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Anna, and De Humboldt ; the Rev. H. H. Dombrain being second ; 

 his varieties were Rosa Bonheur, Agathee, Madame Desportes, and 

 Elizabeth, all being good. 



Hollyhocks, though not numerously shown, were very good, espe- 

 cially for such a dry season. For six cut spikes Mr. W. Chater, of 

 Saffron Walden, was first with fine spikes with very perfect flowers, 

 the varieties being Fascination, Conquest, Eclipse, salmon rose, very 

 large and fine ; Cygnet, white ; Scarlet Gem, and Frederick Chater, 

 ruby. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing were second with Mrs. Downie, 

 Alexander Henderson, Lady W. W. Wynne, Queen of Yellows, Miss 

 Henderson, a lovely flower, and John McDonald. The third prize 

 went to Mr. Minchin, The Nurseries, Hook Norton, who had Frederick 

 Chater very fine, and good spikes of several others. 



The best twenty-four cut blooms came from Mr. W. Chater, and 

 were well worthy of his reputation, being very perfect: — Fanny 

 Chater, beautiful rose ; Conquest ; King, cream colour, tipped with 

 lilac rose. Midnight, Scarlet Gem, Champion, Bullion, Walden Prim- 

 rose, Talisman, Alfred Chater, Jewel Conquest (ruby), Leviathan, 

 Leah, Alfred Chater, Mochanna, Crimson King were very fine. The 

 tipped kinds are quite ladies' flowers. Mr. Minchin was second, and 

 Messrs. Draycott third, each with excellent blooms. The only exhi- 

 bitor of twelve blooms was Mr. Minchin, who had a first prize. 



Phloxes looked rather rough as cut blooms ; we would prefer to see 

 them shown on the plants, which would also give a better idea of the 

 habit. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing were first with La Duchessa 

 de Bauffremont, Trioruphe du Pare de Neuilly, very fine and free- 

 flowering ; La Candeur, Monsieur William Bull, Monsieur Charles 

 Turner, Monsieur Hugh Low, lovely colour ; Madame Domage, 

 Joseph Heim, Magnificent, and Gloire de Neuilly, the latter very 

 brilliant. Messrs. E. G. Henderson were second; Souvenir de 

 Berryer, Louis Wanrich, Diomiide, and Hermine de Turenne were 

 very attractive. The third prize went to Messrs. Paul & Son, who 

 had also some very fine varieties. To those who know how ornamental 

 this flower is, it is somewhat surprising it is not more extensively cul- 

 tivated. 



Of miscellaneous groups, one from Messrs. Arthur Henderson and 

 Co., of the Pine Apple Place Nurseries, contained numerous small 

 specimens of Palms, such as Malortia speciosa, Calamus accidens, a 

 graceful species ; Euterpe sylvestris, Livistonia rotundifolia, Hyo- 

 phorbe Verschaffelti ; Ferns ; the pretty, free-flowering, and very use- 

 ful Begonia weltoniensis ; and Dracaenas. In a group from the So- 

 ciety's gardens accompanying that of Messrs. A. Henderson was Tra- 

 chelium cseruleum, an old but very ornamental plant, nearly hardy, 

 and producing a profusion of heads of bluish lavender flowers. The 

 same plant is freely introduced in the baskets in the conservatory and 

 with excellent effect. Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway, had a very 

 effective group, in which was a remarkably fine specimen of Allamanda 

 Hendersoni ; Cochliostema Jacobianum with two heads of its beau- 

 tiful flowers ; Miltonia Morelliana atrorubens, a very fine variety ; 

 numerous Aerides ; Dendrobium triadenium, with a head of small 

 white flowers tinged with lilac, and having a small rich yellow blotch 

 at the base of the lip ; Cypripedium Stonei ; new Dracaenas ; Yucca 

 Slamentosa variegata, very fine ; Billbergias ; Anthurium Scherzeri- 

 anum, with fourteen spathes, most of them expanded ; several fine 

 Pitcher Plants ; Ferns, and a handsome specimen of Phcenicophorium 

 sechellamm, and Nerine coruscans major, an old but showy plant now 

 but seldom seen. 



