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Pelargoniums in excellent condition, comprising such fine varieties 

 as Titania. Col. Seely, Alice Spencer, Cleopatra, Lizzie Brooks, 

 Sybil Holden, Alice Carr, and New Guinea, 



Mr. Howard, Southgate, obtained a first-class certificate for 

 Chrysanthemum frutescens Etoile d'Or, a pale yellow free-flower- 

 ing form of this well-known useful plant. The same honour was 

 bestowed on Fritillaria Moggridgei, a dwarf species with drooping 

 yellow-spotted flowers, from Messrs Backhouse and Son, York. Mr. 

 John Linden, Ghent, Belgium, sent a specimen of a handsome 

 Anthurium from Colombia, named A. Andreanum. The spathe 

 was about 4 inches long and broad, of an extremely bright scarlet 

 colour, and curiously bullated or indented like a Savoy leaf; the 

 spadix was white at the base and yellowish at the apex. Dried 

 specimens were also exhibited which showed the spathes much 

 larger than in the living plant. For this very distinct plant a 

 first-class certificate was granted. Mr. Linden also showed a 

 specimen of Azalea indica gardeniseflora, a variety with semi- 

 double white flowers. Mr. Bennett of Salisbury exhibited flowers 

 of the Hybrid Tea Rose Duke of Connaught, very neat in form 

 and rich colour. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mrs. Ashton, 

 6, Elgin Road, St. Peter's Park, for dried natural flowers, in which 

 the colours were excellently preserved. 



During the afternoon Mr. Shirley Hibberd delivered an instruc- 

 tive and interesting lecture on Narcissi (see page ) which was 

 largely attended by an appreciative audieice. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



A. Grote, Esq., in the Chair. 



Insects found wpon Cypress. — The Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen 

 sent further specimens of Cypress with the insects upon them, and 

 which it is alleged eat into the young shoots and cause their de- 

 struction. Mr. MacLachlan stated that he had now examined 

 several specimens sent by Mr. Boscawen, and was of opinion that 

 the declining condition of the tree was not caused by the attacks of 

 the insects in question but by the frost, injury to the root, or some 

 other cause. The insects were of two kinds, one belonging to the 



