50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
second or abnormal period of flowering will oceur, 
as in the present subject, as early as Jan 
February. Moreover, the floweri 
the poul 
oving the the greenhouse in 
qe and ‘bing then. Pig into the open ground 
ins 
ч Two АЕ have seemed to me to be neces- 
One e is, that the old wood should 
wis mark here tha t I am willing’ to 
alue of the 
experiment or investigation, may be brought de 
the attention of the Fellows, € dimus being 
unfettered as to times and seas 
R. T. C, 
nS y concluded by ipee ae the 
Floral Comm ttee on the large mass of inform: 
tion that Bon had brought to dua adjudieations 
which had been od that day, and on the correct- 
ness of their decisio 
unders ыы that the sonchus pointed 
out by Mr. Berkeley was a hybrid ‘obtaine 
w sonchus for the orna- 
ment of our и and the common lettuce for our 
dishes of salad 
Some observations were made by Mr. Skinner 
on a кеб, which were 
та. 
е . Dix called attention to the lleeti 
of plants sent by Mr. Veitch, and нама 
new i 
: : < p ieularl 
1 с sessed great merit, 
After thisa vote of thank wis ma аен рїүеп 
to the irm the motion of Dr. ‚ and 
some of the berries of the Cotoneaster Stmonsii 
were buted among the Fellows present. M 
Bateman had proposed that the beautiful spike of 
8 Schilleriana which d e had sent (and 
to cut w ich, as Mr. Be 
been an effort of pati self-denial 
l ate 
mans part) should be balloted for by the ladies 
present, if not ¢ bya hom: he ha 
iced A before this = 
Lh were claimed, and 50 of conrse 
hallot eame off; but it ‘i is hoped tha that other Fellows 
кадары, ; з uh = attend е 
Та —_ scientific meetings will thus 
u 
rge of о attracted 
to them only by dry жк 
FELLOWS’ SATURDAY WEEKLY SHOWS, 
HE КИХТН SATURDAY WEE 
KLY Snow of the 
Кы Ее n on the ary. 
Mr. 8m 
specimen plants of Libocedrus Doui- 
- were contributed by Mr. also a collec- 
n of eminem "prm Cookii, Rulei, and а 
is named 
W, eer, Pág. ERS, sent a fine т 
Bucharis amazonica, in flower. 
"Colle etion ^ “Бе egonias — sent from the 
Society's си also Hyacinth 
Mr. Peg gardener to the Ear! 
ere : heads о Hardy Winter Broccoli i 
Band oi the Life Guards was in attend- 
ie 
e following is the list of awards :— 
First-class rahe уым а Шар ИЙ 
стеа from Mr. Smyth, gardene 
Sondes, Elmham ir Norfolk ; 2 pla wir 
disia crenulata, from Mr. Wm. Smyth; 4 Lao] Ш, 
plants of Litecedu Mer ep from Mr. "Wn. 
Chelsea; Collecti Araucarias, bd Es. 
ull; Euc aris кане, from ate K 
.R.H.&, Grove House, Hunton, =" Wo. 
dish of Beurré Rance Pears, from Mr. 
Smyth. 
Зы Cranea — 9 Camellias in flower 
m Lady Caroline Legge, Forest t Lodge, Keis, 
near Bromley, Chrysanthemum Andros pe 
=~ Major trevor Clarke, Welton Place, 
аиту IL ve). 
ih of Ee creme when the oe subject? 
were brought for com e 
A wir es aerias re aon ори 
Neapolita 2. Violet, intersperse the Aconites 
fern Жа, roots filled with wi d сот 
an nd Snowdrops, "M and —— 
with tive ferns, W е 
t 
fi 
beaut: чм» эе lieit j 
4 ^q pad Bri deo, aid good collectio" 
of spri uS Flower Jants, 
Mr. ‘Bu ll sent ‘eatin of Дре 
isang the berry-bearing — and a fin? 
Orange o ire, easing fni norit. 
— of Imantophyllum eyrtan specimen 
Messrs ug © Lee со ntributed eristata, and fine ren 
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