Choice or Beautiful Plants. 
420 
ti) tliese departnisuts of kiiowlfdf^c. 4. — By flie formation of a Library, Hfrbariinn, &c. for 
tlie use of the Mc^nihers. There is a Meeting every W'ediiesilay evenins;, at tlie Botanical Gar- 
iliMi, for tlie purpose of mutual instructioii, either by conversation, — by readin;^ lectures, or 
papers, — or by exhibitiu^^ specimens, Sec. The subscriptioi. is one shilling per month." 
Any further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, Mr. Baxter, the excellent and 
indefatii;;able botanist, with whom the Society mainly origmated, assisted by some members of 
the University, and gentlemen of the city. Tliere are aheady above sixty Members, among 
whom we observe the names of tlie Professor of Cliemistry, the Reader in Mineralogy and 
Oeulo'fy, the Librarian of the Bodlean Library, and many other members of the University and 
))rofessioual gentlemen, as well as practical gardeners. — There can, therefore, be do doubt what- 
ever of the success of the Society, and we think it likely to become eminently useful. 
MEDICO -BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 
Thf; followini; Resolutions, signed by the Secretary, have lately been circulated by order of 
this Society: — "At a Special Meeting of the Council of the Medico-Botanical Society of 
l^ondon, hoklen on Friday, the 6th day of January, 18?2, Humphrey Gibbs, Esq., F.H.S., 
Treasurer, in the chair. It was Ri-.solved, — That the Gold Medal of the Society should be of- 
fered tortile best Essay in the English, French, German, or Latin I^anguage, on the question 
'What is the vegetable substance which could be employed with the greatest success in Cholera?' 
And that the Silver Medal of the Society should be offered for the best Essay ' On the analysis 
of any vegetable substance, the proximate principle of which may be employed in the cure of 
disease,' provided that such Essay possesses sufhcieut merit ; and that they should be received 
till the close of the year 1H33, and that the Medals should be bestowed at the Anniversary, 
January 16th, 1834. 
'•And it was fnrtiier Resolved, — That as the question, 'What is the vegetable substance which 
could be emplojed with success in Hydrophobia'!' is a subject of great importance, that the 
tinie for receiving Essays on the same be extended to the last day of Oecember, 1832. 
"That each Essay sluiH be accompanied by a sealed paper, containing the names and address 
of the author, and marked in the same manner as the Essay; and that each Essay to which 
a Medal is not awarded, shall, according to the wish of the author, be restored to him, or sub- 
mitted to tlie Council, in order to its being read at a (ieneral Meeting. 
■' B\ order of the Council, G. (i. Sigmond, Secretary.' ' 
v.— CHOICE OR BEAUTll'UL PLAXT8, 
FLOWERING THIS MONTH, IN THE PRINCIPAL NURSERIES ROUNP Lt>NI)ON. 
AT MESSRS. C. LODDIGES Sc SONS', HACKNEY. 
Govenia sup'rba. 
Kimi-hia Laguneiise. 
Seafiirthia elegans. 
Ruellia SabiniAna. 
Oiicidium bifolium. 
Zamia pyguaj^a. 
Aciicia Brrfwnei. 
Eriostenion cuspid;'ituui. 
Epacris impressa. 
variabilis. 
I)alud6sa. 
Begonia semperflorens. 
nlmifoha. 
Brunsfelsia uniHora 
Acacia Brownei. 
lun.ita. 
Cliilodia cheloniiides. 
Dicsnia crenjita. 
Dillwynia ericifolia. 
Hemiclidia Baxt^ri. 
Kennedia longiracemosa. 
Claytonia longifolia. 
polyphylla. 
CoryVlalis bracte.Ua. 
Leucojum vernum. 
STOVE. 
Epidendruni veiinstum. 
——~ cochleAtum. 
eloiigatum. 
ellipticuni. 
Cyprep^nlium veniistuni. 
I'rescottia plantajii'nea. 
GREKNHOUSE. 
Grev;llea sulphiVea. 
Hovea longiflora. 
Borouia pinnata. 
serrulata. 
Styphelia longifolia. 
Bletia vcreci'inda. 
Jasminum paniculAtuni. 
Justiciaasperula. 
iHi^sa discolor. 
Cararfllias, many kinds 
Acicias, diito. 
Ericas, ditto. 
AT MESSRS. YOUNG'S, EPSOM. 
HOT HOUSE. 
Caliinthe veratrifolia. 
Dionaj^a muscipula. 
Plilecti'anthus carnosus. 
GRKEN-HOUSE. 
Grev:llea arennria. 
Baueri. 
planifolia. 
rosmarinifolia, 
Lachenalia pendula. (2 var.) 
qnadricolor. 
riibida. 
HARDY. 
Crocus argenteiis. 
batavinus. 
• prit'cox. 
stcUaris, 
Ruellia brasila. 
Siriningia Helleri. 
Ulex proviiicialis 
Ericas, upwards of 70 species 
amongst a collection of 
nearly 400 species and 
varieties. 
Crocus biflorus Parkinsoni. 
stigmatosus. 
Iagena=fl6riis. 
pusiMus. 
