PROCEEDINGS. 



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May 5, 1846. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Henry Petre, Esq., 33, Portman Square ; and 

 John Charles Weir, Esq,, East Acton. 



Awards. Knightian Medal to Mr. Carton, gardener to his 

 Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon, for a noble 

 specimen of Platycerium grande in fruit. Mr. Carton 

 stated that the plant had been brought home by Mr. Bid- 

 will in 1843, and was received at Syon in December of the 

 same year. In 1844 it threw out a leaf in fructification, 

 from which a quantity of young plants were raised similar 

 to some accompanying the specimen. These His Grace 

 desired to be presented to the Society. The seedlings in 

 question were raised from seeds sown as soon as they were 

 ripe ; no symptoms of vegetation appeared in seeds sown 

 after they had been kept for some time. 



Banksian Medals to Messrs. Henderson of Pine- Apple Place, 

 for Tremandra verticillata, a pretty Swan River plant, 

 " which was received from Baron Hugel last year. It is 

 a profuse bloomer ; but of course — as we had to propagate 

 from it — by no means so bushy as the plant is capable of 

 becoming under judicious treatment. The flowers require 

 sun to make them expand finely." 



Certificate of Merit to Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., F.H.S., for an 

 exceedingly fine sample of Asparagus; 106 heads weighing 

 10 lbs. 15 oz. ; each head being thicker than the thumb. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Corethrostylis 

 bracteata, a Swan River shrub, of which much has been 

 expected ; but its pink flowers, although produced in abun- 

 dance, want brilliancy of colour to render them sufficiently 

 attractive. Accompanying it was also Mina lobata, raised 

 from seeds collected in Mexico by Mr. Hartweg in his new 

 expedition to California. From the appearance of the 

 foliage of this pretty little plant, nobody could doubt its 

 being a Bindweed, but the flowers are unlike those of the 

 order ; they are produced in long one-sided racemes, and 

 are bright orange when young, but become pale yellow 

 when full blown. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for May. From the Publishers. 



Andeutungen zur Charakteristik des Organischen Lebens nach Seinem Austreten in 

 den Verschiedenen Erdperioden. By Dr. A. Wagner. (4to. Munich, 1845.) 



Bulletin der Koniglich Akademie der Wissenschaften, Nos. 51 to 57, for 1844 ; the 

 Nos. for 1845 ; and Nos. 1 to 5, for 1846. 



And Transactions of the Royal Bavarian Academy. Vol. 4, Part 2. From the Aca- 

 demy at Munich (1845 ). 



The Athenaeum for the month of April. From the Editor. 



