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ordinary dimensions that the collections from three exhibitors 

 occupied one entire side of the conservatory. Very few plants 

 were staged in the Council-room, and these were ultimately re- 

 moved to the conservatory, where the other exhibits were arranged 

 on tables down each side of the central path. Hyacinths were 

 extremely numerous, tho combined collections of Cipt. Patton and 

 Messrs. Voitch, Osborn, and Cutbush numbering over eight hundred, 

 including all the best varieties in cultivation. The effect produced 

 by the diversified colours of these plants, and the tastefulness dis- 

 played by the exhibitors in arrangement, awakened considerable 

 admiration on the part of the visitors. The other great feature of 

 the meeting was Messrs. Veitch's gigantic collection of Amaryllises, 

 which occupied nearly a fourth of the entire staging, and comprised 

 more than three hundred plants, a large number of varieties bring 

 represented, many new and of groat excellence. Messrs. Williams' 

 and Bull's Orchids, and the remarkably beautiful group of plants 

 from the General Horticultural Company arranged in Mr. Wills' 

 artistic style, all combined to impart considerable pleasure to the 

 numerous visitors that assembled during the afternoon. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 

 Dr. Denny in the Chair. 



The chief part of tho Committee's duties lay in the conservatory, 

 for thero were few new plants exhibited. As we have indicated the 

 general appearance of the display we may now briefly describe the 

 individual exhibits. 



Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, contributed two large collections 

 of plants, one comprising about 120 Hyacinths in superb condition, 

 unquestionably the finest of all those exhibited. The new forms 

 were awarded first-class certificates — namely, Queen of the Yellows 

 and Cavaignac. The Amaryllises have been already referred to, and 

 it only remains to note the following, for which first-class certificates 

 were awarded. Empress of India, a handsome variety with flowers of 

 great size (about 8 inches in diameter), symmetrically formed, of a rich 

 scarlet colour with a narrow white stripe down the centre of each 



