PROCEEDINGS. 



resembles the Beurre de Capiaumont ; St. Francois, small, 

 roundish, stalk short, skin russeted, said to be first-rate ; 

 Girondelle, or Jarvondelle, resembles the Beurre Ivance; 

 No. 1031, Seedling, 1853, middle-sized, obovate, colour of a 

 russeted Beurre Diel ; Laugelier's Seedling Queen Victoria 

 bore considerable resemblance to the Glout Morceau ; No. 

 1019, unknown, in the way of St. Germain ; Large Pear 

 unknown, appeared to be the Bon Chretien de Vemois ; 

 No. 297 unnamed, is probably the Burgermeester ; Beurre 

 Geribault, form of Passe Colmar; Duchesse de Berri d'Hiver 

 resembled Beurre d'Aremberg ; Nouvelle Dore, middle-sized, 

 obovate, skin shining, yellowish : different from one received 

 under this name in the garden, which was very like Doyenne 

 Gris ; Dutrior, middle-sized, roundish, with a long stalk, 

 greenish-brown. 



To Mr. Morgan, Gardener at Piaynham Hall, near Fakenham, 

 Norfolk, for ripe fruit of Cuthill's Black Prince Strawberry. 

 They were stated to be from forced plants, which, after bearing 

 an excellent crop in spring, were turned out into the open 

 ground and their flowers removed. After being out some 

 months, they were brought into a Vinery and encouraged to 

 bear, and on the 20th of September a large dish was 

 gathered from them. The fruits shown were small, but it 

 was stated that up to the middle of November they were 

 very fine. 



II.— MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Hill, Gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq., of Keele Hall, Stafford- 

 shire, produced the following Pears, viz., Beurre Bosc, Glout 

 Morceau, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurre Diel, Louise Bonne, and 

 Marie Louise. With the exception of Glout Morceau, which was 

 very green, these were fair fruit for the part of the country in 

 which they were grown. 



The Piev. J. E. Gray, of Wembley Park, Middlesex, sent two 

 specimens, of the well-known baking Pear, Uvedale's St. 

 Germain ; they were off a west wall, the tree on which was stated 

 to have borne 111 fruit. The specimens exhibited were reported 

 to weigh respectively, when first gathered, 1 lb. 7 oz. and 

 1 lb. 4 oz. 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Boad Nursery, 

 St. John's Wood, furnished a group of Chrysanthemums, but they 



