PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. lxXXV 
voted to Professor Owen for having presented to the Society a plant of a new 
Cyrtanthns. 
A ballot for plants then took place. 
At a General Meeting of the Fellows of the Society, on Tuesday, 17th July, 
Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, F.R.S., in the Chair, the following candidates were 
elected Fellows of the Society:— 
Freeman, John, 3 Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, W. 
Fulton, Lieut.-Col. John, East India United Service Club, St. James’s 
Square, S.W. 
Horticultural Society. 
The following provincial Floral and Horticultural Society was admitted into 
union with the Royal Horticultural Society :— 
Keevil District Floral and Horticultural Society. 
The awards of the Floral and Fruit Committees having been read, the Chair¬ 
man presented Mr. William Bull with the Prince Consort’s Gold Medal, which 
had been awarded him for the greatest number of marks won at the weekly 
Saturday shows during the year I 860 . 
The Rev. M. J. Berkeley made some comments on the plants exhibited ; and 
Mr. Bateman reviewed the principal Orchids of the day’s show, and introduced 
to the meeting M. du Chaillu, the celebrated African traveller, and the Rev. 
Mr. Ellis, of Madagascar, both of whom addressed the meeting. 
The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to these gentlemen for their very 
able remarks. 
At a General Meeting of the Fellows of the Society, on Tuesday, the 7th 
August, Mr. James Bateman, F.R.S., in the Chair, the following candidates were 
elected Fellows of the Society:— 
Cassels, Walter R., 54 Queen’s Gate, W. 
Littledale, Mrs., 19 Queen’s Gate Gardens, W. 
McEwan, James, 30 Holland Park, Hotting Hill, W. 
McIntosh, James, Duneevan, Walton-on-Thames. 
Weigall, Mrs. Alfred, 8 Clarendon Road, Kensington, W. 
Corresponding Member. 
Davies, William Henry (of Aden), 51 Winchester Terrace, Oakley 
Street, S.W. 
Horticultural Societies. 
The following provincial Floral and Horticultural Societies w T ere admitted 
into union with the Royal Horticultural Society:—■ 
Loughborough Horticultural Society. 
Sherborne Florieultural and Horticultural Society. 
Tamworth General Horticultural Society. 
The awards of the Fruit and Floral Committees were read; and the meeting 
was addressed by the Chairman and the Rev. M. J. Berkeley. 
At a General Meeting of the Fellows of the Society, on Tuesday, the 21 st 
August, Mr. George F. Wilson, F.R.S., in the Chair, the following candidate 
was elected a Fellow of the Society: — 
Smith, Farquharson, Nurseryman, Aberdeen, N.B. 
Horticultural Societies. 
The following provincial Horticultural Societies were admitted into union 
with the Royal Horticultural Society:— 
Glamorganshire Horticultural Society. 
Middlesborough Horticultural Society. 
The awards of the Fruit and Floral Committees were read, and the Rev. 
M. J. Berkeley addressed the meeting. 
