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tolerable abundance ; and in the morning, when open, have 

 rather a striking effect. Along with these there was a 

 noble mass of Phaleenopsis amabilis, obtained from Manilla 

 by Mr. Fortune. 



Books Presented. 



The Athenaeum for May. From the Editor. 

 The Botanical Register for June. From the Publishers. 

 The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No 6. From the Society. 

 Dodonaea, ou Recueil d'Observations de Botanique, 1st and 2nd Parts. Pax Charles 

 Morren. From the Author. 8vo. Bruxelles, 1841, 1843. 



June 13, 1846. (Garden Exhibition.) 



Although the gaiety of the Azaleas of May was missed on 

 this occasion, yet the general effect was as good as ever. The 

 Pelargoniums were in their glory ; Orchids and Cape Heaths 

 were magnificent ; and the fruit, which was so meagre in Mav. 

 did honour to the skill of English gardeners. The day was hot 

 and dry, the thermometer ranging as high as 86° in the shade, 

 and 97° in the sun ; but the heat was rendered unoppressive by 

 a brisk north-east wind. The exhibition was inspected by his 

 Highness Ibrahim Pacha and suite ; and during the afternoon 

 13,421 visitors entered the Garden, 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 Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. 

 Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic 

 Orchids. 



Gold Knighiian Medals : 1. To Mr. Frazer, of Lea Bridge 

 Road, for a collection of twenty Stove and Greenhouse 

 plants. 2. To Mr. Rae, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., 

 F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 3. To Mr. 

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

 twelve species of the same. 4. To Mr. Plant, gardener to 

 J. H. Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., for six species of the same. 

 5. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill, for twenty species 

 of Cape Heaths. 6. To Messrs. Fairbairn, for the same. 



Gold Banksian Medals : 1. To Mr. Ayres, gardener to James 

 Cook, Esq., F.H.S., for a collection of twenty Stove and 

 Greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Barnes, gardener to G. W. 

 Norman, Esq., of Bromley Common, Kent, for a collection 

 of twelve Stove and Greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. Robert- 

 son, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for twenty species 

 of Exotic Orchids. 4. To Mr. Plant, gardener to J. H. 

 Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., for six species of the same. 5. To 



