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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ping, who obtained the First Prize, given by Mr. Wilson Saunders, the 

 second, by Mrs. Lloyd Wynne, being awarded to Mr. W. G. Smith, and 

 the third, by Lady Dorothy Neville, to Mr. Hoyle, of Reading. 



October 19. — W. Locke, Esq., sent a curious shoot of the Citronelle 

 Grape, in which black, white, and piebald berries appeared on the same 

 hunch. P. L. Hinds, Esq., sent a fine fruit of the Avocado Pear, which 

 has been fruited for the first time in this country. Mr. Carr, his gardener, 

 was highly commended for its production. 



GrENEKAL MEETING-. 



July 6, 1869. 



W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Major Trevor Clarke called attention to a Pelargonium with crisped 

 edges, named Empress, to a Dark-leaved Azalea, and a fine collection of 

 Cape Orchids from Messrs. Henderson, of which charming tribe Sir John 

 Herschel was said to be the most successful cultivator. Lycoperdon gi- 

 ganteum, sent by Messrs. Carter, then came under discussion, cooked slices 

 of which were handed round and pronounced excellent. The Chairman 

 then referred to Monstera deliciosa, of which the flavour is extremely 

 pleasant ; but the abundance of prickly processes it contains diminish its 

 value. Mr. Bateman addressed the Meeting on the Coco de Mer and the 

 Orchids on the table, especially a new Mormodes, from the Chairman. 



August 3. 



G. F. Wilson, Esq., in the Chair. 



Attention was directed to Triteleja laxa, from Mr. Henderson, and to the 

 genus Cyclobothria, which, though difficult of cultivation, was strongly re- 

 commended to the notice of cultivators as containing objects of great 

 beauty and interest. Leea excelsa, a plant closely related to the Vine, 

 was then noticed, and a specimen, from the Bishop of Winchester, of Den- 

 drochilumfiliforme, bearing 10,000 blossoms. Trichotosia ferox, from Mr. 

 Wilson Saunders, was pointed out as an object of i# .erest, which, it was 

 believed, had flowered for the first time in this country ; a much larger 

 specimen, however, appeared at the Hamburgh Show. Eggs of a species 

 of Hemerobius, greatly resembling a Fungus, were commented on. The 

 seeds sent out by the Society as a Gherkin from the West Indies proved 

 to be Cucumis Anguria, distinguished from C. Prophet arum by its mild, 

 not bitter, taste, and smooth leaves, besides other points. Cases of mon- 

 strosity also were pointed out, which would have been submitted to the 

 Scientific Committee, had it been sitting, and especially a tumour on Vine 

 shoots, which was evidently referable to a metamorphosed raceme, and a 

 Phlox, which, on the same plant, produced bracts instead of petals, and 

 leaves with a reversed lobe from the underside of the midrib. 



August 17. 



W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The special attraction of the Meeting was a wonderful specimen of 

 Lilium auratum from the Dowager Lady Ashburton, and the gigantic 

 Aroid from Mr. Bull. A fine specimen of a new South-African climbing 



