Clxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
articles, cones from California, musical instruments from Borneo 
and Madagascar, cloth fibre of the Kopeh, cups and bowls taken 
from the graves of Indians in Peru, ornaments from the South 
Sea Islands, and nickel silver ore, lent by Messrs. J. Yeitch 
and Sons. Lighting in the conservatory and upper gardens by 
Messrs. Siemens Brothers; in the rose garden and the great 
exhibition tent by the Anglo-American Electric Light Company 
with the Wallace light; the “Eclipse” gas engine, exhibited 
by Messrs. Louis Simon and Son, Nottingham, working Electric 
Light in the vestibule. 
The bands of the 1st Life Guards and the Boyal Horse 
Guards (Blue) performed selections of music in the gardens, 
and part songs were given by the members of the Lombard 
Amateur Musical Society under the direction of Mr. Prendergast. 
July 22, 1879. 
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 
Lord Alfred S. Churchill , Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Elections .—Selim Bustros, George Procter Hawtrey, Herman 
James Sillem. 
Medals Awarded .—Silver Banksian to Messrs. James Veitch 
and Sons, for a collection of cut blooms of Roses. 
The Assistant Secretary made a few remarks upon some of 
the interesting plants in the room, and Mr. Elwes commented 
upon the new varieties of Iris Kcempferi. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, E.R.S., in the Chair. 
The chief business of the Meeting on this occasion consisted 
in the exhibition of various specimens of rare or interesting 
plants. 
Plants, dec.. Exhibited. —Mr. Elwes showed specimens of the 
following : — Polygonatumgiganteum, a very tall-growing Solomon’s 
Seal, with greenish, elongated, bell-shaped flowers; Bomarea 
Salsilla(acutifolia of gardens), a very pretty Alstromeria-likeplant, 
with clusters of pink bell-shaped flowers. It is an old inhabi¬ 
tant of our greenhouses, but it is not generally known that it is 
