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leaves are long and elliptical ; the crimson flowers being tubular 

 and borne in pendulous corymbs. Messrs. E. G. Henderson and 

 Son, Pine Apple Nursery, Maida Vale, contributed a collection of 

 double Primulas ; the double white Princess of Wales and Blushing 

 Beauty, and the lilac-tinged Miss Eva Fish, were the most notice- 

 able. Mr. H. Harding, The Gardens, Orton Hall, Peterborough, 

 was accorded a vote of thanks for flowers of Clianthus puniceus and 

 C. Dampieri, the latter being extremely fine. Mr. W. Rapley, 

 gardener to G. Brand, Esq., Bedford Hill House, Balham, sent a 

 Cineraria with flowers of great size and rich crimson colour. Mr. 

 E. Dean, Ealing, sent some bedding Primulas and Polyanthuses, 

 Primula lilacina and P. auriculseflora being very pretty. 



March 23, 1880. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq., in the Chair. 



Elections.— -George Banbury, George Walter Davidson, Major R. 

 G. Ellison, Mrs. Arthur Howell, Capt. A. L. Patton, Miss Reeve, 

 William H. Tuck, Mrs. M. Ware, Mrs. Wilson. 



Medals Awarded. —Large Gold Banksian, J. Yeitch and Son, for 

 a group of Amaryllis ; Large Gold Banksian, General Horticultural 

 Company (John Wills, Limited), for a group of Plants; Gold 

 Medal, Capt. Patton, for group of Hyacinths, Spiraeas, &c. ; Gold 

 Medal, W. Bull, for group of Orchids and New Plants ; Large Silver 

 Banksian, H. B. Smith (Ealing), group of Cyclamens ; Silver Bank- 

 sian, W. CutbuBh and Son, for a group of Hyacinths, Tulips, &c. ; 

 Silver Banksian, J. Aldous, for Bouquets ; Silver Banksian, B. S. 

 Williams, for group of Plants ; Silver Flora, Osborn and Sons, group 

 of Hyacinths, Tulips, &c. ; Silver Flora, J. Veitch and Sorb, for 

 group of Hyacinths. 



Rarely has a more satisfactory and interesting meeting to be 

 recorded than on this occasion. The exhibits were not nearly so 

 numerous as is usually the case, but they were of such extra- 



