HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 63 
January IQth, 1855. — The Stated Meeting of the Society was held this 
evening, at the Assembly Buildings — Caleb Cope in the chair. 
Premiums were awarded as follows : By the Committee on Plants and 
Flowers — Collection of twelve plants, for the best, to Robert Buist; for the 
second best,'to John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. Specwien plant, 
for the best, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Eahnestock; for the 
second best to John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. Table design, for 
the best, to Andrew Dryburgh ; for the second best, to Jerome Graff, gardener 
to C. Cope. BasJcet of cut flowers, for the best, to J. J. Habermehl, gardener 
to John Lambert ; for the second best, to Mark Hill, gardener to M. W. 
Baldwin. Bouquets, for the best pair, to Jerome Graff, gardener to C. 
Cope. N'ew plants, a premium of three dollars to John Pollock, gardener 
to James Dundas, for Phoelanopsis grandifiora ; of one dollar, to Thomas 
Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnestock, for Azalia narcissiflora and Ar- 
disia crenulata alba; of one dollar, to Jerome Graff, gardener to Caleb 
Cope, for ^schynanthus and Kennedya. Special premiuvis, to Andrew 
Dryburgh, one dollar, for a bouquet most tastefully arranged ; to Jerome 
Graff, gardener to Caleb Cope, and to Alexander Burnett, gardener to H. 
Pratt McKean, each one dollar, for basket ; and to Thomas Robertson, 
gardener to B. A. Eahnestock, two dollars, for a collection of plants. 
Apples, for the best twelve specimens to E. A. Vickroy for Ewalt. 
Vegetables, for the best display by a market gardener, to A. L. Eelton ; 
and a special premium of two dollars, to Mark Hill, gardener to M. W. 
Baldwin, for a fair display of lettuce, radishes and cucumbers. 
The Library Committee reported the names of nine members as delin- 
quent for fines. 
The delegates appointed to attend the session of the American Pomologi- 
cal Society, submitted a more detailed report. 
The Chairman of the Committee of Finance verbally reported progress. 
On motion, ordered that the thanks of the Society be tendered to Gen. 
Welsh, for the generous offer of the use of his large and magnificent tent* 
in case the Society should have needed it for the Autumnal Exhibition. 
Member elected — John Gray, florist. 
Objects sJiown. — Plants, by Robert Buist, specimen, Corrsea speciosa ven- 
tricosa, collection of twelve, Luculia gratissima, Oncidium ornithorynchum, 
Xylobium squalens, Camellia Mrs. Cope, Eranthemum semperflorens, E. 
pulchellum, Gesneria oblongata, Corrsea speciosa ventricosa, Petroea volu- 
bilis. Begonia incarnata, Azalea indica and Daphne indica rubra. 
By John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas, new, and shown for the 
first time, Phalaenopsis grandifiora, Begonia Laperousii, also, Goodyera 
