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PROCEEDINGS. 



English gardeners, it would have been this exhibition, which, 

 with two or three exceptions, consisted wholly of plants display- 

 ing the most admirable cultivation. Fruit was scarce ; but what 

 was produced was good and well ripened. Out of 1 1,580 tickets 

 which had been issued, only 1479 were presented, the whole 

 number of visitors and Fellows of the Society having been 1644. 

 The number of Medals awarded was 24 gold, and 85 silver, their 

 value being 409/. 15s. 



The Award was as follows : — 



Certificate of Honour : 1. To Mr. Frazer, of Ley ton, Essex, 

 for a collection of thirty stove and greenhouse plant-. 

 2. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., jun., 

 F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



Large Gold Medal: 1. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss 

 Traill, of Hayes Place, Bromley, for a collection of thirty 

 stove and greenhouse plants. 2. To Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son, of Exeter, for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 



Gold Knightian Medal: 1. To Mr. Donald, gardener to 

 Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of thirty stove and 

 greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Ayres, gardener to James 

 Cook, Esq., F.H.S., for a collection of fifteen stove and 

 greenhouse plants. 3. To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, 

 for twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 4. To Mr. Wil- 

 liams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve 

 species of the same. 5. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss 

 Traill, for fifteen varieties of Cape Heath. 6. To Messrs. 

 Fairbairn, of Clapham, for the same. 



Gold Banksian Medal : 1. To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir 



E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a collection of fifteen stove 

 and greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Carson, gardener to W. 



F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S., for a collection of ten stove 

 and greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. Plant, gardener to J. 

 H. Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve species of Exotic 

 Orchids. 4. To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck, 

 F.H.S., for six species of the same. 5. To Mr. Slowe, 

 gardener to R. W. Baker, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve varie- 

 ties of Roses in pots. 6. To Messrs. Lane, of Great Berk- 

 hampstead, for the same. 7. To Mr. Ayres, gardener to 

 J. Cook, Esq., F.H.S., for fifteen varieties of Cape Heaths. 

 8. To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for the same. 9. To 

 Mr. Cock, F.H.S., for twelve new varieties of Pelargonium, 

 in 8-inch pots. 10. To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. 

 Beck, F.H.S., for the same. 11. To Mr. Parker, gar- 

 dener to J. H. Oughton, Esq., of Roehampton, for twelve 

 varieties of Pelargonium, in 11-inch pots. 12. To Mr. 



