XXll PROCEEDINGS. 



but also for those of the cottager, where it will be just as 

 much at home as the Fuchsia, requiring, as it does, about 

 the same kind of treatment. With some slight protection, 

 it is reported to have withstood the two last winters in the 

 open air in Devonshire. 



Certificate of Merit : To ]Mr. .Jones, Gardener to Sir J. Guest, 

 Bart., F.H.S., for two Enville Pine Apples, weighing re- 

 spectively 4 lbs. 4 oz. and 4 lbs. 14 oz. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. Messrs. Veitch 

 again sent a cut branch of the Darwin Berberry, in order 

 to show that the flowers keep long in perfection ; and along 

 with it a piece of a reported hardy evergreen shrub from 

 Australia. Mr. E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington-road 

 Nursery, showed seven handsome Gloxinias, and a worthless 

 Besleria, named umbrosa. Messrs. Henderson, of Pine- 

 apple-place, sent two kinds of Grevillea and a Pultensea, 

 raised from seeds sent by Mr. Drummond from Swan River, 

 and an example of Oncidium hastatum. Mrs. Lawrence 

 again produced beautiful cut spikes of the Amherstia nobilis, 

 which has been in flower at Ealing Park for several months 

 past, and which promises to ripen seeds there. It flowers 

 profusely and continuously, and the blossoms appeared to 

 be brighter coloured than those last exhibited. — Three nice 

 heads of Rhododendrons, i-aised from Kamoon seeds, were 

 shown from the nursery of Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston. 

 One was white, a second blush, and the third delicate rosy 

 pink. — A dish of Black Hamburgh Grapes were .«hown from 

 the garden of Sir H. Fleetwood, Bart., of Hill House, 

 Windsor Forest. — Mr. Higgs, Gardener to J. Barchard, 

 Esq., F.H.S., again sent beautiful specimens of Keens' 

 Seedling Strawberry, ripened under rough plate glass. 



Novelties from the Society's Garden. Aspasia Epiden- 

 droides, green and healthJ^ This plant has usually a yellow 

 sickly aspect, but in this instance it exhibited a good green 

 colour, caused, it is presumed, by throwing carbonate of 

 ammonia into the atmosphere of the house in which it grows. 

 — Also Ceanothus rigidus, wliich is hardy about London, 

 provided it is not in a situation where it will be thawed and 

 frozen alternately. 



Cuttings of the following Apples and Pears were distributed : — 

 Apples — 



Summer Golden Pippin. — Of a handsome form, like the old 

 Golden Pippin, but larger. Flesh firmer than that of most 



