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He then pointed out specimens of Pelargonium triste, P.flavum, 

 and P. filipenduliforme as elegant ornaments of the conservatory, 

 when allowed to hang down gracefully from baskets, and thought 

 that florists might take a new start in hybridizing. The Cabbage 

 of the Kentish coast was distinct from the specimen exhibited 

 from "Wales, and approached more the type of the common 

 Cabbage. 



Major Trevor Clarke produced a specimen of Pelargonium fulgi- 

 dium, which was the source of most of our fine garden Pelargonia, 

 and showed that much patience was necessary in producing fine 

 forms from hybridizing, as the first results were often very unpro- 

 mising. He then exhibited a fine golden-leaved variety of Holly, 

 which proved constant from seed. 



The Meeting then adjourned. 



Moral Committee. — First- Class Certificates were awarded to a 

 beautiful variety of Thuja gigantea blotched with yellow patches, 

 from Messrs. J. and C. Lee ; to Phormium tenacc, variety Veitehii, 

 a rigid erect-leaved form, elegantly streaked with lines or bands of 

 creamy white ; to Odontoglossum triumphans Marshalli, from Mr. 

 Wilson, gardener to "W. Marshall, Esq., a very handsome Orchid 

 from New Granada, having the yellow sepals and petals thickly 

 blotched with cinnamon brown, the lip white, with a frilled yellow 

 margin and cinnamon-brown tip ; to O. triumphans Wilsoni, from 

 Mr. "Wilson, having polished instead of Avrinkled pseudobulbs ; 

 to Todea hymenopliyUoides compacta, from Messrs. Standish, 

 densely tufted with a thick caudex, a variety which comes up in 

 great abundance in the houses at Ascot ; to Bletia JSherratiana, 

 from Mr. Sherrat, gardener to J. Bateman, Esq., and to Ipsea 

 speciosa from the same collection ; also to the Duhe-of-JEdinburgli 

 Pose, from Messrs. Paul and Son, an English seedling with hand- 

 some cupped flowers of a rich-shaded crimson-scarlet. 



Fruit Committee. — Three bunches of Seedling Grape, " Thomson's 

 White Lady Downes" (a seedling from Lady Downes crossed with 

 Bowood Muscat), were much admired; but the flavour was im- 

 paired by the unusual heat of February stimulating the sap too 

 early. It is hoped that it will be seen next year in a condition 

 which will fully justify the high commendation it has received 

 from those who have had an opportunity of seeing it when in 

 perfection. 



