439 



!'H()CKE1)IN(;S OK TIIK 



From Mr. Jones, CiarcKiuT to Nir Moore Disney, F.IJ.S., some 

 excellent specimens of Nublesse and Grvsse Mignonne Peaches. 

 (Ckrtificatk awarded for the former.) 



Fr(>m tlie (Jarden of ihe Society, a collection of j)lants, in- 

 dudini; Ptristt ria liarktri, livlLophtjllutn Carci/atium, Acfiimcuvs 

 cociitua, and lougtflora, Babingtottia Camphurusma', cut flowers 

 of Lupintis sempcrfiorens sent by Mr. llartwciz:, and two other 

 plants ; likewise specimens of George the Funrth Ptach, Impera- 

 trice Nectarine, and Ntctarinr Plum, a good hearer even in Sep- 

 tember when Plums are generally scarce. 



The following presents were announced : 



The Ladies Flower Garden, No. '21, from Mrs. Loudon. 



The Athenaum, for August, from the Editor. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. Ih, Part 3, 

 from the Society. 



Proceedings of Dittos Nos. 21 and 22, from the Do. 



Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 4, Part 1, 

 from the Society. 



The Botanical Register, for September, from the Publisher. 



September 19, 1843. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The following candidates were elected Fellows of the Society : 



The Rev. Robert C. Jenkins, 10, Heathfield Terrace, Turnham 

 Green. 



Mr. J. Backhouse, Jun. York. 



Christopher R. Read, Esq , HoUiport, near Maidenhead. 

 Mr. William Youell, Great Yarmouth Nursery. 



And as a Foreign Corresponding Member, 

 William Henry Read, Esq., Singapore. 



The following were the principal subjects of exhibition : 

 From Mr. I very. Nurseryman, Peckham, a new Seedling 



Fuchsia, called Pride of Peckham. 



From R. W. Barchard, Esq., F.H.S., a plant of Hcemanthus 



toxicarius. 



From Mr. Mills, F.H.S., of Gunnersbury Park, Ealing, Mid- 

 dlesex, a Cucumber, named Jewess, an early forcing kind measur- 

 ing in length 24^ in. and 3 J in. in diameter 3 the vine on which 

 it grew was in. in circumference immediately above ground. 



From Mr. Dawson, 17> Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, two 

 curious specimens of monstrous Pears. 



