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Mr Miles, gardener to Lord Carington, exhibited eight handsome fruits of 

 Fetch's Favourite Cucumber, to which a letter of thanks was awarded. Mr 

 Gilbert, The Gardens, Burghley, sent a pair of Montrose Seedling Cucumber — 

 a cross between Sion House and Kenyon's Freebearer ; it is a pretty Cucum- 

 ber, about a foot long, and very symmetrical. Another seedling called Verdant 

 Green was exhibited by Mr J. M'Indoe, The Gardens, Hutton Hall, Guisboro . 

 Messrs Backhouse & Son of York again exhibited a seedling Onion which had 

 been sent to a former meeting ; the Committee were still |of the same opinion 

 as they expressed on a former occasion, that there is no difference between it 

 and the Red Spanish. Mr John Clarke, Sycamore Gardens, Rowledge, sent a 

 dish of Tomatoes. Mr Lyon, gardener to Sir Edward Scott, Sunbridge Park, 

 Bromley, sent a very fine dish of Mushrooms, which were much admired, and 

 to which a cultural commendation was awarded. 



Floral Committee. — Dr Denny in the chair. Messrs James Veitch & 

 Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a handsome group of Orchids in flower, among 

 which Odontoglossums strongly predominated. Some examples of 0. Alex- 

 andrse, 0. cirrhosum, and 0. Pescatorei were particularly noticeable. The 

 charming little 0. blandum was well represented. 0. Roezli and the variety 

 album, with 0. nevadense, 0. Andersonianum, and 0. triumphans, were also 

 well shown. A central plant of Ada aurantiaca had seven fine spikes, and 

 a specimen of Anthurium Andreanum was staged with one of its peculiar 

 brightly coloured spathes. A specimen of the Chimonanthus-like Hamamelis 

 virginica var. arborea was shown in flower. A silver Flora medal was 

 awarded for this collection. Mr W. Bull, King's Eoad, Chelsea, sent several 

 new plants, including two Palms, one named Astrocaryum Malybo, and the 

 other Kentia Lindeni, the latter rather elegant. A variety of Ehipidopteris 

 peltata, appropriately named elegans, was also staged, together with a plant 

 of Vriesia Falkenbergii and Maranta crocata, described below, for which 

 first-class certificates were awarded. 



Mr B. S. "Williams contributed a grand collection of Primulas — dwarf, of 

 good habit, and bearing fine trusses of bloom. P. fimbriata coccinea and 

 fimbriata alba were especially noteworthy — the former for the size of the 

 flowers and deep colour, and the latter for the purity of the white and the 

 large trusses. P. fimbriata alba magnifica was in the size and form of the 

 flowers remarkably fine, but the trusses were not sufficiently developed to 

 show the variety to the best advantage. P. fimbriata Chiswick Red were 

 very bright, P. fimbriata rubra and several others being particularly fine. A 

 group of Cyclamens was also contributed, the plants well flowered and of 

 good habit, C, persicum Brilliant being remarkable for their intense crimson 

 of the blooms. A silver Banksian medal was awarded for these handsome 

 groups. 



Mr W. Taylor, the Gardens, Longleat, Warminster, was accorded a vote of 

 thanks for cut flowers of Pelargonium Guillon Mangilli, which has been 

 referred to so many times recently. Mr John Odell, florist, Hillingdon, 

 ^liddlesex, sent specimens of a large - flowered variety of Primula sinensis 

 named Purity ; but it was not considered sufficiently distinct to merit a 

 certificate. Mr H. Boiler, Kensal New Town, was accorded a vote of thanks 

 for a group of miniature succulent plants. Mr John Matthews, the 

 Royal Potteries, Weston-super-Mare, sent some ornamental flower vases and 

 small Orchid pans similar to those employed in Messrs J. Veitch & Sons' 

 nursery at Chelsea. From the Society's garden came attractive groups of 

 double Primulas, C> tisuses, A.zaleas, Ferns, and Selaginellas, Mr J. Osborn, 



