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to blue. No. I, treated in the usual way, was by far the most 

 he&lthy plant, and bore pink flowers ; *2, to which half an 

 ounce of Phosphate of Iron had been given, was evidently in an 

 unhealthy condition, the flower being pink, small, and h.u ing 

 with the leaves a yellowi>h tint ; 3, treated wiih half an ounce of 

 Caustic l*ota^h, bore small and pale pink flowers ; while 4, to 

 which half an ounce of .Mum had been given, produced blue 

 flowers ; the dose had, however, been too strong, as was shown 

 by the weak condition of the plant and the small sizt' of the 

 flowers ; nevertheless, it proved to a certainty^^that Alum will 

 produce the desired effect. 



The following Presents were announced : 



Rora Batata, Nos. 127 and 128, from H. M. the King of 

 Holland. 



Baiter's British Flourering Plants, So. 1'2S, from the Editor. 



The Address to the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Geogra- 

 phical S ciety, May 2<2, 1843, by W. R. Hamilton, Esq., Presi- 

 dent, fpira the Society. 



The Botanical Register, for August, from the Publishers. 



Transactions of the Royal Agricultural Society of Vienna, (S. S.) 

 Vol. 1*2, Part 1, from the Society. 



The AthencEum, for June, from the Editor. 



The Florists' Journal, No. 46, from the Editor. 



August 15, 1843. 

 ORDINARY MEETING. 

 The follo\*ing candidates were elected Fellows of the Society : 



Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., 63, Brook Street, and Balden 



House, Oxfordshire. 

 The Hon. Gustarus F. Hamilton, Burwarton, Bridgenorth, 



Salop. 



General Caulfield, 60, Grosvenor Street. 



James Archer, Esq. M.P., 2, Blandford Square, and the Heath, 



near Ludlow. 

 John Broadhurst, Esq., Hereford Street. 

 Peter Holt, Esq., 72, C'orahill, and 23, Hyde Park Gardens. 

 Robert James Thompson, Esq., Round Coppice, near Uxbridge. 



The following were the principal subjects exhibited : 



From Mr. John Robertson, Gardener to Mrs. LawrencC; F.H.S., 

 good specimens of Brassia brachiata, and Galeandra Baueri, also 

 Periiteria Barken, and a weil grown plant of Erica Hendersonii. 

 (Banksian Medal awarded for the two former.) 



