EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 



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Moral Committee— 'Feb. 16, 1868.— First- Class Certificates 

 were given to Cypripedium Harrisianum, a hybrid between C. vil- 

 losum and C. larbatum, raised by Mr. Dominey ; to Dendrobium 

 crassinodum and lasioglossum, from Mr. Veitch ; to Fliormium 

 Colensoi and La Maestosa Camellia, of a carmine tint, spotted 

 with white, from Mr. Bull and the Baroness Eothschild Coleus, 

 one of the varieties raised at Chiswick, from Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, and Laing. First- Class Certificates were also awarded to 

 several varieties of Chinese Primrose from various establish- 

 ments. 



Fruit Committee. — There was a wonderful display of Apples, 

 whose high state of preservation excited so much admiration that 

 the parties from whom they were sent were requested to send 

 some information as to the method of keeping. Answers from 

 all were received, of which a, precis will be given hereafter. 



In the list of prizes offered in 1868 two have been accidentally 

 ^omitted, viz. Mrs. Lloyd "Wynne, £3 3s., Lady Dorothy Nevil, 

 £2 2s., for the two best collections of British esculent and dele- 

 terious Fungi. 



SCIENTIFIC MEETING. 

 February 16, 1869. 

 W. "W. Satjkders, Esq., F.E.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Berkeley stated that in an additional specimen of diseased 

 Telegraph Cucumber he had found abundant Vibrios, together 

 with eggs. Every plant was either dead or dying. 



A report was read from Mr. Barron on the different stocks sent 

 down to Chiswick, which is given above. 



A plant of the Bobert-Steiger Hyacinth was exhibited by the 

 Chairman, in which all the petals were green instead of bright 

 carmine, the form also of the flowers being much altered, and the 

 flowers themselves erect. A trace of the original colour was visible 

 in the stamens, while the flower- stalks were of a dark red. It 

 had been submitted to no particular treatment. Mr. Saunders 

 called attention to the green tips which so often exist on the 



