REPORT OF FRUIT COMMITTEE, OCT. 8, 1S61. G93 



very good sample of this novel flower, exhibiting various shades 

 of colour. 



Statice Frostii:— from Mr. Frost, gardener to Laby Gren- 

 viLLE, Dropmore, This was a hybrid raised between S. Holfordii 

 and S. imbricata, and was a stout-growing plant of tree-like habit, 

 with large lyrately pinnatifid leaves, having a finely downy sur- 

 face ; the flowering stem was tall slightly- winged terminating in a 

 rather thin and open corymbose head of deep-purple flowers. The 

 foliage of this hybrid was distinct-looking, and the colour of the 

 flowers remarkably rich, but they were too much elevated ; if this 

 latter habit should prove remediable it will be a fine addition to 

 the genus. 



Calceolaria canariensis : — from Mr. G. Smith, Tollington 

 Nui-sery, Hornsey Road. The plants now shown well maintained 

 the character given to the variety by previous awards ; they were 

 dwarf, showy, and remarkably floriferous, indicating even now a 

 good succession of bloom. 



Dahlias :— from Mr. Pope, Chelsea : Bena Spicer, a large 

 yellow, slightly tipped with red.— From Mr. W. Elliot, Lilies- 

 hall, Newport : Lord Francis, red tipped with white. 



XCVII.— REPOET OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 

 Oct. 8th, 1861. 



The Committee met this day. Mr. Edmonds in the Chair. 



The following report of the Oxfordshire Committee, communi- 

 cated by Mr. Bailey, the Chairman, was read : — 



Oxfordshire Fruit Committee op the Royal Horticultural SociErr, 



Id give it a further trial this year, after which he hop 

 (borate Dr. Hogg's opinion. 



i this Meeting no other fruit was produced, but it was 

 Members that contributions of them would be most 

 Meeting, to be holden the middle of October. In t 



Robinson, that the Meeting might do well to notice the general produce of 

 the season, which his own department enabled him to give a good account of. 

 His own experience in Oxford Market enabled him to speak thus of it :— of 

 Strawberries, there has been an excellent and luxuriant crop, such a one 

 perhaps, had never before been known. This fruit was sold from M. to 



