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PROCEEDINGS. 



June 18, 1850. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. F. W. Robarts, Esq., 26, Hill Street, Berkeley 

 Square; E. Hailstone, Esq., Horton Hall, Bradford, York- 

 shire ; W. S. Myers, Esq., Liverpool ; W. Cavendish, Esq., 

 M.P., Burlington House, Piccadilly ; Constante Santa 

 Maria, Esq., Club Chambers, Regent Street ; and W. R. 

 Sams, Esq., 1, St. James's Street. 



The following u Notice of alteration in the By-Laws " was 

 read a second time, and suspended in the meeting-room : — " The 

 Council hereby give notice that they propose to substitute for 

 Chapter VI., Article I., of the present By-Laws, namely, ' the 

 admission-fee to be paid by each Fellow shall be six guineas/ 

 the following words, viz., 4 the admission-fee to be paid by each 

 Fellow shall be two guineas.' " 



Awards. Certificate of Merit: To Mr. Cuthill, of Camber- 

 well, for well-ripened examples from the open ground of 

 his Black Prince Strawberry, a kind becoming universally 

 cultivated, more especially for early crops. It is well 

 flavoured and very prolific. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. A Saccolabium 

 like S. Blumei, from Messrs. Loddiges, with a curiously 

 formed lip, which looked as if its end had been snipped oft ; 

 and specimens of his " ornamental metallic garden labels," 

 both for hanging up and sticking into the soil, from Mr. 

 Restell, of High-street, Croydon. The latter were of 

 various shapes, triangular and square ; they ranged from 

 Is, 6d. to 10.?. a-dozen, according to their sizes, &c. Mr. 

 Restell states that " They require no wire to attach them, 

 as they may be bent round anything without injury, being- 

 flexible as well as incorrodible. They, may be written 

 upon with a lead pencil, or if for permanent use (without 

 removal) with a steel pen and ink. They are calculated to 

 last for twenty years. They have been tested both in a 

 conservatory and in the open air, and are found all that 

 can be wished for." 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Boronia spathu- 

 lata, a much better plant than it was expected to prove; 

 and the two Californian Abronias, umbellata and pulchella, 

 half-trailing coast plants, requiring nearly the same treat- 

 ment as a Verbena. The latter has more colour than 

 umbellata, but in all other respects it is less handsome. 



