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frost. It was remarked, however, that unusually warm summers 

 are generally succeeded by a mild winter. It flowers constantly 

 at Vienna and Paris, where the winters are severe, but where the 

 weather is not in general so variable as in this country. 

 The Meeting then adjourned. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



"W. Wilson Saunders, E.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Certificates granted by the Floral Committee were an- 

 nounced by the Rev. J. Dix, who commented on the beautiful 

 Pelargonia exhibited, stating, however, that no awards would be 

 made till the 22nd. 



The Rev. M. J. Berkeley, in the absence of Mr. Wilson, read 

 the awards of the Emit Committee, calling especial attention to 

 the dish of Mushrooms exhibited by Mr. Earley, which proved of 

 superior excellence when cooked. A large specimen of Agaricus 

 arvensis, in an advanced condition, was sent by Mr. J. Barnard 

 from Clapton, and a branch loaded with Apricots by Mr. Gardiner 

 from Eatington Park, showing the utility of a permanent protec- 

 tion of Erigi Domo during the blooming and setting periods in 

 unpropitious seasons. Specimens of Potatoes were sent from 

 Chiswick, showing the propensity this season to form tubers with- 

 out or with only imperfect haulm. Mr. Berkeley stated that it 

 perhaps depended on the same condition as that which produced 

 curl, which is attributed to overripening of the tubers. Speci- 

 mens of the "Wall-Blut-Lettuce were also sent, which is of excel- 

 lent quality, but would perhaps be objected to on account of the 

 reddish tint. This is, however, greatly appreciated in Germany, 

 whence Mr. Berkeley had received it under the name of " ausser- 

 ordentlicher Salat." 



Mr. Berkeley stated that the variegated Maple exhibited by 

 Mr. Standish at the previous Meeting under the name of Acer 

 Japonicum was a form of Acer rufinerve, Sieb. & Zucc, the rufous 

 clothing of nerves having almost entirely vanished. He called at- 

 tention to the curious little membrane replacing the ordinary tuft 

 of hairs at the angles of the nerves on the under side of the leaves. 



A second Prize for the genus Narcissus was offered by Lady 

 Dorothy NeviL The Rhododendron called Beauty, which obtained 



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