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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
dering-crow of authors, so called from its restless disposition, differing especially 
from the Magpie, in having more arboreal feet, shorter tarsi, &c. 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 
July 6. — J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R. S., Pres., in the chair.—Mr. Hopkins con¬ 
cluded his paper “ on vegetable fermentation, and on the products resulting 
therefrom.”'—A discussion took place on some points in Vegetable Physiology, 
and on the phenomenon of “ a tree growing within a tree.”—Mr. Chatterley, 
the Secretary, described a new variety of Stachys syhestris^ recently discovered 
by him near London. The whole plant differed from the well-known species of 
that name, not only in having white flowers, but also in scent, and in the vil¬ 
lous character of its leaves.—Mr. Gray remarked that the Royal Fern {Osmunda 
regalis J, hitherto supposed not to exist within twenty miles of London, was last 
week found by him on Putney Common. A variety of donations of books and 
specimens were announced, after which the President adjourned the Society till 
August. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Juhj 4.—The following medals were awarded:—a large silver medal to Mrs. 
Lawrence, F. H. S., for Gesnera faucialis: silver Knightian medals to Mr. 
Fairburn, of Clapham, for Heaths; to James Bateman, Esq., F. H. S., for 
various Orchidaceous plants; to Mr. S. Hooker, F. H. S., for Roses; to Mr. 
Errington, gardener to Sir P. Egerton, Bart., F. H. S., for Royal George 
Peaches; to Mr. J. Stewart, gardener to Lord Ashburton, F. H.S., for white 
Magdalen Peaches, and Keen’s seedling Strawberries; and a silver Banksian 
medal to W. Leveson Gower, Esq., F. H. S., for double yellow Roses. Besides 
the above was a beautiful show of specimens of Lychnis himgeana^ Crinum ama^ 
bile^ Eutoca mscida^ Combretum purpureum^ Irises, Pelargoniums, &c. The Earl 
of Arran, and six other gentlemen, were elected Fellows. 
July 18.—Medals were awarded to Mr. Errington, for Nectarines; to Mr. 
Flanagan, gardener to Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., F. H. S.; and to Mr. Durns- 
FORD, gardener to Baron Dimsdale, F.H.S., for a specimen of Catasetum luridum. 
There were also some well-preserved apples ; one, the growth of the year 1835, 
and received by the Society from Lord W. Fitzroy, F. H. S.—Six candidates 
were elected Fellows. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Aug. 7. —Mr. Bowerbank showed strange proofs in cork and timber of the 
ravages of a species of Dermestes^ and recommended oil of almonds for their ex- 
