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PROCEEDINGS. 



Books Presented. 



Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. 7, Part 2. From the 



Society. 



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

 The Floricultural Cabinet for March. From Mr. Jos. Harrison. 



Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences a Pari*. 



2me. Semestre, 1846. 

 Memoires de l'lnstitut de France, Vol. 19. 



Memoires presentes par divers Savants a l'Academie des Sciences de l'lnstitut de 



France, torn. 9. From the Academy. 

 The Athenaeum for the montlis of J nuary and February. From the Editor. 

 Rapport sur les Moyens de suppleer au Deficit des Produits de la Pomme de Terre. 



From M. Vilmorin. 



April 6, 1847. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. Major-General William Morison, C.B., M.P., 16, 

 Savile Row ; T. W. Usherwood Robinson, Esq., Houghton- 

 le-Spring, Durham ; and Mrs. Park, Ince Hall, Chester. 



Awards. Knightian Medal to Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, 

 for a collection of Orchids, including Aerides virens ; Den- 

 drobium anosmum, a handsome Philippine species; D. pul- 

 chellum; a large variety of D. Pierardi, Oncidium phyma- 

 tochilum, Scuticaria Steelii, and Broughtonia sanguinea. 

 Banksian Medals: To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple 

 Place, for Boronia triphylla, a handsome new species of 

 good colour ; B. anemonefolia ; and the scarce Eriostemon 

 scabrum ; " all remarkably free flowering plants, both young 

 and old, requiring scarcely any fire-heat." To Messrs. 

 Rollisson, of Tooting, for a specimen of Puya Altensteinii, 

 a Brazilian plant nearly related to Pitcairnia, and a collec- 

 tion of Orchids, comprising Miltonia cuneata, Houlletia 

 Brockelhurstiana, Burlingtonia rigida, Trichopilia tortilis, 

 and others. To Mr. Donald, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, 

 for Dendrobium densiflorum and Enkianthus reticulatus, a 

 greenhouse-shrub. 

 Certificates of Merit : To Mr. Glendinning, of Chiswick Nur- 

 sery, for a variety of Chorozema cordifolium. To Messrs. 

 Rollisson, for a fine specimen of Erica Wilhnoreana. To 

 Messrs. Davies and Co., of Wavertree, for flowers of a red- 

 coloured seedling Camellia, named Daviesii. To Mr. Bar- 

 ton, gardener to J. Tharp, Esq., Chippenham Park, Suffolk, 

 for a collection of Apples and Pears in good condition, 

 consisting of Chippenham Pippin. Winter Pearmain, 

 London Pippin Apples, and well-coloured specimens of 

 Uvedale's St. Germain Pears. To D. B. Meek, Esq., of 

 Nutfield, for a dish of Alice Maude Strawberries, which 

 had been grown in his Polmaise Stove. They were sent 

 with a view to prove that the atmosphere of a house heated 

 on this system is not deleterious to vegetation, as has been 