Messrs. F. & A. Smith sent a fine collection of Balsams, and several 

 plants of the showy Rochea falcata. Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, also con- 

 tributed an interesting group, in which were a double Tiger Lily, the 

 extremely handsome Encephalartos shown by him lately, several 

 Palms, Dracaenas, Orchids, the singular Godwinia gigas, fully noticed 

 some time ago in our pages, and some other plants. 



Messrs. Paul Ss Son, of Cheshunt, sent a small collection of pot 

 Roses, stands of cut blooms, and an extensive and interesting collection 

 of cut specimens of hardy trees and shrubs, with ornamental foliage, 

 Messrs. Draycott, Humherstone Nurseries, and Mr. Walker, nursery- 

 man, Thame, sent good collections of double Zinnias, and Mr. Walker 

 sent a very good stand of Dahlias. 



Fruit Committee, — George F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 

 Mr. Stow, of Farnborough, near Bromley, sent specimens of a seedling 

 Black Currant, which was exhibited at last meeting, and also speci- 

 mens of Black Naples, to show that the seedling was not the same 

 variety ; but the Black Naples shown were very inferior examples of 

 that variety, and the Committee confirmed the previous opinion. Mr. 

 Dry, of Hayes, Middlesex, sent a seedling Plum, called Duke of 

 Edinburgh, a handsome purple Plum, with a thick blue bloom. It is 

 a freestone, with yellow flesh, and judging from the branch which was 

 sent, it appears to be very prolific. It was awarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate. Mr. Porter, gardener to E. Benham, Esq., Sion Lodge, Isle- 

 worth, sent a dish of Prince of Wales Plum. Mr. Porter also ex- 

 hibited a dish of Hawthornden, and another variety unnamed. Mr. 

 Tillery, of Welbeck, sent a dish of Barrington Peaches, large and 

 handsome, and of delicious flavour, to which a special certificate was 

 awarded. 



Of Apricots, Moorpark, from Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Duke of 

 Portland, Welbeck, was first ; Mr. Gardiner, Lower Eatington Park, 

 Stratford- on- Avon, being second, and Mr. Smith, gardener to the Earl 

 of Gainsborough, Hexton Park, third. 



Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, sent a bunch of a seedling Grape, called 

 Chilwell White, which, as Mr. Pearson observed, he intended as a 

 white companion to the Black Hamburgh. It produces a fine berry, 

 with a short, stout, warted berry stalk ; the skin membranous, though 

 not thick, and the flavour of the flesh like that of Black Hamburgh. 

 This was awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Pearson also exhibited 

 a bunch of Ferdinand Lesseps, raised by crossing Royal Muscadine with 

 the Strawberry Grape, in which the flavour of the latter is distinctly 

 traceable. The bunches are nearly as large as those of Royal Mus- 

 cadine, and the berries quite as large, of a fine deep amber colour, and 

 the flavour particularly rich, with a fine perfume. It was awarded a 

 first-class certificate. Mr. Record, of Lillesden, sent a dish of very 

 large and handsome Morello Cherries, which received a special certi- 

 ficate. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, sent a collection of fifteen dif- 

 ferent sorts of Crabs. 



Messrs. Carter & Co. sent pans of a new salad called Chinese Mustard, 

 which is a distinct sort from the ordinary Mustard. The seed is black 

 and as large as that of the White Mustard, and quite different from 

 the common Black Mustard. The flavour of the salad is more pungent 

 than common Mustard, and by Borne thought to be more agreeable. 

 Seed was sent to Chiswick to be grown, and the salad to be exhibited at 

 next meeting. Mr. Tillery, of Wellbeck, sent specimens of the White 

 Turkey Cucumber. Mr. Record, of Lillesden, sent dishes of Giant 

 King Potato, a large second early and very prolific. Messrs. Carter 

 and Co. again exhibited large specimens of the Italian White Tripoli 

 Onion. A collection of vegetables was sent by Mr. G. Bloomfield, 

 gardener to W. Williams, Esq., Parkside, Wimbledon. Messrs. Harri- 

 son & Son, of Leicester, sent a brace of Black Spine Cucumbers. 



