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PROCEEDINGS. 



July 6, 1847. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. The Earl Spencer ; Robert Blayney, Esq., 20, Re- 

 gent Street, and Evesham, Worcestershire ; Adolphus Fre- 

 derick Slade, Esq., Kemnal House, Chislehurst, Kent ; 

 John Smith, Esq., Reform Club, and Welton Garth, Hull ; 

 and Arthur Vardon, Esq., Hanger Lane, Stamford Hill, 



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

 for various Orchids, more especially Ornithidium miniatum, 

 Oncidium Lanceanum, and its larger variety ; Calanthe 

 Masuca, and Lacaena bicolor. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Angelonia angus- 

 tifolia sent by Mr. Hartweg from Mexico, a dwarf kind, 

 with beautiful violet blossoms; Aquilegia Skinneri, a (iua- 

 temala species, remarkable for its green and red flowers, as 

 well as for the country whence it comes ; Mr. Fortune's 

 Anemone-flowered Rose, a species nearly related to the 

 Musk Rose ; Calystegia pubescens ; and a collection of 

 Cape Pelargoniums, consisting of bicolor, gibbosum, alter- 

 nans, ardens, fulgidum, lateripes, bipinnatum, and quinque- 

 vulnera. 



After the Meeting, the Society resolved itself into a Spe- 

 cial General Meeting for the purpose of electing a new 

 Member of Council, when R. H. Solly, Esq., was declared 

 to be elected in the room of F. G. Cox, Esq., deceased. 



Books Presented. 



The Botanical Register for July. From the Publishers. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. 17, Part 1. From the Society. 

 Representation of a Gourd (weighing 196 lbs., 7 feet 3 inches in circumference). 



From J. F. Leathes, &c. 

 The Athenaeum for June. From the Editor. 



July 17, 1847. (Garden Exhibition.) 

 On this occasion the day, although ushered in with a tempest, 

 proved enjoyable in the afternoon, and 6827 visitors, exclusive 

 of exhibitois, found their way to the garden. The exhibition 

 of plants, considering the season, was much above the average, 

 and the gaiety of the scene increased by the music, the effect 

 of which was improved by some new arrangements, and by 

 the large area over which the movements of the bands extended ; 

 the beautiful grounds at Chiswick House, through the liberality 

 of the noble President, being thrown open to the visitors. As 

 regards fruit, it was scanty ; and, although some of it was good, 

 upon the whole this department of the exhibition did little 

 honour to English gardening. No miscellaneous collections 

 were exhibited, although for such the Society had offered three 



