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attention to their requirements. The last group along the arcade 

 was one from the Society's garden, containing a number of Pelar- 

 goniums, handsome Saxifrages, Gloxinias, Ferns, &c, well grown 

 and tastefully arranged. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



Henry Webb, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. S. A. "Woods, gardener to F. J. S. Foljambe, Esq., Osberton 

 Hall, Worksop, sent a seedling Melon called " Luscious and Melt- 

 ing," but it was too ripe to enable the Committee to form an opinion 

 on its merits. A red-fleshed Melon was sent by Mr. Gilbert of 

 Burghley Gardens, Stamford, called Excelsior, but it was not of 

 sufficient merit to gain a certificate. Mr. Mclndoe, The Gardens, 

 Hutton Hull, Guisborough, sent a seedling Melon called Marcellus ; 

 it is a white very firm-fleshed variety, but of very little merit. Mr. 

 Miller, The Gardens, Clumber, sent a dish of Dr. Hogg Strawberry, 

 and a letter of thanks was awarded. Mr. John Simms, gardener to 

 W. B. Eastwood, Esq., Kingswood, Englefield Green, sent Strawberry 

 President, twenty-four fruits weighing 2 lbs. A cultural commen- 

 dation was awarded. Mr. F. H. Froude, gardener to C. G. Lockhart, 

 Esq., The Elms, St. Albans, sent a dish of Mushrooms grown in a 

 disused cattle shed without any artificial heat. A letter of thanks 

 was awarded. Mr. Walter Child, gardener, Croome Court, Worcester, 

 sent two Cucumbers, the result of a cross between Duke of Edinburgh 

 and Tender and True. It was not considered superior to others in 

 cultivation. Mr. J. Ledsham, Green Lane, Chester, again exhibited 

 his Broccoli, but as there were no others to compare with it no 

 decision was come to. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



Sir J. D. Hooker, K.C.S.I., in the Chair. 



Gall on Eucalyptus, — Mr. MacLachlan reported that the spindle- 

 shaped gall sent by Baron Von Mueller, was probably the work of a 

 cynips, which had perforated the young flower-buds. Some of the 



