

 collection of plants containing a magnificent specimen of Den- 

 drobium aggregatum, also Cattleya Skinneri, Combretum ma- 

 cranthum and Lahge hotecefoUa ; likewise Cyrtochilum hastatum, 

 and Saccolabium micranthum. (Kxightiax Meda.l awarded for 

 the first four.) 



From Messrs. Veitch and Co., of Exeter, a plant of Cyrtopodium 

 punclatum. 



From Messrs. Lucombe, Pince and Co. of Exeter, a plant of 

 Epidendrum aurantiacum. 



From Sigisniund Rucker Esq., F.H.S., a well bloomed plant of 

 Chysis bractescens and a sp>ecimen of Epidendrum Stamfordianum. 

 (Baxksiax Medal awarded for the Chysis.) 



From Mr. Charles Adam, Gardener to Mrs. Morris, Retreat, 

 Battersea, a fine plant of Maiillaria aromatica, Epidendrum aloe- 

 folium and CTa&sifoltum. (BaXksiax Medal awarded for the two 

 former.) 



From C. B. Warner, E^q., F.H.S., a plant of the beautiful 

 Epidendrum bicornutum. 



From Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir Edmimd Antrobus, Bart., 

 F.H.S , twelve fine seedling Calceolarias, among which was one 

 of great beauty called Eclipse, also four seedling Cinerarias. 

 (Certificate awarded for Eclipse.) 