Mr. Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, Esq., Bishop Stortford, sent 

 fonr magnificent Charlotte Rothschild Pines, weighing 38 lbs. col- 

 lectively. They received a special certificate. 



Floral Committee. — Rev. Joshua Dix in the chair. Messrs. 

 Cripps, nurserymen, of Tunbridge Wells, received a first-class certi- 

 ficate for Clematis Victoria, a remarkably fine purplish variety ; and 

 a similar award was made to Messrs. Baker & Son, Bagshot, for Cle- 

 matis Gem, small, but distinct in colour, a bluish lavender. Messrs. 

 Cripps also sent a variety of Catalpa syriugEefolia with golden leaves, 

 which, it was stated, had been exposed to the sun, and became im- 

 proved in colour, while in the Bhade it reverted to the normal green. 

 From G. F. Wilson, Esq., came Lilium longifiornm albo-marginatum, 

 quite white, which received a first-class certificate ; his handsome 

 namesake, Lilium Wilsoni ; the still more beautiful true Lilium 

 speciosum being also shown by the same gentleman, an ardent lover of 

 the Lilies, and one who can grow them well. It is a marvel to us that 

 such flowers, with such a poetry, with such fragrance, such loveliness, 

 are not more cultivated now. 



Mr. Porter, gardener to E. Benham, Esq., Isleworth, had a second- 

 class certificate for Hollyhock Rose Queen. Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, 

 received a first-class certificate for Lilium tigrinum splendens, a re- 

 markably flue variety ; also for Curculigo recurvata variegata, broadly 

 striped with white, a very fine variegated plant. The same exhibitor 

 also sent Geonoma Verschaffelti, Lomaria auriculata, and other in- 

 teresting plants. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Sons, Wellington Nurseries, St. 

 John's Wood, came Pteris serrulata gleicheniasfolia, a beautiful, small- 

 leaved Fern, which received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Wheeler, Bath, was awarded a first-class certificate for Dahlia 

 Marchioness of Bath, white, tipped with purplish rose, and of fine 

 form. Mr. Williams, of Holloway, received a first-class certificate for 

 Lffilia, or Cattleya, elegans gigantea, a very fine variety. He also ex- 

 hibited Ixora Williamsii, a plant which promises to be very fine for 

 exhibition purposes, and Maranta Baraquinii. 



Mr. Cannell, of Woolwich, had a first-class certificate for double 

 Pelargonium Crown Prince, of the same colour as Marie Lemoine, 

 and apparently not so good. 



Mr. Perry, Castle Bromwich, sent a stand of his fine seedling Ver- 

 benas, of which Mrs. Boulton, with large pips, white, with a purplish 

 crimson eye, was awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Eckford, gar- 

 dener to the Earl of Radnor, Coleshill, had first-class certificates for 

 Verbenas Grand Monarch and George Peabody, the first a fine scarlet, 

 the second plum with a white eye. Mr. George, gardener to Miss 

 Nicholson, Putney Heath, had a special certificate for a collection of 

 cut Zonal Pelargoniums. Mr. Williams, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 

 sent a fine golden variety of Lilium auratum ; Messrs. Carter Ss Co., 

 fine cut blooms of Marigolds, French and African, a double-headed 

 Love-lies-Bleeding, and a white Lupine. Mr. Minchin, Hook Norton, 

 sent some fine Hollyhocks, which were not, however, considered an 

 advance on existing varieties ; Mr. Walker, Thame, seedling Dahlias ; 

 Mr. W. G. Smith, Boletus calophus, B. edulis, B. subtomentosus, and 

 Lactarius oxsuccus, which, however fine the specimens, were by no 

 means appetising. From the Society's gardens came cut branches of 

 a Gleditschia, which, we believe, furnishes some of the much-vaunted 

 cattle foods. __ 



General Meeting. — W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair. The Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley in addressing the meeting called special attention to 

 Mr. Williams's Cattleya already noticed, to the beautiful Dendrobium 

 triadenium shown also by the same exhibitor, and to Rodriguezia sua- 

 veolens, which, he said, was the same as Gomesa recurva of Loddigea' 



