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PROCEEDINGS. 



May 9, 1846. (Garden Exhibition.) 



The weather on this occasion was very propitious, a brisk 

 S.W. wind prevailing throughout the day. The exhibition of 

 Orchids alone was 48 yards long, in a double bank, nor was 

 there a bad specimen among them, and indeed this was the great 

 and gratifying feature of the show. The fruit was not abun- 

 dant ; the best of it was excellent, and was suitably rewarded ; 

 but much was inferior. The exhibition was inspected by 

 H. R. H. Prince Albert at an early hour ; and the number of 

 visitors altogether who entered the garden amounted to 4844, 

 exclusive of exhibitors. 



The Award was as follows : — 



Large Gold Medals : 1. To Mr. J. Robertson, gardener to 

 Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of forty stove and 

 greenhouse plants. 2. To the same for twenty species of 

 Exotic Orchids. 



Gold Knightian Medals: 1. To Mr. Barnes, gardener to G. 

 W. Norman, Esq., of Bromley Common, Kent, for a col- 

 lection of forty stove and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. 

 Frazer, of Lea Bridge Road, for a collection of twenty 

 stove and greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. My lam, gardener 

 to Sigismund Rucker, Esq., F.H.S., for twenty species of 

 Exotic Orchids. 4. To Mr. James Williams, gardener to 

 C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve species of Exotic 

 Orchids. 5. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill, of 

 Hayes Place, Bromley, for twenty species of Cape Heaths. 

 6. To Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, for the same. 



Gold Banksian Medals : To Mr. Hunt for a collection of 

 twenty stove and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Green, 

 gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a collection 

 of twelve stove and greenhouse plants. 3. To Messrs. 

 Rollisson, of Tooting, for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 

 4. To Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., 



F. H.S., for twelve species of Exotic Orchids. 5. To Mr. 



G. Eyles, gardener to Sir George Larpent, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for six species of Exotic Orchids. 6. To Mr. W. Cock, of 

 Chiswick, F.H.S., for twelve new varieties of Pelargonium 

 in 8-inch pots. 7. To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck, 

 of Isleworth, F.H.S., for the same. 8. To Mr. W. Cock, 

 for twelve varieties of Pelargonium in 1-inch pots. 9. To 

 Mr. Catleugh, of Hans Place, Chelsea, for the same. 10. 

 To Mr. Slowe, gardener to W. R. Baker, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 twelve varieties of Roses in pots. 11. To Messrs. Paul 



