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Society in the months of May and June. Moreover, the 

 principle upon which Mr. Chawner's gardener proceeded is 

 applicable, with some modifications, to almost every plant 

 that is known to us. To the Orchids from the highlands of 

 Mexico and Guatemala it is indispensable; it is suitable 

 to those of Brazil, Continental India, and China ; it is ap- 

 plicable alike to greenhouse plants and stove plants, to 

 forced fruits, and those which naturally inhabit climates 

 which render * forcing,' strictly so called, the only method 

 of cultivation that is applicable in a country like England.'* 



The Knightian Medal: To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. 

 Beck, F.H.S., for a nice collection of Orchids, consisting of 

 Cyrtochilum maculatum, four finely-bloomed Oncidiums, 

 Coelogyne flaccida, and the fringe-lipped C. cristata. 



The Banksian Medal : To Mr. Bevington, gardener to Mark 

 Philips, Esq., F.H.S., for a bunch of Black Barbarossa 

 Grape, weighing 4 lbs. 13 oz. This is a Grape which was 

 imported a few years ago from the Continent, and about 

 which very little is known. It grows to a large size, and 

 is an excellent winter and early spring sort, keeping plump 

 and good after other Grapes are out of season. 



Certificates of Merit : To Mr. Beck, F.H.S., for a group of 

 nicely-grown and bloomed Cinerarias, consisting of Cerito, 

 Nymph, Maid of Artois, Bessy, Gem, and Adela Villiers. 

 To Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, for 

 a bundle of Asparagus, containing 100 shoots, which weighed 

 collectively 13 lbs. It was " White Asparagus," and had 

 been produced in low glazed pits, of which the plan in the 

 next page will give some idea. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. A small im- 

 ported plant of the variety of Dendrobium aureum called 

 heterocarpum — a very fragrant kind, from Messrs. Veitch. 

 An example of Calanthe vestita, from Borneo, and a cut 

 specimen of Burlingtonia rigida, from Mr. White, gar- 

 dener to A, Kenrick, Esq., of West Bromwich. A prettily 

 flowered plant of Primula altaica, a purple species, from the 

 Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, from Mr. Turner, F.H.S. : 

 it is quite hardy, and when potted and placed in the green- 

 house is very ornamental in early spring. Mr. Ingram sent 

 a specimen of Ceanothus dentatus, a new, deep blue species, 

 imported by the Society from California, and expected to 

 be hardy. It was not sufficiently in bloom, but it was 



