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and Lady Anne Speirs, large pale rose centre, edged witli white, showy 

 and fine. 



On this occasion the Fruit Committee awarded a first-class certificate 

 to Mr Dry, Hayes, ]\Iiddlesex, for a dish of a new Plum named Dry's 

 Seedling. It is a large oval purple-coloured Plum of excellent flavour, 

 early, having been grown as a standard. Mr M'Laren of Ash Com- 

 mon, Surrey, received a first-class certificate for a seedling double-bear- 

 ing Raspberry, for its robust habit, fertility, and size of the fruit. Mr 

 J. R. Pearson of the Chilwell Nurseries, Nottingham, sent to this 

 meeting several varieties of seedling Grapes, three of which were con- 

 sidered by the Committee to possess some merit, and recommended 

 that their cultivation should be continued. One variety had white 

 berries and a Frontignan flavour, the bunch long ; another had the 

 flavour of the Muscadine ; and a third resembled the Black Morocco. 



The Committee met again on the 7th of September. Mr A. Parsons, 

 Danesbury Gardens, Wellwyn, received first-class certificates for two 

 very singular forms of Lastrea — L. filix-mas ramisissisima and L. 

 filia-mas parvula ; the last named had a diminutive habit of growth 

 not unlike Parsley. In the way of Ferns, Messrs J. & C. Lee, the 

 well-known nurserymen of Hammersmith, received a first-class certifi- 

 cate for a very fine variety of Adiantum capillis-veneris. 



The same firm also received a first-class certificate for a fine Hybrid 

 Perpetual Rose named Clemence Raoux ; colour pale salmon, tipped 

 with deep rose, large, full, and unusually fragrant. 



Mr Eckford of Coleshill Gardens received a first-class certificate for a 

 seedling hybrid Ivy-leaved Pelargonium named Lady Edith, of robust 

 habit, the foliage marked with a well-defined zone, colour of the flowers 

 purplish rose, and a fair-sized truss. The same exhibitor received a 

 similar award for Verbena Countess of Radnor, pale lilac ground, hav- 

 ing a dark shading in the centre, a distinct and pretty flower. 



Mr Charles Turner, Slough, received first-class certificates for Dahlias 

 Toison d'Or, a bright-yellow self flower of fine properties — and Harvard, 

 lilac rose, a very pleasing flower ; Mr Parker, Wingfield, for Queen of 

 the Yellows ; and Mr Burgess, Chelsea, for William Lund, a fine dark 

 maroon self. 



Mr William Bull was awarded a special certificate for a good speci- 

 men of his beautiful Melastomad, Lasiandra macrantha, certainly a fine 

 new introduction. 



To continue this record of new plants, reference must be had to the 

 Exhibition of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society at Edin- 

 burgh on September 8th. On this occasion several first-class certifi- 

 cates were awarded to new plants as under : — 



To Messrs P. Lawson & Son for Biota orientalis elegantissima, a 



