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PROCEEDINGS. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of the Royal Horticultural Society of Cornwall. From the 

 Society. 



Observations on Amaryllis Tinaji. From the Author, Baron Thomas Melazzo, at 



Palermo. 



The Agricultural Magazine and Farmer's Journal for February. From the Editor. 

 The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 9, and fndex, Title-page, &c, of 

 Vol. 4 of the Proceedings of the Society. From the Geological Society. 



March 2, 1847. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Sir J. T. Tyrrell, Bart., M.P., Boreham House, 

 Chelmsford ; T. W. Booker, Esq., Velindra House, Car- 

 diff; Francis Passingham, Esq., Truro; C. Child, Esq., 

 Palace, Bromley ; Mrs. G. Holford, Buckland, Brecknock- 

 shire ; W. H. Smith, Esq., Kilburn House, Kilburn ; Mr. 

 F. Dickson, Nurseryman, Chester ; and Mr. J. Salter, Nur- 

 seryman, Versailles. 



Awards. Knightian Medals: To Messrs. Loddiges, of Hack- 

 ney, for a very handsome Cymbidium, quite new, and re- 

 markable for the large size of its flowers, which are snowy 

 white, except the lip, which has a streak of yellow in the 

 centre. To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for a noble 

 bush of Dendrobium nobile, finely flowered, and an equally 

 well-managed Epacris variabilis. 

 Banksian Medals : To Messrs. Loddiges, for various Orchids, 

 more especially the rare Ansellia africana, a large variety of 

 Dendrobium nobile, Phaius Wallichii, Oncidium lacerum, 

 and Brasavola venosa. To Mr. Donald, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, of Ealing Park, for a collection of Orchids, 

 consisting of Phal&nopsis amabilis, Barkeria Skinneri, 

 Phaius Tankervillia, Epidendrum vitellinum, and three 

 others. 



Certificate of Merit to Mr. Jones, gardener to E. J. Hut- 

 chins, Esq., Dowlais House, Glamorganshire, for two Pro- 

 vidence Pine Apples, handsome for the season, weighing 

 respectively 6 lbs. 8 oz. and 6 lbs. 4 oz. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Mr. Fortune's 

 Forsythia viridissima, Daphne Fortuni, Azalea squamata, 

 and A. obtusa, with the double-flowered variety of Spiraea 

 prunifolia ; also Pear-Cuttings, consisting of — Althorp 

 Crassane ; a variety raised by Mr. Knight ; hardy, and an 

 abundant bearer as a standard ; the fruit butter) 7 and rich ; 

 and in season in October and November — March Bergamot ; 

 also raised by Mr. Knight ; an excellent hardy variety; fruit 

 middle-sized ; Bergamot -shaped, rich, and valuable for its 

 late keeping — Thompson's ; found amongst a number of un- 

 named Belgian seedlings ; fruit middle-sized, melting, and 

 exceedingly rich ; in season in November — and Suffolk 



