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brechtiana, of which the former wa3 the male, the latter the female 

 parent, was next referred to as being in some respects intermediate 

 between the two. and an improvement on Libonia tloribunda. 



The upright-growing variety of Cupressus Lawsoniaua from Mr. A. 

 Waturer, Mr. Berkeley said, was an extremely desirable form for 

 gardens, and one of the finest Conifers ever brought to the Society's 

 meetings. Attention was then drawn to a Primula producing red and 

 white flowers on the same plant, the flowers in one truss being red 

 with red stalks, and in another partly red partly white, the white 

 flowers having white stalks. 



A new sulphnrator was nest noticed as being extremely simple and 

 cheap, and one of the most efficient things ever invented. 



The next subject he had to advert to, Mr. Berkeley observed, was of 

 extreme importance. In France the Vines had been attacked by what 

 was supposed to be a gall on the leaves, but which proved to be an 

 insect like an Acarus. It had now appeared in England, This 

 insect did not materially injure the leaves, bnt in what is apparently 

 its adult state it exhausts the roots. The best remedy in his (Mr. 

 Berkeley's! opinion would be to cut off the gall-like bodies on the 

 leaves and barn them, and the application of gas water. In a memoir 

 published some time ago on the Continent, it was asserted that the 

 insect had been seen in a winged state, but it had never as yet been 

 observed in that condition in this country, but he recommended a care- 

 ful watch to be kept to detect it. [Of this insect, Phylloxera vastatrix, 

 an engraving will be found in another page, and a long account in 

 pages 45. 4t>, and 17 of vol. xvii.^ 



Mr. .Berkeley concluded by remarking that forty essays had been 

 sent in to compete for the prizes offered by Mr. Egerton Hubbard, jun., 

 for the best essays on Cottage Gardens and Window Gardening, but of 

 course it would take time to arrive at a decision on their merits. 



Mr. Andrew Murray then made some remarks on Cupressus Law- 

 soniana, which, he said, he had been the first to describe, and which 

 had been discovered in California by the side of a waterfall. Within 

 the last two or three years Cupressus macrocarpa had been cut down 

 by frost, but in the multiplication of Mr. A. Waterer's erect variety of 

 C. Lawsoniana there would be a hardy equivalent for it in point of 

 form. 



Mr. Berkeley remarked that although Cupressus macrocarpa had 

 been cut off in the valley of the Thames, at the Marquis of Huntley's, 

 at Orton Hall, there were a large number perfectly healthy, and 

 the same was the case in the neighbouring counties. Damp and not 

 cold seemed to be the cause of non-success — at least it succeeded in 

 localities where it was not exposed to damp. 



The Chairman having announced that Mr. Edward Salt had sent a 

 number of cut Orchids for distribution, and that there would be a 

 ballot for plants, the proceedings terminated. 



Gladiolus Exhibition'. — A meeting of the supporters of the pro- 

 posed Gladiolus Show was held on the same day as the above Com- 

 mittees, and a very encouraging list of subscriptions having been read 

 by the Chairman, the Rev. Joshua Dix, it was decided that the show 

 should be held on August 17th. Further particulars as to the classes 

 to be formed, fee,, we hope to give next week. 



The following is the " Appendix I." referred to in our report 

 last week of the Society's Anniversary Meeting : — 

 Prospectus ob the Annual International Exhibitions of Select 

 Wi i ss ov Fine and Industrial Art and Scientific Inventions. 

 Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. 

 Presid 

 The Bute of Buccleuch, E.G. 

 The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. 

 The Earl Do Grey and Ripon, The Right Hon. Sir Alexander Y. 



K.G.. or Lord President of the 

 Council for the time being. 



The Earl Granville, K G. 



The Earl Russell, E.G. 



The Lord Portman. 



The Lord Overstone. 



General the Honourable C. Grey. 



The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, 

 M.P. 



The Right Hon. Benjamin Dis- 

 raeli, M.P. 



The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, 

 M.P. 



The Right Hon. Sir S. H. North- 

 cote, Bt , C.B., M.P. 



The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce. M.P. 



The Right Hon. John Bright, 

 M.P.. or President of the 

 Board of Trade for the time 

 being. 



The Right Hon. W. E. Forster, 

 M.P., or Vice-President of U12 

 Committee of Council on Edu- 

 cation for the time being. 



Spearman, Bt 



The Right Hon. A. S. Ayrton, 

 M.P., or First Commissioner of 

 Her Majesty's Works for the 

 time being. 



Sir Charles^Lyell. Bt. 



Sir Roderick 1. Murchison. Bt., 

 K.C.B. 



Sir Thomas Bazley, Bt., M.P. 



Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. 



Sir Francis R. Sandford. 



Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. 



Edgar A. Bowring, Esq., C.B., 

 M.P. 



Thomas Fairbaim, Esq. 



Thomas Field Gibson, Esq. 



C. H. Gregory. Esq., or Presi- 

 dent of the Institute of Civil 

 Engineers for the time being. 



