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Wilson, of Warwick, for Eleanor Strawberries. To Mr. 

 Grant, Gardener to G. H. Simons, Esq., of Bath, for a 

 Bromham Hall Melon. 



N.B. — Mr. Steers, of Teddington, having sent only tln-ee bunches 

 of Sweetwater Grapes, instead of six, was on that account 

 disqualified from receiving a prize. 



August 5, 1851. (Regent Street.) 



Awards. Knightian Medal: To Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S , for 

 an interesting collection of Orchids, in which were three 

 .species of Cattleya, two Oncids, Vanda Roxburgliii, the 

 tailed Angrec, Epidendrum phocniceum, the beautifid rich 

 crimson variety of Dendiobiuni secundum, introduced by 

 the Society a iew years ago ; Stanhopea insignis, and a new 

 Cycnoches, bearing a pendent chain at least 15 inches long, 

 of very singularly-formed blossoms. To Mr. Smith, Gar- 

 dener to W. Qiailter, Esq., of Norwood, for six excellently- 

 grown Cape Heaths, consisting of two varieties of tricolor, 

 Ewerana superba, Irbyana, the larger variety of retorta, 

 and infundibuliformis. To Mr. Markliam, Gardener to 

 the Hon. R. Clive, M.P., of llewell, for a beautifully 

 ripened Moscow Queen Pine-apple, weighing 4 lbs. 2 oz., 

 and for a Providence, 9 lbs. 10 oz. 



JBanksian Medal: To the same for a dish of Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes, large both in bunch and berry, and finely coloured. 

 To Mr. Price, Gardener to W. Tiiompson, P^sq., M.P., for 

 a very fine Queen Pine Apple, weigliing 5 lbs. 8 oz. To 

 INIr. Jones, Gardener to Sir J. Guest, Bart., F.H.S. , for the 

 same kind of fruit, weighing 6 lbs. To Mr. Rivers, of 

 Sawl)ridgeworth, for Cherries, Plums, Pears, and Peaches, 

 in the shape of small trees in pots, bearing (except the two 

 latter) ripe fruit. Although many of the Cherries and 

 Plums had dropped in travelling from Sawbridgeworth to 

 London, still enough remained to show that very small 

 plants of these kinds of trees in pots will bear heavy crops 

 of fine fruit. They were stated to have been produced in 

 what Mr. Rivers terms an "Orchard House;" i. e., under 

 a glass roof, witli a Beech hedge for a back wall, and a Yew 

 hedge for the front. The pots had been standing on a raised 

 border, and were open at the bottom, in order to allow the 

 roots to pass into the bed below. Two or three were covered 

 with Haythorn's muslin net, to show how late Cherries 

 may be preserved in the autumn ; for, being under glass, 

 autumnal rains do not injure them. Late Plums may also 



