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awarded a cultural commendation for a fine specimen of Odonto- 

 glossum Alexandra bearing two spikes of ten and twelve flowers 

 each. The flowers were large, with a few large chocolate spots 

 on the sepals. Mr. H. Cannell, Swanley, received a vote of thanks 

 for cut flowers of Salvia Bruantii splendens and S. Bethelli in 

 fine condition, also the rich purple S. Hoveyi. Mr. R. Dean of 

 Ealing sent plants of the neat bright Marigold Meteor, also a 

 bright yellow hose-in-hose Primrose named Buttercup. A vote of 

 thanks was accorded Messrs. Sutton and Sons for a collection of 

 Cyclamens of their improved strain. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



Henry Webb, Esq., in the Chair. 



Messrs. Wood and Ingram of Huntingdon sent a seedling kitchen 

 Apple of a bright showy colour and brisk flavour. It did not pos- 

 sess any special merit over other varieties in cultivation. Mr. 

 Chester, The Gardens, Connington Castle, sent a seedling Apple 

 called Bellamy's Eillbasket, a medium-sized, round, ribbed, pale 

 yellow Apple, with a soft flesh and mild subacid flavour. It was 

 not considered equal to others already in cultivation. He aleo sent 

 three varieties of seedling Pears, but as they were all mixed when 

 they arrived the Committee could not distinguish the one from the 

 other. Mr. P. Grieve, The Gardens, Culford Hall, sent fine 

 specimens of Lucy Grieve Pear, but the flavour was not equal to 

 those exhibited at former meetings in more favourable years. He 

 also exhibited a seedling Apple which promises well, but the 

 season is so unfavourable to the flavour of fruit that the Com- 

 mittee requested to see it another year. Mr. Wildsmith, gardener 

 to Lord Eversley, Heckfield, exhibited a fine dish of Pitmaston 

 Duchess, excellent in texture, but, like all Pears this season, rather 

 deficient in flavour. The Committee gave a vote of thanks for 

 the exhibition. Mr. George Sage, The Gardens, Ashridge Park, 

 Herts, sent a dish of Yicomtesse Hericart de Thury Strawberry, 

 to which a letter of thanks was awarded ; Mr. Wood, The Gardens, 

 Leybourne Grange, Kent, eight baskets of Gros Colman Grapes 

 as they are packed for market, each basket containing about 



