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stated, " As far as my judgment goes, I think the tree per- 

 fectly hardy ; and should it be so, it will be a very great 

 acquisition as an ornamental plant, for early in February it 

 produces a profusion of beautiful pinkish flowers without 

 any forcing whatever. It strikes most readily by cuttings ; 

 and if grown in a moist place, sends out roots over its 

 branches similar to a vine in such a situation. The flavour 

 of the fruit is about the same as that of the May Duke." To 

 Messrs. Loddiges, for a seedling Camellia named Aulica, 

 a flower novel in colour, and possessing good properties. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Specimens of the 

 true Cattleya intermedia ; Cestrum roseum, a dingy, red- 

 flowered plant that has been sold for the beautiful Habro- 

 thamnus fasciculatus ; and a remarkably handsome Azalea, 

 one of Mr. Fortune's importations, with large salmon- 

 coloured flowers, spotted in the upper petals with purple. 



Notice was suspended in the meeting-room that the annual 

 accounts were ready for distribution to the Fellows. 



Books Presented. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 10, P^rt 2. From the Society. 



Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. From the Author, 



Mr. Robert Fortune. 

 The Athenaeum for the month of March. From the Editor. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, Vol. 9, N.S., 

 Part 3. Proceedings of the Society, Nos. 34 and 35, &c. From the Society. 



Portrait in Lithography of the late E. Rudge, Esq., F.H.S. From Mrs. Rudge. 



Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Zoological Society of London, 

 Feb. IS, 1847, by Leonard Horner", Esq.. President. From the Society. 



Seventy-third Annual Report of the Royal Humane Society, 1847. From the Society. 



May 1, 1847. (Regent Street — Anniversary.) 



A Report from the Auditors was read, stating the income and 

 expenditure, the balance in hand, debt and liabilities of the 

 Society for the year preceding ; after which, copies were distri- 

 buted among the Fellows. 



A Report from the Council was then read upon the present 

 and past condition of the Society, &c. (See p. 161.) 



Resolved. That the thanks of the Society be given to the Vice- 

 Secretary for his valuable assistance in carrying out the im- 

 provements in the education of the men in the Garden, and 

 to the several donors of books to the Garden Library. 



The Society then proceeded to ballot for officers for the ensu- 

 ing year, when the following Fellows of the Society, viz. — 



His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, 



J. J. Bland v. Esq., and 



R. W. Eyies, Esq., 

 were elected new Members of the Council, in the room of — 



