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mittee, who recommend the award of a silver medal. A raceme of 

 Odontoglossum Alexandra} bearing extremely large flowers was 

 also shown, and a vote of thanks was accorded. Mr. Goodacre, 

 The Gardens, Elvaston Castle, Derby, had some small Stephan- 

 otises in thumb pots, bearing from four to six trusses of flowers. 

 The shoots were trained over an arched stick, and the value of 

 such plants for decorative purposes can scarcely be overestimated. 

 A vote of thanks signified the Committee's recognition of their 

 merit. Mr. Braid of Winchmore Hill exhibited a group of deco- 

 rative Pelargoniums. Messrs. Laing and Co., Forest Hill, sent a 

 collection of dwarf compact Calceolarias and handsome seedling 

 Begonias. Mr. Yeary, gardener to the Earl of Portsmouth, Egges- 

 ford, Devon, staged a variety of Betula alba with "golden" varie- 

 gated foliage. Messrs. J. Garaway and Co., Durdham Down 

 Nurseries, Bristol, sent a Horse Chestnut with yellow and green 

 variegated leaves. Messrs. Saltmarsh and Son, Chelmsford, had a 

 group of seedling Begonias, and Mr. Henry Hooper of Bath ex- 

 hibited a collection of Pansy blooms ; and a vote of thanks was 

 accorded to Mr. Bergman, gardener to Baron de Bothschild, Fer- 

 rieres, France, for a fruit of Encephulartos Altensteinii, which was 

 about 2 feet long and 1 foot in diameter, cylindrical, and apparently 

 full of seeds. Messrs. Carter and Co., High Holborn, sent plants of 

 Mimulus Buby with very large flowers, and a collection of JSeriums 

 was brought from the Society's gardens at Chiswick, with a num- 

 ber of cuttings struck in silver sand and in Cannell's sea sand, 

 there being but little difference perceptible between the two 

 batches, but those in the sea sand appeared in some instances 

 slightly more vigorous. 



First-class certificates were awarded to the following exhibitors 

 for the undermentioned plants — Messrs. Veitch and Sons, for Clove 

 Carnation Sir Archibald Grant, a variety with neat flowers of rich 

 deep maroon colour; and Erigeron pulchellus, a pretty little Com- 

 posite with long narrow leaves and orange-coloured capitula, and 

 for Lastrsea Maximo wiczii, Trichomanes parvulum, and Yucca 

 filamentosa aurea elegantissima ; Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea, for Cereus 

 C. M. Hovey, a variety with very large rich purplish-crimson 



