250 REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



Bkck, Esq. : Hebe and Excellent, two light-coloured vai-ieties 

 of 1860. 



Pelargonium [zonale] Snowflake : — from Mr. Windsor, 

 gardener to G. A. Crawley, Esq., Highgate : a dwarf and free- 

 blooming horse-shoe-leaved variety, bearing pretty blush-white 

 flowers. 



Petunia Brilliant : — from Mr. Fry, Horaerton : a large 

 deep rose-purple. 



Pinks: — from Mr. Turner: Winsome {Maclean) a. fine and 

 full flower, with broad smooth petals, and heavy lacing of reddish- 

 purple ; it was reported to be a very constant variety. Annie 

 (Maclean) a fine variety, with large smooth petals, and broad red 

 lacing. Scarlet Gem { Maclean ) a very distinct variety, 

 having, when young, tlie lacing very bright in colour ; the flowers 

 were full, the petals large, the lacing heavy, and in the more 

 mature state of a light reddish-purple. — From Mr. Keynes, Salis- 

 bury : Perfection, light purple lacing. Begulator, reddish- 

 purple lacing. Glory, finely marked and bright in colour. 

 Fanny Keynes, broad petals, reddish-purple lacing. These were 

 flowers of good average properties. From !Mr. G-. M. Thurston, 

 gardener to H. E. Gurney, Esq., Nutfield : Empress of India, 

 a well-marked red-laced variety.— From Mr. G.. Wood, Koch- 

 ford : various double-flowered unnamed varieties, some of them 

 large, and showy as border flowers. They were accompanied by a 

 small red Pink, not sent in a condition to judge of its merits, con- 

 cerning which the following particulars were furnished : — 



XLI— REPOETS OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



{Continued from. p. 222). 



June 26, I860.— Mr. C. Edmonds, F.H.S., in the Chair. 



This was a special meeting held at the garden at Chiswick. 



LETTUCE. — From Mr. Edmonds, a remarkably well-grown 



specimen of the Alphange, which weighed 4^ lbs. This is a 



