EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
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advantages under which tropical plants were grown in this 
country in the winter months; it was possible to furnish them 
with the required temperature by artificial heat, but hitherto 
they could not supply that other necessity, light, which they 
enjoyed in their native forests, and which was so essential for 
ripening the wood. He suggested that valuable results might 
be obtained from a series of experiments with the Electric 
Light. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Medals Awarded. —Gold Medals to Messrs. J. Yeitch and 
Sons, for a group of Maples and Roses; to Messrs. J. Yeitch 
and Sons, for a group of New and Rare Plants; and to Messrs. 
G. Jackman and Son, for a group of Clematis. Silver-gilt 
Floras to Messrs. Paul and Son (Cheshunt), for a collection of 
Pot Roses, and to Messrs. Lane and Sons, for a collection of 
Pot Roses. Silver Floras to Mrs. K. B. Cussons, for a collec¬ 
tion of Skeletonized Leaves, and to Mrs. M. Hodgkins, for 
a collection of Skeletonized Leaves. Silver Banksians to 
Messrs. Win. Cutbush and Son, for a group of New Holland 
Plants; to Mr. H. Boiler, for a collection of Agaves, Cacti, &c._; 
to Messrs. Osborne and Sons, for a group of Stove and Green¬ 
house Plants, and a collection of Herbaceous Plants in pots; 
to Mr. B. S. Williams, for a group of Plants; to Messrs. Dick 
Radclyffe and Co., for Rockery; to Messrs. J. Ivery and Son, 
for a group of Azaleas; to Mr. J. Aldous, for Dinner Table 
Decorations; to Mr. James Ford, for a group of Calceolarias; 
to Messrs. Wm. Paul and Son (Waltham), for cut blooms of 
Roses; and to Mr. A. Parmley, for Bridal and Ball Bouquets. 
First Class Certificates were awarded to Gloxinia “ Duchess of 
ConnaughtCroton Evansianus and Azalea (mollis) u Arthur de 
Wardlesf from Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons; to Azalea (indica) 
“ Madeleine ,” from Mr. C. Turner; to Polyanthus superba (as a 
decorative plant) and Primula sikkimensis , from Mr. R. Dean; 
to Fntillaria recurva and Cypripedium pubescens major , from 
H. J. Elwes, Esq. 
Second Class Certificate to Amaryllis “ Lady Louisa Egerton 
from Mr. J. Speed (gardener to the Duke of Devonshire). 
Highly Commended.— Meconopsis nepalensis, from the Society*g 
Gardens, Chiswick. 
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