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May 2, 1843. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following Gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society : 

 I^ortl Beftuvalc, 



John TalnT, Es()., of Ileriio Hill, and 39, Criitchod Friars. 

 Francis Iluthwaito, Fs(|., Army and Navy Club, London. 



A i)apcr was read from Mr. Feran, Gardener to S. Majorihanks 

 Escj., M.P., ^^'atford, Herts, regarding some line oranges which 

 were exhibited on a former occasion. The tree which produced 

 them was described as small, and as having been much neglected 

 for a considerable time ; lately, however, it was potted anew in a 

 compost of loam, cow dung, horse droppings, and road scrapings, 

 and kept in a common Greenhouse, where it has borne 53 excel- 

 lent fruit as the result. The cause of the fruit's superiority in 

 flavour was not accounted for ; it was possibly owing to the 

 variety being a particularly good one, or to some peculiarity of 

 treatment yet unexplained. 



The following were the principal subjects of Exhibition : 



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

 handsome specimen of Chorozema glycinifoLia, and two Seedling 

 Azaleas, one called Speciosissima, with immense crimson flowers, 

 richly spotted in the upper petals j the other Conspicua purpurea, 

 equally large, of a darker tint, less spotted, and not so well 

 formed ; also a variety of Oncidium papilio, the pretty Cytisus 

 Jilipes, and Podolobium trilobatum. (Banks ian Medal awarded 

 for Azalea speciosissima and the Chorozema.) 



From Mr. Wood, Nurseryman, Biggin Hill, near the Beulah 

 Spa, Norwood, Surrey, 27 species in pots of Rock plants. Among 

 them was Bellis variegata, Stachys Corsica, Linaria HepaticcE/olia, 

 Rubus arcticus, and Myosotis alba; also Erinus alpinus, Gnaphalium 

 dioicum, the delicate Cypripedium spectabile, and Veronica repens, 

 two or three species of Saxifrage and Thyme^ with the variegated 

 Arabis and others. (Certificate awarded.) 



From Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, a collection of Ixias. (Bank- 

 siAN Medal awarded.) 



From Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, a specimen of Hou- 

 lettia Brocklehurstiana and a new Brazilian Gesneraceous plant : 

 a dwarf Stove shrub, like a Columnea, but apparently a species 



