XXVlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



February 10, 1880. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 

 The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare in the Chair. 



Elections. Mrs. Crewse, E, S. Dodwell, Capt. G. T. Hey worth, 

 Frederic Josselyn, Mrs. Montagu, Mrs. Otter-Barry, Peregrine 

 Purvis, Rochford A. Sperling, Mrs. Frances Trower, H. C. Webber 

 and T. F. M. Williams. 



Medals awarded. Sdver Knightian, L. A. Killick, for a collec- 

 tion of Apples ; Bronze Medal, W. Bull, for a group of Plants. 



The Council Room on the occasion of this meeting was rendered 

 bright and attractive by several groups of plants, those from Messrs. 

 Veitch, Bull, Osborn, and Cannell, being the most noticeable. 

 Many other plants of considerable interest individually were also 

 exhibited. The fruit also, notably Mr. Killick's collection of 

 Apples and old and new Grapes from Trentham, attracted consider- 

 able attention. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 

 Mr. Charles Noble in the Chair. 



Messrs Yeitch and Sons exhibited a group of dwarf, vigorous, 

 and well-flowered Cyclamens, and several choice Orchids and other 

 plants. Dendrobium splendidissimum, the result of a cross between 

 1). heterocarpum and D. macrophyllum, was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. The flowers are of medium size, with white sepals and 

 petals and small labellums of an extremely rich purple tinge in the 

 centre. D. Dominii, the result of a cross between D. nobile and 

 D. heterocarpum, was also pretty. A first-class certificate was 

 granted to the pretty and fragrant Daphne Blagayana ; the flowers 

 are borne in close heads, and the only disadvantage is the some- 

 what loose habit of the plant. A vote of thanks was awarded for 

 the group. A first-class certificate was also awarded for Nepenthes 

 bicalcarata, a species from Borneo with large dark red pitchers. 



Mr. W. Bull staged a group of Orchids and Palms, including the 

 extremely delicately tinted Cattleya Triana) Vesta, the bright little 



