xxxii PROCEEDINGS. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Mr. Loddiges, F.H.S., for Cattleya lobata, a fine deep lilac- 

 flowered sort, streaked on the lip with purple, as were also 

 the margins of the petals. 



To Mr. Myatt, of Deptford, for six pots of Cyclamens, all 

 varieties of C. persicum. 



To Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East Barnet, for three very good 

 bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes. 



To Mr. Todman, Gardener to Mrs. Buckmaster, of Clapham 

 Park, for three heads of Miller's Late White, and a similar 

 number of Dixon's Waterloo Broccolies. 



To Mr. Lewis Solomon, for foreign produce, in the shape of 

 Green Peas, White Asparagus, and Green Sprew, new 

 Kidney Potatoes, Artichokes, French Horn Carrots, Tomatoes, 

 and a Salad, consisting of Cos and Cabbage Lettuces, as firm 

 and good as at the best season of the year, excellent curled 

 Endive, and White and Ked Turnip-rooted Radishes, the 

 former much the better of the two. The Tomatoes came 

 from Algiers, where they are said to have been grown in the 

 open air ; they were certainly as fine as could be produced in 

 this country in September or October. The Carrots were also 

 very fine, short and crisp, with a very slender tap-root ; and 

 the Potatoes equalled those of the best English growth. 



III.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Fish, Gardener to Colonel Sowerby, of Putteridge Bury, 

 near Luton, Beds, sent a dish of Keens' Seedling Strawberries. 

 They were stated to be examples of what had been gathered at 

 Putteridge Bury rather liberally ever since the last week in 

 February. It was mentioned that, owing to press of other matters, 

 the fruit had not been thinned, or the individual berries would 

 have been better. After trying various plans, Mr. Fish has found 

 the following to answer best for Keens' Seedling. As soon as 

 runners can be obtained they are fixed in 3-inch pots ; when rooted 

 they are separated from the parent plants, and re-potted singly in 

 5 and G-inch pots — the first for early work, the last for the general 

 crop. In potting, two things are made of much consequence, viz., 

 keeping the crown of the plant well up in the centre of the pot, 

 and packing the soil round it as firmly as possible. They are put 



