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A j);ipt r was load rt'S|HHtint:; tlio cultivation of Oinlis JJcppft. 



A spocimcn of \\'hitiu'y s (of Shrewsbury) protoctiuf!; matorial 

 was also shown to (he meeting, with two specimens of a similar 

 kind, that mi^lit be used for the same purpose, from Halifax ; 

 the latter, however, were not so transparent as the former, whicli 

 admits ni'arly as much lii;ht as jrrouiul i;las.s, and promises to be 

 very useful, in many instances, where much li^ht is not re(|uire(l. 

 One great advantap* is its cheai)ness ; a sash that would cost 

 twelve or thirteen shillings to be gla/cd in tlie usual way, may 

 be covered with this material for the trilling expense of nine or 

 ten pence. It is impervious to water, and will be useful 

 in pardens for many purposes. The material is common calico, 

 painttd over with a fluid, the composition of which is not known, 

 but is sold in bottles, and may be easily applied by means 

 of a painter's brush. 



The following were the principal subjects exhibited : 



From Mr. John Robertson, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, 

 F.H.S., a pretty specimen of StenorJn/nchus speciosus, and Deridro- 

 bium (leiiudans, with small white blossoms, Odonloglossum grajide, 

 Epid( ndrum Skuuicri, Cypripedium venustum, Lycaste Skinnen, 

 Rodr'isiuesia sccHuda, Epidetidrum viscusum, Lcdia albida, MaxilLaria 

 cucuUdta, and another species with small brown flowers, v/ith 

 plants of Erica Sebana lutea and E. Lamberti rosea. (Banksian 

 Meual awarded for the first four plants.) 



From F. Cox, Esq., of Stockwell, plants of Cattleya guttatay 

 and the old Cymbidium sinense with fragrant blossoms j also 

 Lycaste Skinneri, a preity species from Guatemala, and Oncidium 

 bicallosum. 



From Mr. William Brazier, Gardener to W. H. Story, Esq., 

 F.H.S., a hybrid specimen of Epacris variegata. 



From John Allnutt, Esq., F. H. S., a plant of Camellia Donke- 

 IcErii ; two plants of Erica caffra and two particularly well grown 

 specimens of E. hyemalis. ( Certificate awarded for the 

 latter.) 



From Mr, Wright, of East Place, Hackney, a collection of 

 cut flowers of Chrysanthemum, among which were some excel- 

 lent blooms. (Certificate awarded.) 



F>om Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., 

 F. H. S., a plant of /Amaryllis aulica, with large scarlet flowers, 

 and one of A. calyptrata, with light green blossoms. 



From Mrs. Cockburn of Brixton Hill, Surrey, two Portuguese 

 specimens of Turk's Cap Gourds. 



From Mr. James Stewart, of Stradsett Park two specimens of 



Ringleader " Cucumber ; one of these had been watered with 

 Nitrate of Soda, and the other had been grown in loam mixed 



