XX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



December 16, 1879. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 

 Colonel R. Trevor Clarke in the Chair. 



Elections.— J. Hume Burnley, Edward Jenner Jerram, Vernon 

 Lushington, Charles Wm. Morriss, Mrs. Grigg, Mrs. Linklater,Mujor 

 J. Mackenzie (of Findon), Henry Oliver Smith. 



Medals awarded. — Silver Medal, J. Atkins (gardener to Col. Loyd 

 Lindsay) for Grapes Muscat of Alexandria; Silver Medal, J. 

 Wallis (gardener to Rev. W. Sneyd) for a collection of Grapes ; 

 Bronze Medal, S. Roberts (gardener to the Countess of Charleville) 

 for two bunches of Grapes Gros Guillaume ; Silver Medal, H. B. 

 Smith (Ealing) for a collection of Cyclamens ; Bronze Flora, J. 

 Ollerhend for a group of Ponisettias. 



The last meeting of the Society in the year 1879 was uncom- 

 monly bright and interesting for such an unfavourable season. 

 Although the exhibits were not very numerous, they compensated 

 for that defect in their general excellence. Messrs. Cannell, Miles, 

 Dean, and Ollerhead's contributions formed the bulk of the floral 

 display, Grapes being extremely well represented by collections 

 from Messrs. Atkins, Wallis, and Roberts. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Dr. Denny in the Chair. 



Few plants were exhibited for certificates, the collections princi- 

 pally being composed of Pelargoniums, Poinsettias, Cyclamens, and 

 cut blooms of Chrysanthemums. Mr. H. Cannell, Swanley, Kent, 

 was accorded a vote of thanks for a large collection of Zonal Pelar- 

 gonium blooms in excellent condition and extremely bright and 

 well formed. He also sent six well-flowered plants of White Vesu- 

 vius and cut flowers of Dahlia imperialis. Mr. C. Green, gardener 

 to Sir G. Macleay, Pendell Court, Bletchingley, exhibited a plant of 

 the distinct and pretty tufted Saxifraga valdensis, and cut flowers 

 of Dahlia Muximiliana, a species similar in habit to D. imperialis, 



