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keeping the foliage, which is exceedingly graceful, from first 

 decaying at the points, and then dying back ; but naturally 

 nothing of the kind happens, and it has only occurred with 

 Mrs. Lawrence in a very trifling degree. The brilliant 

 salmon-coloured and yellow blossoms, numbering from six- 

 teen to twenty on a spike, are exceedingly handsome, and 

 must give a well-flowered tree a very striking appearance. 

 Tlie specimen at Ealing Park is beginning to form seed-pods. 



Banksian Medal: To Mr. Loddiges, F.H.S., for Ansel Ha 

 africana, an Orchid named after Mr. John Ansell, who, when 

 attached to the Niger expedition, discovered it in the island 

 of Fernando Po. In addition to its stately aspect and good 

 quality of keeping long in bloom, it is remarkable as being 

 one of the very few of tliose Epiphytes which have been 

 found on the stems of Palm trees. 



Certificate of Merit : To Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East 

 Barnet, for beautiful examples of West's St. Peter's 

 Grapes. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. Mr. Dobson, 

 Gardener to Mr. Beck, F.H.S., sent three Oncids and a 

 group of Seedling Cinerarias, w'hich were exhibited to show 

 that hy sowing a little seed in May some very gaily bloom- 

 ing plants may be obtained about Christmas. It was stated 

 that at Worton Cottage a constant succession of such plants 

 had been kept up since November. A brace of Cucumbers 

 was furnished by Mr. Parr, Gardener to J. Jarratt, Esq., 

 of Camerton Court, near Bath. Examples of a new kind of 

 Garden Label, called the " Rose Girdle Label," were pro- 

 duced by Captain Armstrong, of Claremont Lodge, Cob- 

 ham, Surrey. They consisted of a strip or band of zinc, 

 painted where the name was wTitten, They are intended to 

 be bent round the stem of the tree, or whatever else they 

 are to be attached to, the ends being brought together and 

 fastened by means of a screw and nut. Whether they will 

 be found altogether unobjectionable, has not yet been 

 clearly proved, but they are very cheap, and they looked as 

 if they would answer. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Specimens of 

 Bassano Beet, a turnip-shaped sort, not suflSciently good, it 

 is to be feared, to suit English tastes, bat which, according 

 to the ' Bon Jardinier' of 1842, was found by M. Audot in 

 all the markets from Venice to Genoa in June. It w^as 

 young, tender, very delicate, and preserved its rose-coloured 

 zones after cookiu"-. It is said to be much esteemed in the 



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