EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
CXX1 
Medals Awarded. —Large gold Banksian to Mr. H. B. Smith, 
for a group of Cyclamens. Silver-gilt Banksians to Mr. 
C. Edmonds, for group of Cyclamens; and to Mr. W. Bull, 
for group of new and rare plants. Silver Banksians to 
Mr. B. Clarke, for group of Cyclamens ; to Mr. B. S. Williams, 
for groups of Primulas and Cyclamens; and to Messrs. Osborn 
and Sons, for a miscellaneous group of plants. Silver Floras 
to Mr. H. Benbam, gardener to tbe Earl of Stradbroke, for four 
Pbalsenopsis Scbilleriana; and to Messrs. W. Paul and Son, 
for a collection of Camellias, cut blooms. Small Gold Banksian 
to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., for a group of Orchids. 
Silver Knightian to Mr. S. Ford, gardener to W. E. Hubbard, 
Esq., for a collection of Apples and Pears. 
On this occasion a fine display of Orchids and Cyclamens 
completely filled tbe large conservatory, and attracted a large 
attendance of Fellows and visitors. Mr. Jennings, in addressing 
tbe Meeting, alluded to tbe interesting circumstance that tbe 
value of tbe certificates accorded by tbe Society was being 
recognised by some of tbe foreign nurserymen. Mr. Van Geert, 
of Ghent, bad submitted a beautiful semi-double Azalea indica , 
named “ Empress of India ” ; and Messrs. Hovey and Co., of 
Boston, U.S.A., exhibited some charming cut Camellias, 
remarkable for tbe almost entire absence of tbe notch at tbe 
point of the petals which usually detracts from perfection of 
form in most other varieties. This welLknown Boston firm 
also showed a specimen of Azalea (amcena) Hoveyi, a rosy lilac 
variety from Japan, noted for its hardness and for tbe earliness 
and profusion of its bloom. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence staged a magnificent group of Orchids, 
in which every specimen was a picture of health and beauty, 
and every species shown in its best variety, notably some 
grand examples of Dendrobium Wardianum , Dendrobium luteolum , 
from Burmah, with pale creamy flowers ; D. crassinode and 
D. nobile cceruleseens, covered with bloom ; Cymbidium eburneum, 
bearing eight pure white flowers; Lcelia harpojAiylla, with its 
remarkably bright orange scarlet spikes, a rare specimen; and 
many fine examples of Odontoglossums, Coelogynes, Cypri- 
pediums and Phakenopses. 
From Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons came a choice collection of 
Primulas, Cyclamens and Orchids, amongst the last a plant of 
