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PROCEEDINGS. 



bushes ; but it is in winter and early spring that the value 

 of the plant appears most conspicuously. 



Books Presented. 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. XXI. From the Society. 

 The Athenaeum for January. From the Editor. 



Proceedings of the Linneau Society, Nos. XXXIV. to XI- From the Society. 

 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol. XIX. Part 2. From the Society. 

 Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. Vol. X. Part 2. From the Society. 

 Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences a Paris, Tome XXIX. 



Nos. VII. to XXVI. ; and Tables des Comptes Rendus, Tome XXVIII. From 



the Academy. 



March 5, 1850. (Regent Street.) 



Election. H. H. Calvert, Esq., of Erzeroum, a Foreign 

 Corresponding Member. 



Awards. — JBanksian Medals : To Mr. Packman, gardener to 

 J. Gadesden, Esq., F.H.S., for a very fine specimen of 

 Bletia Tankervillias, now generally called Phaius grandi- 

 folius. It had about two dozen flower spikes on it, all in 

 the greatest perfection, and measured 4 feet in height, and 

 as much in diameter. It was growing in an 18-inch pot. 

 To Mr. Loddiges, F.H.S., for a collection of Orchids, but 

 more especially for Phalaenopsis amabilis, a brilliantly- 

 coloured Dendrobe, in the way of D. nobile, from Darjeel- 

 ing, and a charming rose-coloured variety of Odonto- 

 glossum Cervantesii. 



Certificate of Merit: To Mrs. LaMrence, F.H.S., for a cream- 

 coloured Mormodes, new to gardens. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. A dwarf unat- 

 tractive Eucomis, called nana, and a cut specimen of 

 an Acacia, very much in the way of A. paradoxa, from Mr. 

 Davis, of Regent's-park ; a bright sky-blue Cineraria with 

 a white disc, called " Hammersmith Beauty," from Mr. 

 Layton, of Hammersmith ; and a collection of Hyacinths, 

 from G-. Glenny, Esq., F.H.S. The latter consisted of 

 the following sorts : — Emilius, Madame Catalani, Due de 

 Buffon, Heine des Pays Bas, Mahomed Ali, Nonpareil, 

 Perle Brillant, Orondates, Zopolow, Mont Blanc, Char- 

 lotte Mary Anne, Angelique, Pasquin, States General, 

 Alida Catherina, double flesh, dwarf, and compact. Bou- 

 quet Royal, King of the Netherlands, Cocus Blanc, Laurens 

 Koster, Paarlboot, Vulcan, Blocksburg, Anna Powlowna, 

 Nimrod, Duchess of Richmond, Voltaire, Cornelia Maria 

 Fireball, Robinson, and Zitella, rich lake, very brilliant. 



