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excellent. Two special certificates were awarded, one to the Gros 

 Gnillaume, and another to the other fonr bnnches. 



Piizes were offered for the best three dishes of dessert Apples, and 

 for the best three dishes of kitchen Apples, of distinct varieties ; also 

 for the best three heads of Broccoli. Of the last-named there was no 

 exhibition. 



For three dishes of dessert Apples Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord 

 Boston, Hedsor, was first with Eibston and CoeHe Pippins, and Scarlet 

 Nonpareil ; Mr. Parsons, gardener to "W. J. Blake, Esq., Danesbui-y, 

 feeing second with Cox's Orange, Cockle, and "Wyken Pippins. In 

 5d,t2hen Apples Mr. Lynn was again first with Golden Noble, Dnnie- 

 low's Seedling, and Kentish Fillbasket ; Mr. J. Beach, gardener to 

 J. Herries, Esq., St. Jnlian's, Sevenoaks, was second with highly 

 coloured fruit of TVinter Peamiain, Blenheim Pippin, and Bess 

 Pool. 



Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, sent a fine dish of 

 Keens' Seedling Strawberries weighing 24 ozs., and which would cer- 

 tainly have had an award if they had not arrived too late for the Com- 

 mittee. 



Flokil CoinnTTEE. — Mr. J. Fraser in the chair. Messrs. Veitch 

 received a special certificate for splendid pans of cut blooms of the 

 beautiful Hippeastrum pardinum and Leopoldii, and a first-class cer- 

 tificate for Amaryllis Chelsoni, a most beautiful, very broad-petalled, 

 rich scarlet variety ; Primula Boviana from Abyssinia, with long- 

 stalked pale yellow flowers, had a second-class certificate. 



Mr. Bull sent Areca regalis, a handsome Palm, which had a first- 

 class certificate ; also a fine pan of Goodyera Dawsoniana pieta, for 

 which a special certificate was awarded, together with Musa afi-icana 

 and several other plants. A special ceitificate was also given to Mr. 

 Lawrence, gardener to Bishop Sumner, Farnham Castle, for a fine 

 specimen of Dendrocliilum glumaceum. 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's "Wood, sent Caladium 

 Prince Albert Edward, beautifally marked — silver, gi-een, and crimson 

 — Princess Alexandria, and others, for which a special certificate was 

 •awai'ded ; also a handsome Asplenium from New Zealand, which had 

 a first-class certificate. 



From Mr. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Twickenham, came 

 a basket of seedling Cyclamens, of which SuowSake, a veiy fine pure 

 white, had a first-class certificate. Another, called carminatum, was very 

 bright in colonr. Messrs. Eollisson had a very fine pan of the pretty 

 white Primula nivalis, also Davallia clavata, a slender-growing species 

 •from Jamaica. To this a first-class certificate was given. 



From Mr. William Paul came new Hyacinths, several of which 

 promise to be good. Princess Louise, of the Double Red class, rose, 

 with a pink stripe, and having a good spike, received a first-class cer- 

 tificate. One called Voltaire was in the way of Lord Palmerston, and 

 another was a pretty mauve. First-class certificates were awarded to 

 Messrs. Cutbush for new Hyacinths Marquis of Lome, George Pea- 

 body, and "W. Thackeray, which have been ali-eady noticed. A first- 

 class certificate was also given to Mr. Bennett for a beautiful new 

 bright peach Eose, called Marquise de Castellane. 



From W. Gumbleton, Esq., came a plant of Triteleia porrifolia, 

 "which, it was stated, has the same objectionable odour of Garlic as its 

 congener T. uniflora. Mr. Baniaart, of Yogelenzang, H larlem, brought 

 a, Trillium named tulipiferum ; the flowers, however, were of a metallie 

 but rather dusky appearance. 



Mr. "Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., exhibited Cattleya 

 Triance Princess Maiy of Teck, an extremely beautifnl variety, and 

 Uranus, another splendid variety with a richly coloured orange and 

 purple lip. Odontoglossum roseum, a beautiful bright-coloured species, 

 came from Mr. Lawrence. Many other subjects for which the Com- 

 mittee gave special certiflcates, have been already noticed as forming 

 part of the general exhibition. 



GzyERAL Meeting. — Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P.. in the 

 chair. Twenty-one new Fellows were elected, and after the Com- 

 mittee awards had been reported to the meeting, the Eev. M. J. 

 Berkeley offered some remarks on the most important subjects ex- 

 hibited. With regard to Mesna ferrea shown by Mr. Ball, at first sight 

 it seemed allied to a Brownea, but the leaves of the Mesna were 

 simple, though seemingly pinnate, whilst those of the Brownea were 

 pinnate. Its wood was so hard as to be known in the East Indies 

 as Ironwood, and its flowers when dried were to be found in every 

 bazaar under the name of nagkesur ; they are sweet-scented and 

 used in medicine. Mr. Berkeley then brought under the notice of the 

 meeting specimens of Heaths he had received from Mr. Wilson Saun- 

 ders, showing the effects produced on them by cold were similar to 

 those of heat, as exemplified in an Oak struck by lightning. He also 

 exhibited a specimen of the bread eaten during the siege of Paris, 

 far worse than anything ever seen during the Irish famine. Cer- 

 tainly nothing hut absolute famine would have induced anyone to 

 eat it. 



