PROCEEDINGS. 



XXXV 



February 16, 1847. (Regent Street.) 

 Elections. W. Edgar, jun., Esq., Eagle House, Clapham ; 

 John Allcard, Esq., Stratford Green, Essex ; and Mr. 

 John Parsons, nurseryman, Flushing, Long Island, New 

 York. 



Aavards. Knightian Medal to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, 

 for a collection of Orchids, including four varieties of Ly- 

 caste Skinneri, one very distinct, with uniform velvety violet 

 flowers ; two forms of Laelia anceps ; Leptotes bicolor ; 

 Epidendrum vitellinum ; Maxillaria cruenta ; Dendrobium 

 nobile, and moniliforme ; a variety of Oncidium Caven- 

 dishii ; Cyrtochilum maculatum ; Phalaenopsis amabilis ; 

 Goodyera discolor ; and Zygopetalum crinitum. 

 Banksian Medal to Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, for various 

 Orchids, consisting of Dendrobium nobile and Pierardi ; 

 Leptotes bicolor and the curious little Cephalotus follicu- 

 laris ; Oncidium Cavendishii, nudum and unguiculatum. 

 Mr. Beck remarked " that upon this last are two distinct 

 sets of flowers, as regards size and colour. The plant has 

 been in bloom all the winter, and the flowers on the first 

 stem are now old ; they were always inferior to those on the 

 second one. Indeed I rather despised the plant on account 

 of its faded appearance in the brown colour of the flower. 

 That opinion has yielded to more favourable impressions ; 

 and I think the plant now a great acquisition." 

 Certificate of Merit to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a 

 very distinct white variety of Cyclamen ibericum. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. The true Cycla- 

 men vernum, the large-flowered Snow-drop (Galanthus pli- 

 catus), which is handsomer than the common Snow-drop ; 

 and a cut spike of a magnificent specimen of Laelia super- 

 biens, which was then in flower in the Garden. Also, 

 Cuttings of — Werder's Early Heart Cherry, a German 

 variety, earlier than the May Duke — Bigarreau Napoleon, 

 or Laurmann's Kirsche ; a great bearer ; larger than the 

 Bigarreau — Roy ale Hative Plum, a purple fruit, early and 

 exceedingly rich — and Ickworth Imperatrice (Figured, 

 Trans., 2nd Series, vol. ii.), superior to the Old Imperatrice. 



Books Presented. 



Miscellanea Botanica, No. 5. From the Author, Signor Antonio Bertoloni. (4to., 

 Bologna, 1846.) 



Paxtons Magazine of Botany for November, December, and January. From the 

 Editor. 



The Botanical Register for February. From the Publishers. 

 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. 16, Part 2. From the Sxiety. 

 The Floricultural Cabinet for January and February. From the Editor, Mr". Joseph 

 Harrison. 



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