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Godalming, Surrey ; Charles Robert Scott Murray, Esq., 

 Danesfield, Great Marlow, Bucks ; and Alexander Oswald, 

 Esq., M P., Clarendon Hotel, and Auchincruive, Ayrshire. 

 Awards. Silver- Gilt Medal: To Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth, for 

 a magnificent collection of Pine Apples, not only remark- 

 able for fine growth, but also for novelty. It contained 

 two Moscow Queens, the heaviest weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz. ; a 

 Montserrat, weighing 5 lbs. 2 oz. ; two smooth Cayenne 

 Pines, a variety much cultivated in France, and certainly 

 one of the best of the juicy Pines in cultivation, the 

 heaviest weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. ; a Ceylon, a juicy-looking 

 lemon-coloured variety, weighing 4 lbs. 10 oz. ; a Ripley 

 Queen, 4£ lbs ; an Antigua Queen, 4 lbs. 7 oz. ; an En- 

 ville, 5 lbs. 2 oz. ; a variety named Buck's Seedling, mea- 

 suring 13 in. in length ; and, finally, a Maranham, weighing 

 6^ lbs. In addition to these Mr. Wilmot also sent two fruit 

 of the Cayenne raided from a crown taken off a fruit exhi- 

 bited about two years ago ; it was planted and threw up 

 two stems, united at the base, each stem producing a large 

 and well-ripened fruit of handsome form. 

 Large Silver Medals : To Mr. Hewitt, gardener to J. Purday, 

 Esq., of Bayswater, for two magnificent Queen Pines. The 

 heaviest weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz., the other 5 lbs. The former 

 measured 11 inches in height and 18 inches in circum- 

 ference ; the number of pips was 11. It was well formed, 

 finely swelled, and in all respects must be regarded as a 

 fruit of first-rate excellence. To Mr. Rae, gardener to 

 J. J. Blandy, Esq., of Reading, for various Orchids, more 

 especially Lselia Perrinii, Cattleya Aclandise, Dendro- 

 bium fbrmosum, Maxillaria Rollissonii, Miltonia Candida, 

 Trichocentron fuscum, and Phalsenopsis amabilis. 

 Knightian Medals : To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a fine 

 collection of Orchids, comprising Warrea bidentata ; Ca- 

 maridium ochroleucum ; the red variety of Rodriguezia 

 secunda ; Miltonia Clowesii ; and the pretty Demerara 

 plant, Aganisia pulchella. To Mr. Povey, gardener to 

 the Rev. J. Thornycroft, for a Providence Pine Apple 

 weighing 9 lbs. 14 oz. ; it measured 9£ inches in height and 

 22 inches in circumference ; the number of pips was 10. 

 " It was the produce of a plant 2 years and 9 months 

 old, that had been grown in a pot and treated in the manner 

 described at p. 144, vol. i., except that I never put in my 

 Providence suckers until the middle of December, as I find 

 when they are put in earlier they become well rooted, and 

 in a fine state for growing rapidly, just as the dark season 

 commences, which causes them to grow very white and 