Mr. Bateman then called attention to Amherstia nobilis, which he 

 considered was the most beautiful of all vegetable productions, and on 

 which he had given a lecture five years ago (see vol. x., page 210). He 

 then pointed out the most remarkable of the Orchids, specially notic- 

 ing the magnificent specimen of Phalfenopsis Schilleriana, and Odon- 

 toglossum roseum, which he said came from within 1000 feet of the 

 snow line on the mountains of Peru. After some remarks on the 



difficulties experienced by collectors in not being able to send their 

 plants from the head waters of the Amazon, a course of 3000 miles, 

 he referred to the artificial fertilisation of the Aucuha, by which alone 

 he thought the berries could be produced in such abundance as on the 

 plants shown that day by Mr. Bull. A letter had been received from 

 Mr. Hanbary, of Clapham Common, requesting information on the 

 species of \ auilla of which the pods come into commerce, and some 

 of which were inferior in quality to others, for example, the kind im- 

 ported from Brazil. Next meeting he hoped, this request being made 

 public thi-ough the press, they would be able to extract all the informa- 

 tion required respecting the Vanilla. 



Mr. Bateman concluded by reminding the meeting, that the bazaar 

 in aid of the French relief fund would be held on April 19th, in the 

 Council Eoom, and adjoining hall and arcade, and invited contributions. 



PASSIFLOEA QUADRANGULARIS. 



This plant is not surpassed by the Vine for fruittnlness 

 tinder ordinarily favourable conditions; and it is a mistake to 

 suppose that it will not set its fruit without being impregnated 

 with pollen from P. ednlis, as has been asserted on several 

 occasions by some writers. 



In December, 1809, we bought two plants from the nursery — 

 newly-struck cuttings in 3-inoh pots, each about 9 inches high. 

 They were taken out and potted both together in a 14-inch pot 

 as one plant, and plunged in a Pine bed. The Pines were 

 started gently in February, and the Pissiflora was allowed to 

 grow on along with them. It soon began to grow freely, and 

 was trained up a pillar and along a narrow space under the 

 apex of the span roof close to the ventilators ; seven or eight 

 shoots were led away from the stem at the top of the pillar, 

 all others being cut clean out as they appeared, allowing those 

 that were retained to grow as much as they pleased. By August 

 each shoot had attained a length of about IS feet, and began 

 to show flowers along the whole length ; and all expanded 

 nearly simultaneously, for in three days one hundred blooms 

 were set successfully, with the exception of two or three — ^in 

 some places three or four in a cluster on short spurs. All the 

 fruit attained the size of pigeons' eggs, when, out of sheer 

 inability, I suppose, of so young a plant to bear such a crop, 

 exactly one-half of the fruit suddenly shrivelled and dropped 

 ofi, particularly where set in clusters. From this time also the 

 plant ceased making more wood, and the fruit swelled fast, and 

 began to ripen about the beginning of November, filling the 

 house at the same time with a peculiarly strong aroma. Being 

 all set about the same time, the fruit was nearly all alike in 

 size, the biggest weighing i lb. each. Throughout the summer 

 the heat of the Pine bed into which I found the Passiflora had 

 rooted, ranged from 85° to 90°, -top heat the same. A few days 

 ago the shoots were shortened back, and the roots, which had 

 found their way through the bottom of the pot, were cut ofi, 

 but the leaves are yet vigorous and green. 



The edible part of the fruit consists of the seed and pulp 

 inside, and has a peculiar and refreshing flavour. When eaten, 

 a slice is taken ofi the side of the fruit, a slit made in the 

 tough sack which contains the seed, a little Madeira sherry 

 poured in, and the contents supped out like an egg. — J. Simpsox, 

 Worthy.— {The Gardener.) 



MR. THEODOR HARTWEG. 



This well-known botanist and horticulturist died on the 3rd 

 of February, being at the time Inspector of the Grand-Ducal 

 garden at Schwetzingen, Baden. He was a native of Germany. 

 In 183G, being then the clerk at the Eoyal Horticultural Society's 

 garden at Chiswick, he was selected to proceed to the elevated, 

 regions of Mexico for the purpose of collecting plants. He 

 sailed from Liverpool in the October of that year, and landed 

 at Vera Cruz on the Brd of December. In less than ten days 

 he reported, " I send the long-wished-for Veratrum Sabadilla, 

 rather scarce in this neighbourhood, but growing abundantly 

 towards Orizaba. I also send a pinnate-leaved Berberis, which 

 will be a new acquisition to the half-hardy shrubs." This was 

 Berberis tenuifolia. These and more than thirty species of 

 Orchids, Cacti, i-c, arrived safely packed in Tillandsia usne- 

 oides. Soon afterwards he sent a Lupine, now known as Lu- 

 pinus Hartwegi. He also discovered and sent home, with 

 many others, seeds of Fuchsia fulgsns, Berberis Hartwegii, 

 Pinus Hirtwegii, and Hartwegia purpurea, which he mentions 

 as " the little plant bearing my name." He returned home in 

 1848, taking Jamaica in his way. He revisited Mexico in 1845, 

 and remained for three years. Details of some of his pro- 



