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coloured flowers near the apex of the peduncle. A cultural 

 commendation was most deservedly awarded for the plant. The 

 variety of Cyclamen Rosy Morn, for which a certificate was awarded 

 to Mr. H. B. Smith, Ealing, Dean Nursery, last year, was again 

 exhibited in good condition, and the certificate was confirmed. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



Henry Webb, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. Stevens of Trentham exhibited two dishes of Black Ham- 

 burgh Grapes, one old and the other new, and also a bunch of 

 Madresfield Court. To preserve old Black Hamburghs till this 

 season is a very unusual occurrence, and the Committee expressed 

 a high opinion of Mr. Stevens's skill. The new were of excellent 

 flavour, good colour and remarkably well grown. The old were 

 quite plump and richly flavoured. A cultural commendation was 

 awarded. Messrs. Brown of Stamford sent a dish of Apples called 

 Beauty of Barnoak, a conical striped Apple of ordinary quality. 

 Another from the same source was Wharfland Beauty, somewhat 

 in the style of Golden Reinette. It came up as a chance seedling 

 in a nursery at Oakham, and though superior to the other was not 

 in such condition as to enable the Committee to give a high character 

 to it, and a wish was expressed to see it again next year, when the 

 season may be more favourable for the development of its merits. 

 Mr. John Lane, The Gardens, Oakley Park, Scole, sent a dish of 

 Vick's Criterion Tomato, but the fruit had been kept too long. 

 Mr. H. A. Mann, The Gardens, St. Vincent's, Grantham, sent a 

 box of fifteen fine large Mushrooms of very fine quality, to which a 

 cultural commendation was awarded. Mr. Lewis Killick of Lang- 

 ley, near Maidstone, sent a fine collection of sixty varieties of 

 Apples in very excellent condition, and a silver Knightian medal 

 was awarded. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



Dr. Maxwell Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Ash Boot. — The Chairman reported that he had examined the 

 Ash root submitted to him at a former meeting, and had found that 



