EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



bouquet Dahlia named Dora, the florets of which were white 

 tinged inside with yellow. Messrs. ¥m. Paul & Son, Waltham 

 Cross, Herts, exhibited six boxes of cut Hoses, a great many 

 varieties being presented. The following were most noticeable 

 for their freshness and substance; — Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Pierre Notting, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Beauty of "Waltham, 

 Dupuy Jamain, Alfred Colomb, Marie Baumann, Duchess of 

 Bedford, and Baronne de Rothschild. A vote of thanks was 

 accorded. Mr. Chambers, Westlake .Nursery, Isle worth, sent 

 specimens of a drooping variety of Pteris serrulata cristata, and 

 a plant of Odontoglossum Alexandra, bearing a long spike of 

 about twenty flowers. For the latter a vote of thanks was 

 accorded. Gentiana Andrewsii, exhibited by Mr. G. F. Wilson 

 of Weybridge, received a similar recognition. Messrs. Haage & 

 Schmidt, Erfurt, Prussia, were accorded a vote of thanks for 

 cut flowers of Salvia farinacea. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 

 H. "Webb, Esq., in the Chair. 



The collections of fruit were numerous and good, the large 

 collections of Apples and Pears from Messrs. Veitch and Paul being 

 especially remarkable. Grapes and Pines were also in fine condi- 

 tion. Mr. C. Ross, gardener to C. Eyre, Esq., "Welford Park, 

 Newbury, exhibited five handsome well-ripened smooth Cayenne 

 Pine Apples, weighing respectively 8 lbs. 14£ ozs., 6 lbs. 5 ozs., 

 5 lbs. 11£ ozs., 5 lbs. 10 ozs., and 5 lbs. 5 ozs. A cultural com- 

 mendation and bronze medal were awarded. Mr. "W. Allen, 

 gardener to Lord Suffield, Gunton Park, Norwich, exhibited two 

 fine bunches of Muscat of Alexandria Grape, weighing together 

 10 lbs., the berries large and well ripened. A bronze medal was 

 awarded. He also sent a seedling, the result of a cross between 

 Syrian and Alicante. Two bunches were shown, one the pro- 

 duce of a Vine inarched on Lady Downe's and the other from a 

 Vine on its own roots; the bunch is long and the berry oval. 

 The Committee considered it distinct, but desired to see it later 

 in the year. Mr. Goodacre, Elvaston Castle, Derby, sent twenty- 



