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servatory, and the garden was brightly illuminated with four of 

 Messrs. Siemens Brothers' large electric lamps, and coloured fires 

 were also judiciously employed at intervals. In the east crush room 

 of the Eoyal Albert Hall there was an exhibition of statues, &c, 

 showing the effects of " Balmain's Luminous Paint," which attracted 

 considerable attention. 



June 8, 1880. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 



Sir Charles Strickland, Bart., in the Chair. 



Elections. — Thomas Ayres, Mrs. Begley, Richard Blackwood, 

 "William Blake, Mrs. Bourne, Capt. Cecil, H. Bunbury, R. Henn 

 Collins, Mrs. Alfred Illingworth, Mrs. Laura Kelly, Mrs. Lely, 

 Auguste Leon, Mrs. Lucena, George A. Macmillan, Miss Grant 

 Morris, Miss E. J. Read, William Roebuck, John N. Rogers, 

 Mrs. Sendall, Lady Maria Spearman, Robert Whyte. 



Medals Awarded. — Gold Medal, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., 

 for specimen of Cattleya gigas ; Gold Medal, James Carter and Co. for 

 a collection of Coleus; Silver Banksian, W. Cutbush and Son for 

 group of Plants ; Silver Banksian, W. Rapley (gardener to J. Hud- 

 son, Esq.) for group of Plants ; Gold Medal, W- Bull for group of 

 New and Rare Plants ; Silver Banksian, H. Boiler for group of 

 Miniature Succulents ; Silver Flora, J. James (gardener to Mrs. 

 Watson) for group of Calceolarias ; Gold Medal, General Horticul- 

 tural Company, (J. Wills), Limited, for group of Plants ; Silver 

 Gilt Banksian, H. Lane and Son for group of Pyrimidal Ivies ; 

 Silver Elora, B. S. Williams for group of Plants ; Bronze Elora, F. 

 and A. Smith for group of Pelargoniums ; Silver Banksian, Mrs. 

 Pearson for group of Pelargoniums ; Silver Gilt Flora, J. Aldous for 



