PROCEEDINGS. 



To Mr. Power, Gardener to Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., 

 Tredegar Park, Newport, Monmouth, for a Queen Pine- 

 apple, weighing 5 lbs. 5 oz. 



III.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Chapman, Gardener at Exton Park, Oakham, showed the 

 following kinds of Pears, viz , St. Germain, Autumn Colmar, 

 Beurre Diel, Brown Beurre, Marie Louise, and Seckel. 



From the Deepdene, Mr. Whiting sent large well-coloured Fruit 

 of Coe's Fine Late Red Plum, a valuable variety at this season 

 of the year, and certainly deserving more extensive cultivation 

 than it has hitherto received. The same grower also furnished 

 two bunches of the Calabrian Piaisin Grape, a late keeping 

 white sort, which, when fully ripe (which those exhibited were 

 not), is very well-flavoured. 



From Messrs. Veitch came two sorts of Quinces that had been 

 introduced into this country among other fruits from Syria by the 

 late Mr. Barker. One named Monster Quince resembled the 

 Portugal a good deal, and the other, which was named " Aukshe 

 Ker," looked something like the large Pear-shaped Quince. 

 They were both fine-looking sorts, and were reported to be 

 excellent and very highly perfumed. " The fruit," wrote Messrs. 

 Veitch, "is said to be eaten in Syria as dessert. The two 

 examples of No. 1, and one of No. 2, are from standards in the 

 open ground ; the other fruit of No. 3, is from a plant in a pot in 

 an Orchard House. They appear far more vigorous in their 

 growth than the old Quince. We have them as standards with 

 fine clean straight stems 5 feet high, and we have no doubt that 

 they will prove valuable stocks for pears." 



Mr. Churcher, Gardener to J. Guilton, Esq., of Little Park, 

 AVickham, Hants, exhibited a Queen Pine-apple, weighing 

 4 lbs. I'Z oz. ; it was stated to have been ripened without the aid 

 of fire heat. 



From Messrs. Chandler, of Vauxhall, came the following sorts 

 of Chrysanthemums, viz.: — Argentine, Attila, Piquillo, Solfaterre, 

 Modele, Renoncule, Sacramento, Hendersoni, Surprise, and Le 

 Nain Behe. These, as will doubtless be perceived by their 

 names, were all small-flowered sorts, called Pompones. 



Of Orchids, Messrs. Maule and Sons, of Bristol, sent a charming 

 plant of a very deep-coloured variety of the Blue Vauda (V. caerulea), 

 but unfortunately it arrived too late to receive any award. 



