46 MONTHLY SUMMARY. 
loted for are some of those sent home by the Collectors from South 
Brazil and South Africa, A list to be marked is sent herewith. 
In addition to the above, a small supply of seeds of the Towel Gourd 
(Luffa fotida) will be distributed by ballot. These have been pre- 
sented to the Society by Mr. Wilson Saunders. The fruit of this 
curious gourd contains, when ripe, a mass of stringy fibrous matter, 
which can be used as a towel, and is in fact so used in Egypt, where 
it grows, It (not the towel but the plant) has, however, one disadvan- 
tage, viz., that of being intolerably fetid. Specimens of the gourd and 
of the towel may be seen in one of the cases in the Council Room. 
The seeds of the gourds which were grown last year at Chiswick for 
exhibition at the Great International Fruit Show are not yet ready for 
distribution, but it is intended to distribute them either at another 
ballot or to those who apply for them. 
Hyacinth Show.—An excellent display of hyacinth and early spring 
flowers was made at this Show on the 25th of February. 
The awards of the J udges were as follows :— 
l—Twelve Hyacinths, distinct kinds (nurse . { 
a c rymen): Ist prize, £1 10s., 
‚ Cutbush and Son, Highgate N urseries; 2nd, £1, Мг, W, Paul Waltham 
Crass 2.—Prizes offered by Mr. J Cutbush, of High i 
Мг. J. j ghgate, —Twelve Hyacinths, 
(amateurs): Ist prize, £2 2s., Mr. A. Carr, gardener to B. N oakes, Esq., 
2nd, £11s, Mr, б. Taylor, gardener to C, A. Hanbury, Esq., East 
Ctass 3.—Twelve pots of Tulips, six kinds (nurse i 
| і rymen): Ist prize, £1 10s. 
жне W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nurseries ; 2nd, £1, Mr. W, Paul, Waltham- 
Crass 4.— Twelve pots of Tulips, four kinds (amateur 
Barc 
W. Young, gardener to В, la ; 
: А ig y; Esq., Hi te; 9 
to В. Noakes, Esq., Highgate; 3rd, 155, Mr. В, Blogg бше (o7. тна 
Eag Cla M codigo, ә 
LASS 9.—Crocuses, collection of (nurserymen): 1s& pri ү 
Cutbush and Son, Higheste Nurseries and, Tor, Ms. W. ЫА iliis aro. 
gardener to T. P. Gassiot, Esq, СТарћаш воша за > Pe 10% Mr. R. Blogg 
` ~ Collection of eighteen Forced Flo ; 
rize, £2, Messrs. Vei wers, Various (nurserymen): 1st 
QUEM ind. Veitch and Son, Exeter and Chelsea; 2nd, £1 ide Miu w. 
Collection of з АА а, : ; Various (amateurs). Crass9.— 
of twelve Amaryllis, distinct kinds (open) CLass 10,—Six Epacris, not 
i ee (pen). Crass 11 —Four Greenhouse Acaci 
18 Six Geraniums, forced, four kinds (ridi nos kinds(nurserymen). CLASS 
ix Pots of Lilies of the Vane А, по competition. 
Exeter and Chelsea: е Valley Me: lst prize, £1, Messrs. Veitch 
ae i ; 2nd, 15s., Mr. - Salter, William-street, Hammer- 
LASS 15.—Six Prim 1 
gardener to C. Kabur mI eae colours (open) : 1st prize, £1, Mr. G. Taylor, 
Е. Hudson, Esg., Clapham-common 201266: 22d, 158, Mr. T. Todman, gardence te 
T. ER Gassiot, Esq., ы; 3rd, 108, (equal), Mr. R. Blogg, , = ener to 
Nurseries "1100; Messrs. W, Cutbush and Son, Highgate 
LASS 16.—Six double Chinese Primroses 
award ; 2nd, 15s., Messrs, Cutbush and Son. p; two colours (open): Ist prize, no 
es 
Chass 17.—Miscellan ollecti , Highgate Nurseri 
(equal), Messrs, W, Cutbush Б n of Plan 
CLASS 
Messrs. 
Cross, М. 
i nts in Flower: 156 prize, £1 10s. 
and Son, for collection of 50 Hyacinths Tur W. Paul, 
