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twenty names). 12. To Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, 

 Esq., for the third-best named collection of plants (no error 

 in twenty names). 13. To Mr. Fleming, gardener to the 

 Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S., for Grapes. 14. To Mr. H. 

 Eyre, gardener to R. W. Barchard, Esq., F.H.S., for Keen's 

 Seedling Strawberries. 

 Certificates of Merit : 1. To Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir Geo. 

 Warrender, F.H.S., for Dysophylla stellata. 2. To Messrs. 

 Veitch and Son, for Rhodostemma gardenioides. 3. To 

 Mr. Cameron, of the Botanic Garden, Birmingham, for 

 Anthericum caeruleum. 4. To Mr. Beck, for a seedling 

 Pelargonium " Patrician." 5. To Mr. Miller, of Ramsgate, 

 for a seedling Pelargonium, " Mount Etna." 6. To Mr. 

 Kinghorn, gardener to the Earl of Kilmorey, Orleans 

 House, Twickenham, for a seedling Calceolaria, " Master- 

 piece." 7. To Mr. Gaines, for a seedling Calceolaria, 

 " Lord Hardinge." 8. To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. 

 Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a seedling Calceolaria, " La 

 Polka." 9. To the same, for Achimenes picta. 10. To 

 Mr. Brunsell, gardener to J. C. Weir, Esq., of East Acton, 

 for Azalea indica alba. 11. To Messrs. Rollisson, for the 

 fourth best-named collection of plants (one error i?i twenty 

 plants). 12. To Mr. Barnes, gardener to G. W. Norman, 

 Esq., for the fifth best-named collection of plants {four 

 errors in forty plants). 13. To Richard Brook, E>q., 

 F.H.S., for a collection of Apples and Pears. 



June 2, 1846. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Mr. William Healy, 130, Fleet Street, London. 



Awards. Banksian Medals: To Mr. Saunders, gardener to 

 the Earl of Carnarvon at Highclere, for a charming collec- 

 tion of hardy hybrid Azaleas. Some were the result of a 

 cross between A. pontica and the red-flowered A. rubescens 

 of the United States, and showed in a remarkable degree 

 the value of such crosses ; for in the mules the yellow 

 flowers of A. pontica partook of the rich crimson tints of 

 A. rubescens, in a greater or less degree of intensity, and a 

 beautiful display of various-coloured flowers was the result. 

 This was also the case in another group of hybrids obtained 

 from A. sinensis ; they had the glaucous foliage and in- 

 florescence of that species modified by various tints of 

 crimson — these colours blending well, and producing a 

 striking effect. Another charming hybrid, to the habit of 

 Rhododendron azaleoides or fragrans, added the colour of 