Professor Huxley, F.R.S., or Pre- 

 sident of the Geological So- 

 ciety for the time being. 



Dr. Lyon Playfair. C.B., M.P. 



Henry Thring, Esq. 



A. — Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1S51 

 announce that the first of a series of Annual International Exhibitions 



of selected works of Fine and Industrial Art and Scientific Inventions 

 will be opened at South Kensington, London, on Monday, the 1st May, 

 1871, and be closed on Saturday the 30th September, 1871. 



B. — The Exhibitions will take place in permanent buildings, about 

 to be erected, adjoining the arcades of the Royal Horticultural Gardens. 



C. — The productions of all nations will be admitted, subject to obtain- 

 ing the certificate of competent judges that they are of sufficient excel- 

 lence to be worthy of exhibition. 



D. — The objects in the first exhibition will consist of the following 

 classes, for each of which will be appointed a reporter and a separate 

 Committee. 

 I. Fine Arts applied or not applied to Works of Utility. 



1. Painting of all kinds, in oil, water colours, distemper, was, enamel, 



and on glass, porcelain, mosaic, &c. 



2. Sculpture, modelling, carving and chasing in marble, stone, wood, 



terra-cotta, metal, ivory, glass, precious stones, and any other 

 materials. 



3. Engravings, lithography, photography, &c. 



4. Architectural designs, drawings and models. 



5. Tapestries, carpets, embroideries, shawls, lace, &c., shown not as 



manufactures but for the fine art of their design in form or 

 colour. 



6. Designs for all kinds of decorative manufactures. 



7. Copies of ancient or mediaeval pictures, mosaics, enamels, repro- 



ductions in plaster, fictile ivory, electrotypes of fine ancient 

 works of art, fee. 

 II. Scientific Inventions and New Discoveries of all kinds. 



III. Manufactured. 



a. Pottery of all kinds — viz., earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, 



Parian, &c, including terra-cottas used in building; with any 

 new raw materials, new machinery, and processes for the pre- 

 paration of such manufactures. 



b. Woollen and Worsted Fabrics. 



With any raw produce from new sources or newly prepared, and 

 new machinery for woollen and worsfed manufactures. 



c. Educational. 



1. School buildings, fittings, furniture. Sic." 



2. Books, maps, globes, instruments, &c. 



3. Appliances for physical training, including toys and games. 



4. Specimens and illustrations of modes of teaching fine art, 



natural history, and physical science. 

 Detailed rules applicable to each of the above classes, and lists of 

 the separate trades engaged in the production of objects of manu- 

 facture, will be issued. 



IV. International Exhibitions of new and rare plants, and of 

 frnits, vegetables, flowers, and plaut3, showing specialities of cultiva- 

 tion will be held by the Royal Horticultural Society in conjunction 

 with the above exhibitions. 



Special rules for horticultural exhibitions will be issued by the 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



E. — In classes II. and III. producers will be permitted to send one 

 specimen of every kind of objoct they manufacture, such object being 

 distinguished for novelty or excellence. 



F. — The arrangement of the objects will be according to classes and 

 not nationalities, as in former international exhibitions. 



G. — One-third portion of the whole available space will be assigned 

 absolutely to foreign exhibitors, who must obtain certificates for the 

 admission of their objects from their respective Governments. Foreign 

 countries will appoint their own judges. The remaining two-thirds of 

 the space will be filled by objects produced either in the United King- 

 dom or, if produced abroad, sent direct to the building for inspection 

 and approval of judges selected for the British exhibitors. Objects 

 not accepted for exhibition must be removed according to the notices 

 given, 1 nt no objects exhibited can be removed until the close of the 

 exhibition. 



H. — All exhibitors or their agents must deliver -at the building, into 

 the charge of the proper officeis, the objects unpacked and ready for 

 immediate exhibition, and free of all charges for carriage, Arc. 



I. — Her Majesty's Commissioners will find large glass-cases, stands, 

 and fittings, free of cost to the exhibitors, and, except in the case of 

 machinery, carry out the arrangement of the objects by their own 

 ofiicers. 



J. — Her Majesty's Commissioners will take the greatest possible care 

 of all objects, but they will not hold themselves responsible for loss or 

 damage of any kind. 



K. — Prices may be attached to the objects, and exhibitors will be 

 encouraged to state their prices. Agents will be appointed to attend 

 to the interests of exhibitors. 



L. — Every object must he accompanied with a descriptive label, 

 stating the special reason, whether of excellence, novelty, or cheap- 

 ness, &e., why it is offered for exhibition. 



M. — Due notice will be given of the days for receiving each class of 

 objects, and, to enable the arrangements to be carried into effect, 

 strict punctuality will be required from all exhibitors, both foreign and 

 British. Objects sent or brought after the days appointed for their 

 reception cannot be received. 



N. — Reports of each class of objects will be prepared immediately 

 after the opening, and will be published before the 1st June, 1871, 



O. — Each; rei -ill be free to accredit an official reporter 



