Ixxii ' PROCEEDINGS. 



for a smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine-apple of 4 lbs. 12 oz., and 

 two Queens weighing respectively 4 lbs. and 3 lbs. 1 1 oz. 



To Mr. James Forbes, C.M.H.S., Gardener to his Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, F.H.S., for Black Hamburgh Grapes. 

 These were not only large bunches, but the berries were 

 finely swelled, perfectly ripened, and had been so carefully 

 packed as not. to have suffered the least from travelling. 



To Mr. Tillyard, Gardener to the Right Hon. the Speaker, 

 Heckfield Place, Hants, for a collection of Pears, comprising 

 specimens of the following kinds, viz. : — Brown Beurre, 

 Beurre Spence, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Forelle, Grosse 

 Calebasse, Marie Louise, and Seckel. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Mr. Ogle, Gardener to the Earl of Abergavenny, Eridge 

 Castle, Tunbridge Wells, for an Enville Pine-apple weighing 

 6 lbs. 1 oz. 



To Mr. Thomas Webb, Gardener to Sir Jasper Atkinson, 

 North Frith, Hadlow, for a bunch of Black Barbarossa 

 Grapes weighing 2 lbs. 8 oz. 



To Mr. William Muirhead, Gardener to the Lord Charles 

 Wellesley, Conholt Park, Hants, for specimens of Black 

 Hamburgh Grapes that had been affected with mildew and 

 cured. In the letter that accompanied them Mr. Muirhead 

 stated that he had tried various remedies, but none had 

 proved so successful with him in arresting the disease as 

 McAdam's Anti-Grape-Blight Liquid. 



To Vincent Fenn, Esq., St. Augustine's, Canterbury, for a 

 collection of Pears, consisting of Beurre de Capiaumont, 

 Beurre Diel, Beurre Ranee, Crassane, Glou Morceau, 

 Duchesse dAngouleme, Hacon's Incomparable, Passe 

 Colmar, Marie Louise, and Winter Nelis. 



To Mr. Hill, Gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq., F.H.S., Keele, 

 Newcastle, Staffordshire, for a nice dish of Coe's Golden 

 Drop Plum in excellent preservation. 



'L'o Messrs. Veitch, of the Exotic Nursery, King's Road. 

 Chelsea, for two hybrid Fuchsias named F. Dominiana and 

 F. pendulina. The first of these, it was stated, was the 

 result of a cross between F. serratifolia and F. spectabilis. 



