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Gloire de Nancy, with large plain green leaves and rose-tinted 

 flowers, was selected for reward as the best of the double-flowered 

 varieties yet obtainable. 



Frincess Alexandra, a silver-variegated sort, of compact growth, 

 with large flat leaves, broadly edged with white. 



Castlemilh, a white-edged variety, of rather erect free growth, 

 with the leaves inclined to cup. 



Snowdrop, the counterpart of Princess Alexandra as to com- 

 pactness and flatness of leaf, but with the broad margin of a 

 creamy tint. 



Second-Class Certificates. 



Albion's Cliffs, a silver-edged, much in the way of Castlemilk, 

 but more vigorous in growth, and somewhat less white in appear- 

 ance ; a good useful sort, nevertheless. 



Oberon Nosegay, with yellowish-green leaves, marked by a dull 

 zone, and large scarlet seminosegay flow r ers ; it is bright in 

 colour, but thin. 



Emily Morland, a zonate scarlet. 



Vulcan, a free-growing sort, with green-lobed leaves and semi- 

 nosegay flowers of a clear scarlet. 



In addition to the foregoing, First-class Certificates were 

 given to the Golden-leaved Fyrethrum Golden Feather, from 

 Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson & Son, and to Tropceolum Advancer, a 

 dwarf, compact-growing, orange-scarlet, from Mr. Chater ; and at 

 a subsequent meeting, a Eirst-class Certificate to Lobelia Little 

 Gem, a dwarf bedding kind, with white eye, from Mr. Bowie, of 

 Chillingham. 



Feport of Heelings of 'Fruit and Vegetable Committee. — 

 January 15, 1867. — Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of the 

 Exeter Nursery, exhibited a bunch of Mrs. Fince's Black Muscat 

 Grape, to show how well it maintained its flavour and keeping- 

 qualities. It was a little shrivelled, but still of excellent flavour, 

 which was slightly musky. The Committee considered it a most 

 excellent late Grape, and confirmed the judgment given upon it 

 at a previous meeting, when it was awarded a Eirst- Class Certi- 

 ficate. 



Mr. J. B. Whiting, The Deepdene, Dorking, received a Special 

 Certificate for a very handsome collection of eight sorts of 

 Apples in excellent preservation ; amongst them Sudbury Beauty 



