AWARDS. 



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Mr. Berkeley brought a branch of Wellingtonia, with male cat- 

 kins, from the Marquis of Huntly's at Orton Longueville. Many 

 of the trees there, of which there are some hundreds, had borne 

 female fruit ; but this was the only one with catkins. He made a 

 few observations on the disease which is so common and destruc- 

 tive to Pear-trees, directing the attention of the Meeting to the 

 curious observations of Oersted on its connexion with the gela- 

 tinous parasite of Junlperus Sabma, an account of which is given 

 by Mr. Currey in the present number of the ' Journal.' 



AWARDS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 

 from 1859 to 1865. 



The following list gives the names of the whole of the newly intro- 

 duced plants, and new garden flowers, which have received awards 

 from the Floral Committee from the time of its establishment in 1859 

 up to the end of 1865. Such a list, now printed for the purpose 

 of ready reference, being, in fact, a record of nearly all the more 

 deserving novelties imported or raised in this country since that 

 very useful body has been at work, will be found serviceable to 

 those who take interest in new introductions ; whilst those who 

 are themselves but novices in the matter of plant-selection, may 

 take it as a very trustworthy guide. The existence of such a 

 tribunal has acted as a wholesome check upon the crowd of worth- 

 less novelties which are ever being thrust forward to catch the 

 unwary purchaser. 



It may be explained that the value of the several awards 

 is indicated by the following initial letters: — S. K., Silver 

 Knightian Medal; S. B., Silver Banksian Medal; B., Bronze 

 Medal (these being awards made to certain subjects at the 

 great summer shows); F. C, First-class Certificate; S. C, Se- 

 cond-class Certificate ; C, Commendation. It should be observed 

 that the S. C. was not made use of before 1862 ; so that prior 

 to that date the C. is really equivalent to a second-class instead 

 of a third-class award, as it afterwards became. For the sake of 

 completing the record of the awards made directly to new plants 

 by the Society since its resuscitation, a few subjects (marked #) 

 which were shown on the day of the opening, June 5, 1861, are 

 included, as well as a few other subjects (marked f), to which 

 awards were made by the Society at the show in St. James's Hall, 



