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of the kinds on dung beds in the open ground, under the protec- 

 tion of Shaw's Tiffany. 



There are many other crops in the Kitchen Garden and 

 Orchard d^erving of mention, amongst which are collections of 

 French Beans, Haricots, and Runners of divers sorts, Broad 

 Beans, a collection of Chinese Vegetable seeds ; also collections 

 of Broccoli and Borecole, all planted for trial. 

 I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Dr. LiNDiET, Secretary. 



XXXVII. EEPORTS OF THE FLOEAL 

 COMMITTEE. 



{Continued from p. 208.) 



May 12, 1860. The Earl of Stamford and Warrtngton, 

 F.H.S., sent a cut specimen of Bhododendron Maddeni in 

 flower. This is a very elegant species, with neat dark green 

 elliptic-oblong leaves, somewhat rusty with scales beneath, and pro- 

 duces deliciously fragrant flowers, the odour of which is continuous 

 while the flowers remain perfect. The truss sent consisted of 

 five flowers, of a long tubular form, measuring about 3|- inches 

 in length, the expansion of the segments being about equal 

 to the length of the flower. The flowers had 28 stamens. 

 A three-flowered inflorescence and 20 stamens are generally 

 attributed to this species, but the deviation in this instance, and 

 in some others we have examined in which the flowers were 6-7 

 in number, and the stamens 24, show these to be variable cha- 

 racters. This is one of the finest of the Indian Rhododendrons 

 for ordinary conservatory cultivation. T. M. 



May 24.— John J. Blandt, Esq., V.P.H.S., in the Chair. 

 The subjects exhibited on this occasion were the following :— 

 Rhododendron AmUcar:— from Mr. Stanbish, Bagshot. 

 This was a variety of vigorous habit, with large trusses of flowers, 

 which were individually large, of a broad open shallow form, 

 almost rotate, firm in texture, with broad rounded segments of a 

 deep bright violet purple, densely spotted with black on the upper 



